Paula rego obedience and defiance national galleries of scotland. Rego comments this way on how the society imposes on women imagined expectations of youth and beauty. At first glance, paula rego s studio, behind the large wooden doors of a nondescript warehouse in kentish town, looks like an explosion at a car boot sale. Paula rego biography, interesting facts, famous artworks. The importance of paula regos abortion series national galleries. This book, published by the tate, provides a perfect introduction to the artist. Paula rego, one of the most important figurative artists working today, works in a studio in london camden town. Paula rego shares her secrets with her son apollo magazine. Paul regos vivacious style, satirical wit, and astonishing gift for storytelling has made her into one of the most inspiring female artists working today. She attended the slade school of fine arts in london, england from 19521956 where she also met her husband, victor willing. Girls never get pregnant at the slade school of fine art paula rego duration.
Bbc world service the interview archive, paula rego, artist. This article follows paula regos first experiments in figuration from. Now, at 83, she talks to eva wiseman about cruel fables and the medicinal joy of champagne published. Visceral and unsettling, paula regos art has challenged us for decades. Paula rego for sale in uk 60 secondhand paula regos. In 1965, she had her first solo exhibition at the sociedade.
Unsettling images twisted from disney paula rego reinvents fairy tales with eerie scenes. She studied at the slade school, where she met her husband, the painter victor willing 192888. Dame paula rego is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Julians school, carcavelos 1952 56 studied painting at the slade school of fine art, london 1957 63 lived in ericeira, portugal with her husband, the painter victor willing 1963 75 lived in london and portugal. The assassination of gianni versace, all too human. A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter paula rego directed by her son, filmmaker nick willing. The importance of paula regos abortion series national.
Concurrently this was the year that regos beloved husband, the revered british artist victor willing, passed away. Stray dogs, paula rego s famous painting from 1965, depicts a hideous episode that occurred in barcelona when poisoned meat intended to kill street dogs, ended up killing street children who had mistakenly picked it up. The oxford dictionary of art and artists oxford university press. Catapulted onto the international art scene that same year, paula rego was taken on by marlborough fine art, london and honoured with a major retrospective at the serpentine gallery, london. We was invited to observe paula rego and the team at the curwen studio in cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings into an editioned print. Paula rego little miss muffet i from nursery rhymes, 1989. A painter of stories, she uses models installation. In response, portuguese artist, paula rego, created the abortion series 1988, a selection of paintings which draws attention to the dangers of making abortion illegal. Traditional tales in paula regos artistic career museu. Born in portugal, she was an only child, and spent her days sitting with the maids as they told tales around the kitchen table. This major exhibition was the first ever retrospective of paula regos work to be held in scotland. See more ideas about artist, paula rego art and drawings. She studied at the slade school of art in london from 1952 to 1956, and has lived and worked mainly in london since 1963. But paula rego has agreed to let the cameras into her life and follow her work as an abstract ar.
Im interested in seeing things from the underdogs perspective. Julians school in carcavelos, spending her childhood and adolescence in estoril. Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her care. Find out more about paula rego in this extensive interview she gave to the scotsman in 2019. For a moment, im not sure if shes joking, but she isnt. Her work is strongly influenced by folk and fairy tales, especially those of her homeland. Acclaimed artist paula rego was born in lisbon, studied in london, and is the subject of an exhibition at the marlborough fine art gallery.
We was invited to observe paula rego and the team at the curwen studio in cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings. Alain elkann interviews paula rego one of the leading. It is filled with props, bits of sets, manikins and models made by. The fitting was created in 1989 by paula rego in expressionism style. Paula rego artist a portuguese childhood web of stories. In response, portuguese artist, paula rego, created the abortion series 1988, a selection of paintings which. She lays clutching her skirts, as if trying to cling to life and her femininity which are slipping away.
Paula rego ainda tem muitos planos e objetivos por conquistar. Paula rego obedience and defiance national galleries of. Raised in a liberal family, the painter studied at st. Alain elkann interviews paula rego one of the leading figurative artists of the day.
A painter of stories celebrated for her dark, complex paintings, prints, drawings, and collages, paula rego draws upon folk and fairytales, literature, and her own biography to create politically charged, deeply unsettling tableaux. Nov 04, 2009 paula rego interview unsettling tableaux of cruelty and sexual transgression permeate paula regos art. Mar 28, 2017 paula rego is widely regarded as one of the worlds greatest living figurative artists. War was created in 2003 by paula rego in expressionism style. Paula regos first major retrospective in this country for 20 years has a terrific setting in the shiny, newlook mk gallery a corrugated stainless steel and glass oasis designed by 6a architects set amid the roundabouts, office buildings and warehouses of milton keynes. Paula regos powerful pastels at marlborough fine art. Paula rego abortion as a subject matter in my pictures.
Paula rego, an outstanding artist all about portugal. After first bursting onto the portuguese art scene in 1965. Regos explorations with lithography, from the early dr dog, dr cat and lessons from 1982 to the jane eyre series of 200102, demonstrate the artists insistent curiosity and inventive approach to printmaking. Paula rego grew up in portugal under the shadow of dictatorship. In paula regos impressive oeuvre the contradictions of humanity are fully exposed. She grew up in a republican and liberal family, linked to both english and french culture, and studied at st. Paula rego on her abortion series in her 2019 interview with the guardian. Paula rego ls lowry and victor pasmores opinions of my. Rego is an incredibly important cultural figure in portugal, considered to be one of the nations most famous and influential artists. Paula rego continues to live and work in london, united kingdom. She became aware of the power of the unspoken as keeping secrets was.
Echoing the pastels she predominantly uses for works on paper, the soft. Portugueseborn british painter of figure, animal, and fantasy subjects. Her oeuvre has gone through a wide spectrum of characteristics. Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folkthemes from her native portugal. Paula rego dresses a middleaged woman in the famous disney costume to expose the fallible value we tend to assign to youth.
Inside paula regos madhouse london evening standard. Paula rego how my work changed after 1993 4151 youtube. See more ideas about artist, painting and paula rego art. A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter paula rego directed by her son, the film maker nick willing. Sue lawleys castaway this week is the artist paula rego. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 25,183 views. Julians school, spending her adolescence in estoril. Find more prominent pieces of symbolic painting at best visual art database. Her pictures invite, demand even, that you attend to what they are about as well as to how they look. The interview archive paula rego is as famous as a footballer in her native portugal and her pictures sell for millions.
Francine stock, front row interview with paula rego, bbc radio 4, 8 october paul allen, night waves interview with paula rego, bbc radio 4, 17 october jenni murray, womans hour, paula rego interview, radio 4, 22 october. In 1998 a referendum to leagalise abortion in portugal failed. Mar 25, 2017 she is the notoriously private artist who is known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. These psychologically charged presentations of human dramas are based in part on childhood memories. She depicts the human figure predominately from life and thus allows her sitters to flood you with their personality. Her dancing ostriches series was inspired by walt disneys fantasia and is currently being shown at marlborough fine art, london. One day, frightened for no apparent reason other than that of a power cut which inconvenienced and possibly frightened the sisters, they brutally.
Paula rego was born in portugal in 1935, and educated there. With paula rego, nick willing, john mcewen, jorge sampaio. Paula rego nursery rhymes current exhibitions british. Who is paula rego, what are her most famous paintings, who is. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at best visual art database. Usually thats a female perspective from criticism of dictatorship in her native portugal in the 60s to the 90s abortion series and dog women, paula regos subjects are as relevant today as ever. It is the first time in twenty years that the series has been on public display in the united kingdom. To listen to more of paula regos stories, go to the playlist. Works on paper is on view at marlborough fine art, london, from march 14 april 1. The mother is giving her lessons about looking after her appearance the tricks of the trade, so to speak quoted in judith bumpus, paula rego, encounters, p.
Following the advice of her father, in the 1950s paula rego went abroad to pursue her career away from the dictatorial regime of salazar then established in portugal. Paula rego paula figueiroa rego, born is a portuguese painter, illustrator and printmaker. Paula regos london studio feels like a place that might belong to a theatre troupe or a puppeteer. See more ideas about paula rego art, figure painting and artist. She became aware of the power of the unspoken as keeping secrets was vital to survival. She went to finishing school in england and then won a place at the slade school of fine art. The exhibition organised by mk gallery, milton keynes with the. Artist paula rego exhibition, art for sale and biography. When she was still a child, her fathers work took him to the united kingdom. Courtesy of the whitworth, the university of manchester. Ive just asked her how long shes been working in this studio, which used.
