Paula Rego : power games /
The female protagonists of the Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego either come from real life or derive from the world's great legends, fairy tales and myths. As complicated heroines of our time they have endured illegal abortions or fight against the limitations of traditional gender roles in...
| Uniform Title: | Paula Rego (Hirmer Verlag GmbH). |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation from German of: Paula Rego : Machtspiele. |
| Published: |
Munich : Basel :
Hirmer Verlag GmbH ; Kunstmuseum Basel,
[2024]
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| Summary: | The female protagonists of the Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego either come from real life or derive from the world's great legends, fairy tales and myths. As complicated heroines of our time they have endured illegal abortions or fight against the limitations of traditional gender roles instead of dragons. "My favourite themes are power games and hierarchies." Rego's oeuvre is a tour de force of creativity. Endlessly versatile and inexhaustible, it is deeply rooted in pictorial worlds and stories from both past and present. This volume approaches the remarkable wealth of Rego's multi-faceted universe through a range of different perspectives and tells of the power of history and emotions, women's rights and invisible structures of domination. With a contribution by Anne Weber and an excerpt of Annie Ernaux's "The Happening." Contributions by C. Alfaro, C. Binswanger, C. Brink, D. M. Cardoso, E. Crippa, A. Cvetkovich, A. Ernaux, E. Ferreira, D. Grisard, M. Keller, V. Marstaller, M. Meister-Notter, V. Miro, L. de Oliveira, J. Rauser, E. Reifert, N. Scherrer, F. Schutzbach, J. Warzecha, A. Weber, N. Willing, A. Zimmermann. |
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| Item Description: | In colophon: This catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition Paula Rego, Power Games, Kunstmuseum Basel, September 28, 2024 - February 2, 2025. |
| Physical Description: | 231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783777443126 3777443123 |