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Paula Rego | |||
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1935 in Lisbon, Portugal Lives and works in London, England |
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| Recreation, 1996 | ||||
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on paper mounted on aluminum 66 7/8 x 51 1/4 inches Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 1997.4 |
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| Portugese-born, London-based
Rego has created a body of figurative work in collage, printmaking, and
painting. Much of her work refers to her memories of childhood, when storytelling
was a central part of life. Rego depicts mostly women and girls, and has
referenced traditional nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and even Disney films.
She mines her imagination for her dreamlike works, and like the Surrealists,
exposes darker, disturbing human impulses such as cruelty and humiliation. |
