Dancing Ostriches
1995
Surrealism
Pastel on paper mounted on aluminium
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
‘Dancing Ostriches’ is part of a series of paintings created by Rego in which she depicts muscular, stocky women stretching and preparing for a ballet performance. The ‘Ostriches’ are all dressed in black continuing Rego’s interest in the opposing states of innocence and experience, of life and death
Paula Rego
Surrealism, School of London, Feminist Art
Born: 26 January 1935, Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese-British
Died: 8 June 2022, London, UK
Rego was a visual artist, considered the preeminent female artist of the late 20th and early 21st century. She is best known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego’s style evolved from abstract to representational and she favoured pastels over oils, Her work often reflected feminism
Jezzie G 