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Stealing from ghosts
1971 – I was fourteen and we found a storage hut at school, next to the tennis court. We climbed in and nicked a few costumes. These were vintage clothes used for school... Read More
The harrowing of hell
What I especially like about the concept of The Harrowing of Hell is that Jesus needs to be busy busy. He can’t actually be dead during those three days. He has to rescue... Read More
Postcards from a Mythical Childhood Included in Above and Below Exhibition in Response to Time & Tide Project and the Warning about the Risk to Coastal Communities – Becky Nuttall English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark Ambassador Artist
My postcards included in Above and Below exhibition show photographs of me as a small child taken in Brixham. The original images were taken on Brixham Harbourside and Mansands Beach Brixham in the... Read More
Three kings and lessons in good housekeeping
A baby is greeted like the second coming and little rituals of worship take place amongst the banal secular ritual of cooking and cleaning in the miserable 1960s. In big families child care... Read More
The visible artist: Symbols: ‘I am not a romantic’
www.beckynuttall.com ‘I am not a romantic‘ is a work on the theme of gender, identity, fashion, art, literature, popular culture, history and feminism These are the images that influenced the work; John Keats:... Read More
The sin eaters
In my adolescence, I visited the artist in a London flat. There was a room designated for the studio; I could not smell turps or white spirit; I could not see a Francis... Read More