Her work often reflects feminism, coloured by folkthemes from. Rego draws teodoricos aunt as an imperious monster, banishing him to the desert he quivers, kneesknocking, in stripy leggings, clutching a dress. Artist paula rego biography, exhibitions, art for sale, latest news and work. She was born in lisbon, portugal, into a middleclass home. Paula rego pictures a world of pain apollo magazine. Notoriously private and guarded, rego opens up for the first time, surprising her son with secrets and stories of her unique life, battling fascism, a misogynistic art world and manic depression.
Oct 24, 2014 rego draws teodoricos aunt as an imperious monster, banishing him to the desert he quivers, kneesknocking, in stripy leggings, clutching a dress. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Buy paula rego original artwork and paintings at marlborough gallery. Born in 1935, portuguese painter paula rego became part of the london group in 1965, was shortlisted for the turner prize in 1989 and became the first associate artist of the national gallery in. Dec 02, 2004 there is a display of paula regos work at tate britain until 2 january. All too human follows the depiction of the human in figurative art in the. The story at the heart of the painting came to paula rego readymade in the form of jean genets play the maids 1947, itself based on the reallife case of the papin sisters, christine and lea, who worked as maids for a rich parisian family. The girls devoted gaze is the focus of the image, and her rapt face in the mirror draws the eye to the left side of the picture. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 24,731 views. Dame paula rego, dbe born 26 january 1935, is a portuguese visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Feb 26, 2018 freud and bacon are at the heart of tate britains latest show, and there is a whole room of paula rego paintings,too. Rego is one of the most important artists living in britain today. Paula rego 1935 topics dame paula rego dbe ra born 26 january 1935, is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known.
Sep 03, 2008 we was invited to observe paula rego and the team at the curwen studio in cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings into an editioned print. He prostates himself to the shrine at a mad dinner party, over which hangs a sinister pieta the subject of the next picture, where the redfaced sacklike body of the christ figure is. Paula rego biography 1935 born in lisbon 1945 1951 educated in st. The art newspaper is the journal of record for the visual arts world, covering international news and events. Regos style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favoured pastels over oils for much of her career. They are if one allows that families, like countries, have struggles and conflicts political narratives. Storytelling is at the heart of everything she does the 82yearold artists show includes a series of five selfportraits made soon after she fell. Her parents were anglophiles paula spoke english from infancy, and at 17 she entered the slade art school in london. In a career that has spanned six decades, her paintings are frequently inspired by her personal fears, desires and.
Her forceful compositions are imbued with crueltyboth subtle and overtand permeated with a sense of. Paula regos revealing new documentary and show artnet news. They returned to portugal to marry, but settled in camden town just outside of london. Elected honorary fellow of murray edwards college, cambridge, united kingdom. Paula regos particular focus in these stories on the adventures of a heroine, such as brancaflor, reveal that the artist sets out from a personal point of view, identifying with her characters in their confrontation with tragic events, like those that marked her own family life in the mid1970s, and in the conflict of their double nature, sexual and maternal. In 2004, she had another retrospective at the serralves museum in porto, which was so popular that it had to keep its doors open 24 hours a day. Along the top section of the painting a monstrous female formthat we now know to be a portrayal of her husbands new loverfarts out a phallic shapedtongue. Jan 25, 20 it is, says paula rego, as empty as you can get. Portuguese painter paula rego, became part of the london group in 1965, was shortlisted for the turner prize in 1989 and became the first associate artist of the national gallery in london in 1990.
Paula rego, snow white and her stepmother, pastel on paper mounted on aluminium, 178 x 150 cm. Dame maria paula figueiroa rego dbe ra born 26 january 1935 is a portugueseborn visual artist who is particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. She seems matteroffact in her studio among her works and various macabre objects as she discusses, in a stately but stilted rp accent, her jungian psychoanalysis and lifelong experience of depression. The sinister storyteller strange elusive narratives and figures, both human and animal are constants in paula regos work.
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