PAULA REGO ~ O Vinho / Wine ~ at Marlborough Fine Art
LONDON - The Directors of Marlborough Fine Art will be holding an exhibition of a new series of lithographs by Paula Rego from 7th September - 6 October 2007. This series of 8 new works is inspired by a short story by the Portuguese novelist João de Melo. In de Melo’s short story, wine is not a diversion but a re-engagement with life, an awakening that imparts a new freedom and a fresh intensity to the narrative voice. The lead character takes us on an exploration into the ‘unique and delicious secrets of wine’, secrets that reveal and illuminate aspects of his humanity otherwise lost in the monotony of his daily existence as an office worker.
Enitharmon are publishing a limited edition book with the text by de Melo, illustrated by Paula Rego: each one a story in itself, and all indicative of the transforming effects of ‘the colour, the soul, the profound essence of wine.’ Rego is also the translator of de Melo’s short story – his first to appear in English.
This is the fourth project that Paula has undertaken with Enitharmon Editions and a successor to Pendle Witches, The Children's Crusade, and Jane Eyre.
The large format de luxe edition (100 copies) is accompanied by a signed and numbered colour lithograph, 59 x 47 cm, by Paula Rego, printed at the Royal College of Art, will be available on the night of the Private View. For further details on the book please contact Enitharmon directly: Tel: 020 7482 5967 Email: books@enitharmon.co.uk or www.enitharmon.co.uk
For further details on the lithographs please contact Frankie Rossi on 0207 629 5161; frossi@marlboroughfineart.com www.marlboroughfineart.com
Founded in 1946 Marlborough Fine Art is one of the world's leading contemporary art dealers holding between six and eight exhibitions annually. Represented artists are also invited to participate in museum exhibitions worldwide. The Gallery deals in paintings and sculpture by prominent international artists.
Paula Rego’s print exhibition Graven Images is currently showing at the Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art in Birmingham and continues there until 7th October. Her major Retrospective Exhibition at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, opens on 25th September and continues there until 30 December 2007. This will travel to the National Museum of Women’s Art, Washington in February 2008.