Helen CHADWICK British, 1953-1996
Allegory of Misrule, 1986
Cibachrome photograph
127 x 105 cm
50 x 41 3/8 in
50 x 41 3/8 in
Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Further images
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 featured 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 re-articulated the historical painting into her own contemporary version, creating a multi-layered effect that doubly comments on the results of misrule.
explosion, Chadwick re-articulated the historical painting into her own contemporary version, creating a multi-layered effect that doubly comments on the results of misrule.
Exhibitions
The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, Somerset House London, 27 October 22 - 19 February 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
Literature
Leonie O'Dwyer, Helen Chadwick: a critical catalogue raisonné, Leeds 2012 (illustrated, no. 89). Helen Chadwick. London: Barbican Art Gallery and Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany, 2004, (illustrated p. 81)Enfleshings. London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1989, (illustrated p. 73)