The Policeman's Daughter, oil on canvas, 213 x 152 cm, 1987The Policeman's Daughter has always been one of my favorite Rego works. It is striking in content, composition, and emotional impact. It has always made me think of Sylvia Plath's poem, "Daddy." (1) (2)
Here's what the Saatchi Gallery website had to say about this image:
More of her works are available for viewing on the Saatchi Gallery website. (3)
Here's what the Saatchi Gallery website had to say about this image:
"In the late 1980's Paula Rego made a series of painting to explore close family relationships. All the relationships seem somewhat dysfunctional, particularly those between the fathers and the daughters. The Policeman's Daughter is angry, her hand rammed into her father's boot as she cleans it, a drawing for the painting shows its genesis in a relationship that is a little more innocent - a younger girl, cradling the boot as she cleans it, a toy castle symbolising security at her feet. In the painting, the castle has become a mistrustful cat, and the pose of the girl, taken from a sexually-explicit Robert Mapplethorpe photograph, anything but innocent."
More of her works are available for viewing on the Saatchi Gallery website. (3)
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