ROSE FINN-KELCEY AT
KATE MACGARRY

Curated by Andrée Cooke, Artistic Executor for the Estate of Rose Finn-Kelcey and artist and curator Simon Moretti.

14th February - 04th April 2020

Andrée Cooke and Kate MacGarry are delighted to present a solo exhibition of works by Rose Finn-Kelcey (1945-2014). The exhibition focuses on key pieces from the 70’s to the 90’s, exploring a breadth of work central to Finn-Kelcey’s practice. She first came to prominence in the early 1970s as an artist central to the emerging communities of performance and Feminist art in the UK. The nature of Finn-Kelcey’s work is richly diverse, both in form and subject matter, however it is consistently conceptual and “characterised by a dry wit that belies the formidable intelligence and deep humanity that drove her practice [1]”.She deftly offers humour as a point of access into her work, allowing a wide and varied audience to consider topics as varied as life, death and spirituality communicated with great depth and profundity.

The exhibition includes ‘flagworks’, Here is a Gale Warning (1971) and Power for the People (1972) and performance pieces, One for Sorrow Two for Joy (1976) and Mind the Gap (1980).

[1] Modern Art Oxford, public information leaflet and press release to accompany Rose Finn-Kelcey: Life, Belief and Beyond, July 15 – October 15, 2017.

Further information at Kate MacGarry
27 Old Nichol Street, London E2 7HR