Corridor conversation.

  • Beales, David, 1954-
Date:
December 2010 - January 2011
Reference:
3303258i
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About this work

Description

The painting shows groups of people standing in a hospital corridor. In the centre three women are talking, to their left a couple holds hands, and to their right two people stand facing each other, their heads turned to look at the viewer.

Publication/Creation

[England] : December 2010 - January 2011.

Physical description

1 painting : acrylic; 67 x 52 cm

Contributors

Biographical note

David Beales is an artist and writer. He was admitted to Farnborough Psychiatric Unit at the age of 21, and spent the next twenty years in and out of a number of different hospitals. In the early 1990s, he was discharged from Stone House Hospital as part of the Care in the Community initiative. His art portrays the world of psychiatric patients, drug users, musicians and artists, and has been exhibited at Bethlem Museum of the Mind. His compositions are informed by real life events, and are seen by the artist as mapping an area of social history which is underrepresented.

Related material

Acquired with David Beales archive PP/DBL

Terms of use

Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial CC BY-NC 4.0

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3303258i

Notes

Title provided by the artist.

Ownership note

Donated to Wellcome Collection by David Beales in 2019.

Type/Technique

Subjects

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