Nursery Rhymes -Paula Rego

Paula Rego is one of the most celebrated and problematic artists currently working in Britain. She has continually renewed her practice, which has included the cut, paste and painted collages of the 1950s and 60s, the animal pictures of the 80s which developed into the more grounded compositions, the large pastels through to the present obsessive fixation with working directly from the observed experience, in order to delve into her imagination. There are two central pillars to an understanding of the artist. Firstly that she is preminently a draughtswoman of extraordinary range, both stylistically and emotionally, and secondly that she is the quintessential storyteller. Together, these two attributes make printmaking a highly appropriate medium within which to explore her fertile and often dark imagination. Familiar with English Nursery Rhymes from her own childhood, the artist found them a rich source of inspiration, images for each rhyme either existing already in her mind, or coming to her on waking, having read a rhyme before going to sleep in the hope of finding inspiration in the night.

Music: Gabriel Fauré (1845 -1924), Sicilienne op.78

Category:

Education

Tags:

• paula
• rego
• nursery
• rhymes
• illustrations
• fauré
• sicilienne

[SisterLighten]

Interesting and unusual picture!

Thank you!

[SisterLighten]

Interesting and unusual picture!

Thank you!

[Qadesh86]

Mille stelle per Fauré...senza nulla togliere a Paula Rego! ;-)

[alrovelldelou]

Um dos momentos de emoções da vida, são estes quando tomamos contato com algo tão denso e belo.

Deslumbrante!!! Sem + palavras.

[dirtyautomaton]

Paula Rego, Or The Mapping of Our Darkest Reveries: A Tenuous Apocalyse.

(Your videos never cease to amaze me!)