Marc Lagrange (1957-2015) was born in Kinshasa, Congo. His career path led him from engineering to photography, and his creativity from fashion to art. (more…)
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© Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey
Rose Finn-Kelcey
Artist
Born in Northampton, 1945, Rose Finn-Kelcey studied at Ravensbourne College and then at Chelsea College of Art, later becoming a major figure in the contemporary British art scene for over four decades. She continued to live and work in London from 1968 until her death in 2014.
Finn-Kelcey’s engagement with questions of power and agency was a driving force behind her decision to stage works within the public institutions that shape our civic realm. Such interventions included her striking flag works, such as Fog, flown from Alexandra Palace in 1971, and Power for the People, hoisted briefly at Battersea Power Station in 1972. Since her death, Finn-Kelcey’s work has been the subject of increasing attention, as the themes she was concerned with have re-entered the public consciousness: feminism, spirituality, commodity culture and individual empowerment, to name a few.
Over the course of her career Finn-Kelcey exhibited at numerous galleries in the UK including The Royal Academy of Art, Whitechapel Gallery, the Hayward Gallery, the Saatchi Gallery and Tate Britain. Her work can be found in national and international collections, most notably within the Tate collection, Arts Council Collection, British Council Collection and the Victoria & Albert Collection.
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Rose Finn-Kelcey, The Restless Image: a discrepancy between the seen position and the felt position, 1975. Copyright the Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey
Rose Finn-Kelcey, Life, Belief and Beyond installation view, 2017 © Modern Art Oxford. Photo: Ben Westoby
Rose Finn-Kelcey, Life, Belief and Beyond installation view, 2017 © Modern Art Oxford. Photo: Ben Westoby
Rose Finn-Kelcey, Life, Belief and Beyond installation view, 2017 © Modern Art Oxford. Photo: Ben Westoby
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