Blue Bird and Other Stories
is the first retrospective exhibition of work by conceptual artist Philippa Beale. Over three decades, Beale’s image and text ‘manipulations’ have both exposed and exploited the role played by representation in bearing our desires. She has worked in a wide range of media, from photography and printmaking to sculpture, video and installation. This exhibition focuses on the wall-based works from the 1970s to the present with over fifty pieces, including screen prints, drawings, photographs and digital images.Blue Bird and Other Stories places Beale’s work within the context of Conceptual Art in Britain since the 1970s and its foundational relationship with London’s design colleges. In keeping with the artist’s practice, the exhibition foregrounds questions of process and authorship and includes works by three of her collaborators: Jane Humphrey, Graham Diprose and Chris Plato.