Rachel Gadsden Blog
Rachel Gadsden undoubtedly had a spectacular 2008: artist in residence at Hampton Court and Capture artist for the Handover for the Paralympic Game in Stoke Mandeville, she excelled at every turn. 2009 promises to be something quite different - a new way of being in situ with new accessible equipment and time to build a new body of work. The work she has been waiting to paint all her life.
Rachel Gadsden takes us through some of her highlights of 2009
I was introduced to the work of the Danish painter Per Kirkeby at Tate Modern last April. I went to the exhibition purely on a whim. An image on a publicity poster caught my imagination. I knew...Comments: 0
Rachel Gadsden chronicles her Ethiopian Olympic weekend experience
We had an amazing trip to visit the visit the Southern Omo Valley indigenous tribal groups, in Ethiopia, over the Olympic Open Weekend 2009. It was a powerful experience to spend time with people who...Comments: 1
Emerging figures ...
I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge - Jackson Pollock The insight that I believe...Comments: 0
Inspiration
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top - Virginia Woolf At last I have begun the passage into a measureless terrain where I will allow...Comments: 0
Parliamentary Outreach Breaking Barriers Exhibition Opening
It was with great excitement that The Breaking Barriers Exhibition Opening took place on the 5th June, a day after the country went to vote. With one of the lowest voter turnouts ever, it was a...Comments: 0
The Massacre of the Innocents and Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children: a Play for Gaza
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body…In the morning we must sweep out the shadows - Gaston Bachelard I established that Rubens 'The Massacre of the Innocents' was on loan from...Comments: 0
Leading questions
I was lucky recently to have had the opportunity to participate in the Sync 20 leadership programme. I might not be a typical leader in the respect that I don't manage people but I acknowledge that...Comments: 0
Transition
The Palace experience is fading, just a memory now, and as I meander onwards, I am finally free to explore the many facets of what it is to be human. The journey has in fact already begun; recent...Comments: 0
