Member guided tourPaula Rego – Dance among thorns
Language: Norwegian
Meet at meeting point in lobby 15 min before start, use of wardrobe beforehand is recommended.
This offer is exclusive to our members.
The Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego (1935–2022) receives her first ever large-scale exhibition in the Nordic region. Her inspiration from Edvard Munch (1863–1944) is clearly visible in her color-rich, wildly imaginative, figurative paintings. Thematically, these question the complex power relations between women and men. One of her most important motifs is The Dance (1988), which has obvious links to Munch’s The Dance of Life (1899).
Rego grew up under the Salazar dictatorship in Portugal, an era in which women’s freedom and rights were severely limited. In the 1990s she became involved in the abortion issue, and eventually in 2007 the right to voluntary abortion was legalized in her homeland. The exhibition dedicates a whole room to her Untitled pastel paintings, which show the effect of authoritarian government on women’s sexuality, bodies and mental health.
More than 100 works by Paula Rego will be showcased at MUNCH. This is the most comprehensive showing since her exhibition at Tate Britain in 2021, the year before her passing.
