Cotmandene.
- Beales, David, 1954-
- Date:
- 2001
- Reference:
- 3312972i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Birds eye view of suburban London streets, with people walking past shops, and a central figure wearing green looking out of the picture.
Publication/Creation
[England] : 2001.
Physical description
1 painting : acrylic on paper; 50.7 x 76.2 cm
Contributors
Biographical note
David Beales is an artist and writer. He was admitted to Farnborough Psychiatric Unit at the age of 21, and spent the next twenty years in and out of a number of different hospitals. In the early 1990s, he was discharged from Stone House Hospital as part of the Care in the Community initiative. His art portrays the world of psychiatric patients, drug users, musicians and artists, and has been exhibited at Bethlem Museum of the Mind. His compositions are informed by real life events, and are seen by the artist as mapping an area of social history which is underrepresented.
Lettering
DBeales (signed bottom right, recto). Suburban landscape. David Beales (in pencil on the verso).
Terms of use
Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial CC BY-NC 4.0
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3312972i
Notes
Title provided by the artist.
"...called 'Cotmandene' after the row of shops in St Paul's Cray and was also painted in 2001... set in the first part of the 1970s and illustrates the writing about the counterculture in South East London as background landscapes."--David Beales 17/03/2023
Ownership note
Donated to Wellcome Collection by David Beales in 2019.
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores