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Paula Rego: The Personal and the Political

Paula Rego: The Personal and the Political

Rego, Paula
Engel, Nadine
Alfaro, Catarina

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ISBN10: 3775760954
ISBN13: 9783775760959
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: Nov 25 2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.95
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Rego's lifelong advocacy for women's rights and anti-authoritarianism resonates throughout her striking, large-scale paintings

Born in Portugal but based in London for most of her life, Paula Rego (1935-2022) relentlessly exposed social grievances through her art. Her large, confrontational oil and pastel paintings--almost always of female subjects--draw upon the horrors found in both storybook narratives and women's lived experiences. They are dedicated to highly emotional themes such as political and sexualized violence, physical self-determination and mental health. Featuring more than 120 works spanning seven decades, The Personal and the Political explores the dichotomy of public and private in Rego's oeuvre: beginning with her early 1950s paintings criticizing the Estado Novo and including her famous Abortion series, her personal contribution criticizing the anti-abortion movement.

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