Paula Rego's map of memory: national and sexual politics

253 Pages·511.634 MB·English

by  Lisboa, Maria Manuel, Rego, Paula

PAULA REGO S MAP OF MEMORY
FOR MICHAEL BRICK AND LAURA LISBOA BRICK
PARA AS MINHAS AVÓS: ADELINA LISBOA E BELMIRA GABÄO
Paula Rego's Map of Memory
National and Sexual Politics
Maria Manuel Lisboa
First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Lisboa, Maria Manuel, 1963-
Paula Rego's Map of Memory: National and Sexual Politics
1. Rego, Paula—Criticism and interpretation
I. Title
759 6
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lisboa, Maria Manuel, 1963-
Paula Rego's Map of Memory: National and Sexual Politics / Maria Manuel Lisboa,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Rego, Paula—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Feminism in art. I. Title.
N7133 R44 L57 2003
759.69-dc21 2002066708
ISBN 13: 978-0-7546-0720-5 (hbk)
Typeset in Palatino by Manton Typesetters, Louth, Lincolnshire, UK.
Contents
List of illustrations
vii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction A patriot for me 1
1 Past history and deaths foretold: nation, self and other from
the 1960s to the 1980s 23
2 (He)art history or a death in the family: the late 1980s 66
3 The sins of the fathers: mother and land revisited in the 1990s 90
4 An interesting condition: the abortion pastels 138
Conclusion Artist and model: let me count the ways I love you 187
Bibliography 199
Index of images 209
Personal name index 211
Subject index 215
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List of illustrations
Plates Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon.
1 The Maids, 1987, Acrylic on paper
on canvas, 2134 x 243.9 cm, Saatchi 13 Amélia's Dream, 1998, Pastel on
Collection, London. paper mounted on aluminium, 162 x 150
cm, private collection.
2 Abracadabra, 1986, Acrylic on paper
on canvas, 157 x 130 cm, private 14 In the Wilderness, 1998, Pastel on
collection. paper mounted on aluminium, 180 x 130
cm, private collection.
3 Two Girls and a Dog, 1987, Acrylic
on paper on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, 15 Angel, 1998, Pastel on paper
private collection. mounted on aluminium, 180 x 130 cm,
collection of the artist.
4 In the Garden, 1986, Acrylic on
paper on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, private 16 Untitled n. 1,1998, Pastel on paper
collection. mounted on aluminium, 110 x 100 cm,
private collection.
5 Untitled b, 1986, Acrylic on paper,
X12 x 76 cm, private collection. 17 Untitled n. 8,1998-99, Pastel on
paper mounted on aluminium, 110 x 100
6 Untitled c, 1986, Acrylic on paper,
cm, private collection.
112 x 76 cm, private collection.
18 Untitled n. 6,1998-99, Pastel on
7 Untitled d, 1986, Acrylic on paper,
paper mounted on aluminium, 110 x 100
112 x 76 cm, private collection.
cm, private collection.
8 Untitled g, 1986, Acrylic on paper,
19 Untitled n. 3,1998, Pastel on paper
112 x 76 cm, private collection.
mounted on aluminium, 110 x 100 cm,
9 The Cadet and His Sister, 1988, private collection.
Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 x
20 Untitled n. 7,1998-99, Pastel on
213.4 cnL private collection.
paper mounted on aluminium, 110 x 100
10 The Family, 1988, Acrylic on paper cm, private collection.
on canvas, 213.4 x 2134 cm/ Saatchi
21 Untitled n. 2, 1998, Pastel on paper
Collection, London.
mounted on aluminium, 110 x 100 cm,
11 Looking Out, 1997, Pastel on paper private collection.
mounted on aluminium, 180 x 130 cm,
22 Love, 1995, Pastel on paper
private collection.
mounted on aluminium, 120 x 160 cm.
12 Mother, 1997, Pastel on paper
mounted on aluminium, 180 x 130 cm,
VIII PAULA REGO'S MAP OF MEMORY
Figures 13 Red Monkey Drawing, 1981, Acrylic
on paper, 76.5 x 56 cm, private
Introduction A patriot for me
collection.
1 Jaime Martins Barata, God,
14 Looking Back, 1987, Acrylic on paper
Motherland, Family: A Trilogy of National
on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, Saatchi
Education, 1938, Lithograph, 78 x 112 cm,
Collection, London.
© Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa.
15 Girl Lifting Up Her Skirt to a Dog,
1 Past history and deaths foretold:
1986, Acrylic on paper, 80 x 60 cm,
from the 1960s to the 1980s
private collection.
2 Salazar Vomiting the Homeland, i960,
16 Snare, 1987, Acrylic on paper on
Oil on canvas, 94 x 120 cm, Calouste
canvas, 150 x 150 cm, British Council
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
Collection, private collection.
3 When We Used to Have a House in the
17 The Little Murderess, 1987, Acrylic
Country, 1961, Collage and oil on canvas,
on paper on canvas, 150 x 150 cm,
49.5 x 244.5 cm.
private collection.
4 Iberian Dawn, 1962, Collage and oil
18 Sleeping, 1986, Acrylic on paper on
on canvas, 72.5 x 92 cm, private
canvas, 150 x 150 cm, Arts Council of
collection.
Great Britain, collection of the artist.
5 The Fitting, 1990, Acrylic on paper
19 Untitled a, 1986, Acrylic on paper,
on canvas, 183 x 132 cm, Saatchi
112 x 76 cm.
