Helen CHADWICK British, 1953-1996
Allegory of Misrule, 1986
Cibachrome photograph
Unframed: 121.5 x 104.5 cm
Framed: 125.5 x 108.5 x 4.5 cm
Framed: 125.5 x 108.5 x 4.5 cm
Edition of 5
In 1986 Chadwick completed a two-month residency at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK. The focus of her attention was a small 18th century oil painting 'Allegory of Misrule'...
In 1986 Chadwick completed a two-month residency at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK. The focus of her attention was a small 18th century oil painting 'Allegory of Misrule' by Johann Georg Platzer, which was in the museum’s permanent collection. Working with her own photocopied image and photocopies of frozen, dead animals from the museum's Natural History department, a slide projection of the original painting and a second slide projection of an atomic explosion; Chadwick rearticulated the historical painting into her own contemporary version.
Exhibitions
The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, Somerset House London, 2023Liberties, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall, UK, 2017
Helen Chadwick: Works from the Estate, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK, 2013
Cameos Helen Chadwick: Installation of Recent Work, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988. This exhibition travelled to Torch Ontrust Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Allegory of Misrule, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK, and Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria, 1987