Volcanic eruption an explosion of 'IT'.

Volcanic eruption of the explosion of 'IT'.

London : 21.7.69 [21 July 1969]

1 painting : acrylic on board ; 60.5 x 61 cm

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

Volcanic eruption an explosion of 'IT'. 21-7-69. (polymer) finger painting. Mary Barnes. (written in biro on the reverse). Mary Barnes, Kingsley Hall, Powis Road, Bow, London, E3. (written on a label attached to the reverse). Volcanic eruption an explosion of 'IT' [Oct.]ober 72. Joe...Mary (incomplete inscription written on plaster on the reverse)

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Wellcome Collection 3316810i

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

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.