Collection, London.
20 Prey, 1986, Acrylic on paper on
6 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The
canvas, 150 x 150 cm, private collection.
Annunciation (Ance Ancilla Domini!),
1849-50, Oil on canvas, 72.6 x 41.9 cm 21 Untitled e, 1986, Acrylic on paper,
(28% x 16V2 in), © Tate, London 2002. 112 x 76 cm, private collection.
7 The First Mass in Brazil, 1993, 22 Untitled f 1986, Acrylic on paper,
Acrylic on paper on canvas, 130 x 180 112 x 76 cm, collection of the artist.
cm, private collection.
2 (He)art history or a death in the
8 Time: Past and Present, 1990-91, family: the late 1980s
Acrylic on paper on canvas, 183 x 183
23 Pregnant Rabbit Telling Her Parents,
cm, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
1982, Acrylic on paper, 103 x 141 cm,
Lisbon.
private collection.
9 History I, History II and History III,
24 Red Monkey Beats His Wife, 1981,
1986, Acrylic on paper on canvas,
Acrylic on paper, 61 x 105 cm, collection
History 1154 x 128 cm, History II153 x
of the artist.
112 cm, History III 153 x 112 cm.
25 Lorenzo Lotto, The Nativity, 1523,
10 The Interrogator's Garden, 2000,
Oil on panel, 18Y8 x 14V8 in (46 x 35.9
Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium,
cm), © 2001 Samuel H. Kress Collection,
120 x 110 cm, private collection.
National Gallery of Art, Washington,
11 Dog Woman, 1994, Pastel on canvas, Photograph © 2001 Board of Trustees,
120 x 160 cm, Saatchi Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
London.
26 Wife Cuts Off Red Monkey's Tail,
12 Pablo Picasso, The Monkey Painter, 1981, Acrylic on paper, 68 x 101 cm.
1959, Colour pencils on paper, 37 x 29
27 The Dance, 1988, Acrylic on paper
cm, Museu Picasso, Barcelona,
on canvas, 213.4 x 274.3 cnL Tate
succession Picasso/DACS 2002.
Modern, London, Tate Gallery.
List of illustrations ix
28 Departure, 1988, Acrylic on paper on 40 Lying, 1998, Pastel on paper
canvas, 2134 x 1524 cm, collection of mounted on aluminium, 100 x 80 cm,
the artist. private collection.
29 Snow White Playing With Her 41 Girl with Chickens, 1997, Pastel on
Father's Trophies, 1995, Pastel on board, paper mounted on aluminium, 120 x 80
170 x 150 cm, Saatchi Collection, cm, private collection.
London.
42 Joseph's Dream, 1990, Acrylic on
30 The Bullfighter's Godmother, 1990-91, paper on canvas, 183 x 122 cm, private
Acrylic on paper on canvas, 122 x 152.4 collection.
cm, private collection.
43 Martha, Mary and Magdalene, 1999,
31 The Soldier's Daughter, 1987, Acrylic Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium,
on paper on canvas, 213.4 x 152-4 cm/ Triptych, Left panel 130 x 120 cm,
private collection. Centre panel 130 x 120 cm, Right panel
130 x 120 cm, private collection.
32 The Policeman's Daughter, 1987,
Acrylic on paper on canvas, 213.4 x 44 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Two
152.4 cm, Saatchi Collection, London. Women at a Window, c. 1655-60, Oil on
canvas, 49% x 41V& in (125.1 x 104.5 cm)/
3 The sins of the fathers: mother and
© 2001 Widener Collection, National
land revisited in the 1990s
Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph
33 Centaur, 1964, Collage and oil on © 2001 Board of Trustees, National
canvas, 140 x 139 cm, collection of the Gallery of Art, Washington.
artist.
45 The Coop, 1998, Pastel on paper
34 The Company of Women, 1997, Pastel mounted on aluminium, 150 x 150 cm,
on paper mounted on aluminium, 170 x private collection.
130 cm, collection of the artist.
46 The Annunciation, 1981, Collage and
35 The Cell, 1997, Pastel on paper acrylic on canvas, 200 x 250 cm, private
mounted on aluminium, 120 x 160 cm, collection.
Museu de Arte Moderna, Casa Serrales,
47 The Rest on the Flight into Egypt,
Porto.
1998, Pastel on paper mounted on
36 Johannes Vermeer, A Lady Writing, aluminium, 170 x 150 cm, private
c. 1665, Oil on canvas, i73/4 x i53/4 in (45 collection.
x 39.9 cm), © 2001 Gift of Harry
48 Dancing Ostriches from Disney's
Waldron Havemeyer and Horace
"Fantasia", 1995, Pastel on paper
Havemeyer, Jr, in memory of their
mounted on aluminium, Triptych right
father, Horace Havemeyer, National
panel 150 x 150 cm, Saatchi Collection,
Gallery of Art, Washington, Photograph
London.
© 2001 Board of Trustees, National
Gallery of Art, Washington. 4 An interesting condition: the
abortion pastels
37 The Ambassador of Jesus, 1997, Pastel
on paper mounted on aluminium, 180 x 49 Domenico Veneziano, The
180 cm, Saatchi Collection, London. Annunciation, c. 1445, Tempera on wood,
io3/4 x 21V4 in (27.3 x 54 cm), ©
38 Girl with Gladioli and Religious
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Figures, 1997, Pastel on paper mounted
on aluminium, 160 x 120 cm, private 50 Untitled triptych, 1998, Pastel on
collection. paper mounted on aluminium, Left
panel (a): 110 x 100 cm, Centre panel (b):
39 Crivelli's Garden (left panel), 1990-
110 x 100 cm, Right panel (c): 110 x 100
91, Acrylic on paper on canvas, 190 x
cm.
240 cm, Sainsbury Wing (brasserie),
National Gallery, London.