An explosion of IT.

  • Barnes, Mary, 1923–2001
Date:
September 1968
Reference:
3316808i
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About this work

Description

Uneven four sided shape, cut by Mary Barnes. Thick black paint with marbled purple.

Publication/Creation

[London] : September 1968.

Physical description

1 painting : paint on paper ; 54 x 37 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection also holds the Mary Barnes Archive, reference PP/MBA https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rpjx3pqx

Lettering

Top. (Both sides of this paper). An explosion of IT. Mary Barnes. Sept 68. (written on reverse in biro)

Copyright note

All rights reserved.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3316808i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in '20th Century Women' at The Gallery of Everything, London, 10 October 2021 - 14 November 2021.

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.
Painted while Mary Barnes lived in Kingsley Hall, London, an experimental therapeutic community founded by R.D. Laing.

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