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Lali Chetwynd
Lali Chetwynd
Bat Opera 2005
Josef Dalle Nogare Collection, Italy. Courtesy Herald St, London
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The Fall of Man is a temporary installation featuring
a puppet show in three acts, that Chetwynd will be showing for this
year's Triennial. As with her previous works,
Chetwynd makes all of her costumes, props and scenery
by hand. The props are assembled by combining found
materials and similarly, Chetwynd's narrative structure
brings together a number of literary sources including the
Bible, the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Karl
Marx's Das Kapital.
The appearance of this theatre tableaux relates
Chetwynd's live performances to her practice as a painter,
in particular her fantastical series Bat Opera which
depicts a stage inhabited by intricately rendered bats.
Biography
Born in 1973 in London
2002–2004 Royal College of Art, London
1996–2000 The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
1992–1995 UCL, London
Solo Exhibitions
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2005
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The Walk to Dover, commissioned by Studio Voltaire, London (performance)
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2004
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Born Free – The Death of a Conservationist, Gasworks Gallery, London (performance)
Bat Opera, Millers Terrace, London
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2003
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An Evening with Jabba the Hutt, The International 3, Manchester (performance)
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Group Exhibitions
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2005
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Debt – A Morality Play, Becks Futures, ICA London (performance)
Iron Age Pasta Jewellery Workshop, Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Royal College of Art, London
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2004
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Erotics and Beastiality, New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennale
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2003
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Richard Dadd and the Dance of Death, Golden Resistance, Tate Britain, London (performance)
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Lives and works in London
See also:
 Lali Chetwynd video interview
Audio tour: Lali Chetwynd clips
Live works: Lali Chetwynd
Lali Chetwynd performance documentation
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