Paula
Rego: Oratorio
The
Directors of Marlborough Fine Art are delighted to announce their forthcoming
exhibition of new work by Paula Rego from 7th July – 20th August.
This is her first solo exhibition in London since 2006.
The exhibition has three separate strands: the first will be the
Oratorio, a mixed media Triptych with a
central panel and two wings which Paula created for her recent joint exhibition
with Tracey Emin and Matt Collishaw at the Foundling Museum earlier this year.
In addition to the Oratorio, there will be six large conté works on paper
relating to the Oratorio and its Foundling Museum origins.
The second strand is made up of a further nine conté works on
paper which the artist has completed, following on from the Foundling pictures,
in which she explores a variety of new themes entitled The Birthday Party, The
Dolls Playground, The Overseer and others.
The third strand
is a group of nineteen etchings executed in monochrome and then hand painted in
multiple different colours. As Tom Rosenthal writes in his introduction to the
catalogue “Such is Rego’s mastery of this medium that, by altering
only the colours but not the outline she can alter the mood of the subject and
thus its contents. As she has said: “They become different parts of a
different story….”
Paula Rego, who was created a
Dame of the British Empire in the recent Honours list will have a major
Retrospective Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey, Mexico,
opening there on 30th September 2010 which will subsequently be shown at the
Pinacoteca in Sao Paulo, Brazil opening there in March 2011.
A fully illustrated catalogue will be published with an introduction by
Tom Rosenthal, author of Paula Rego: The Complete Graphic Work.
For further information and photographs, please contact John
Erle-D
rax, Frankie Rossi or Mary Miller: jdrax@marlboroughfineart.com;
frossi@marlboroughfineart.com; mmiller@marlboroughfineart.com
Image details:
Becoming
Close Friends, 2009, conte on paper, 164 x 130 cm
