Helen Chadwick was a groundbreaking British artist known for her bold and often controversial works that explored themes of life, death, and femininity. Her latest exhibition, 'Life Pleasures,' at Hepworth Wakefield is the most comprehensive survey of her art, showcasing her diverse medium from performance to textiles. Chadwick challenged societal conventions and interrogated complex topics like class politics and gender issues. Her life, cut short at 42, left a lasting impact, making her an influential figure in contemporary art and a pioneer for women artists.
For Chadwick's 1976 undergraduate exhibition, the artist painted her naked body with latex and performed farcical, erotic scenes with a group of women in a piece titled Domestic Sanitation.
...the exhibition demonstrates her restless innovation, materially and conceptually, working across performance, photography, metal, installation, print and book-making, lightboxes and textiles.
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