Rose Finn-Kelcey
Publisher: Ridinghouse
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781905464685
Subjects: Artists, great britain; Art criticism
Description: From the 1970s, artist Rose Finn Kelcey became a central figure in the emerging communities of performance and feminist art in the UK. The complex thinking embodied in her work has touched on such themes as power and the dilemmas of mastery,the myth of the artist; the gaining of a voice; the deceptions of value; the nature of collaboration,the surrogate performer; spirituality; longing and death. This book, extensively illustrated, is the first comprehensive mono graph on this artist s work, documenting more than four decades of Finn Kelceys art. Includes over 150 illustrations and essays by Guy Brett, Sarah Kent and Michael Stanley.