CAROLINE WALKER: Birth Reflections Exhibitions

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They follow her recent residency with the maternity service in the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing at University College London Hospitals (UCLH).

Caroline Walker is known for painting women at work and often behind the scenes, from hotel maids to her own mother. This new series of paintings see her capture midwives, doctors, cleaners and mothers, and is inspired by a series of four paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson ‘The Acts of Mercy’. These large paintings, measuring 200 x 340 cm each, originally hung in the foyer of the Middlesex Hospital, of which The Fitzrovia Chapel is now the only remaining building. After the Middlesex Hospital was closed in 2005 and shortly after demolished, the paintings were acquired by the Wellcome Collection nearby. Caroline will present three paintings at the exact same size as the Cayley Robinson’s within the chapel: ‘Theatre’, ‘Ultrasound’ and ‘Birthing Pool’. There will also be two smaller paintings: ‘First Nappy Change’ and ‘Newborn Check.’

Caroline Walker explains about the new series: “When I first started speaking to UCLH about a residency there were a number of departments that interested me as potential subject matter. It wasn’t until I found out I was pregnant and began attending appointments at the hospital as an expectant mother that I began to develop a particular interest in the areas I was visiting. Trips to the maternity wing for scans, blood tests, antenatal classes and then the birth itself were both a new experience emotionally for me, but also visually. At some point during this period I decided that the maternity wing would make the ideal subject for my work, bringing together my personal relationship to this hospital with an ongoing interest in depicting women’s working lives through painting.”

Alongside the exhibition at The Fitzrovia Chapel, UCLH will display ink drawings and oil sketches from Caroline’s time at the hospital in their ground floor exhibition space, visible externally from Euston Road. These will include the oil sketches of the large paintings on view at the chapel. The exhibition at UCLH will run from 18 February – 6 April, and is viewable by hospital staff and patients only in line with UCLH’s current visitor policy.

‘Birth Reflections’ is supported by Stephen Friedman Gallery. Caroline Walker is represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, GRIMM, Amsterdam/New York and Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh. Walker will present her first solo exhibition at Stephen Friedman Gallery from 29 April to 28 May 2022.

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Date(s)18 Feb - 4 Mar 2022
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VenueThe Fitzrovia Chapel
Address2 Pearson Square, London, Greater London,
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Date18 Feb - 4 Mar 2022
Time(s)11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
CostFree
VenueThe Fitzrovia Chapel
2 Pearson Square
London
Greater London
W1W7EY
Phone020 3409 9895
CategoryExhibitions


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