Rose finn kelcey biography of william shakespeare
Rose Finn-Kelcey (Oct ).
As Guy Brett has written, Rose Finn- Kelcey does not propose a feminine mythology to replace the male one she is questioning....
ROSE FINN-KELCEY
Rose Finn-Kelcey first came to prominence in the early 1970s as a central figure in the emerging communities of performance and Feminist art in the UK.
Her artistic oeuvre is characterised by unpredictability, with each work changing dramatically from one to the next.
The complex thinking embodied in her work incorporates themes of power, dilemmas of mastery, the myth of the artist, the gaining of a voice, the deceptions of value, the nature of collaboration, the surrogate performer, spirituality, longing and death.
From 1975–1985 Finn-Kelcey's work was almost entirely performance based, including works such as ‘One for Sorrow Two for Joy’ (Acme Gallery, London 1976) and ‘The Boilermaker’s Assistant’ (London Calling, 1978).
In 1980 she introduced the idea of a 'vacated performanc