London: Maggi Hambling in Conversation With James Cahill
Gallery talk
Maggi Hambling in conversation with author James Cahill
Wednesday 2 November 2016, 13.15
The British Museum, Room 90
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG, UK
Free, booking required.
About Maggie Hambling
Maggi Hambling (born 1945) is a British painter, sculptor and queer woman. Maggi graduated from the Slade School of Art in 1969 and in 1980 she became the first Artist in Residence at the National Gallery in London. She is a figurative painter and has painted numerous portraits among others portraits of openly gay people such as Deriek Jarman, George Melly, Stephen Fry and Quentin Crisp. The Guardian writes that she ‘has six works in the National Portrait Gallery and others in the National Gallery, where her portrait of a warder has hung on permanent display since Hambling was the first artist-in-residence there in 1980s. She renown for her sculptures: A Convesation with Oscar Wilde (1998), a memorial to Oscar Wild in Central London and for Scallop (2003), a 4 metre high steel sculpture on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten. In 2005 she received Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture for Scallop. Maggi Hambling is based in London, UK.
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