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Sheila Legge (née Chetwynd Inglis; c. 1911 – 5 January 1949) was a Surrealist performance artist. Legge is best known for her 1936 Trafalgar Square performance for the opening of London International Surrealist Exhibition, posing in a costume inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, with her head completely obscured by a flower ...
Sheila Legge. United Kingdom Artist- Performance Art, Surrealist. One of the few women of Surrealism, Sheila Legge. In 1936, Salvador DalÍ collaborated with fellow surrealist Sheila Legge to stage a surrealist happening in Trafalgar Square.
Artist Sheila Legge’s (1911–49) appearance as ‘the phantom of Surrealism’ launched the ‘London International Surrealist Exhibition’, held at the New Burlington Galleries in Mayfair. The archive exhibition Phantoms of Surrealism will examine the pivotal role of women as both artists and as behind-the-scenes organisers within ...
13 mag 2021 · Reframing Surrealism. On a hot June day in 1936, a striking figure was seen amongst the pigeons of Trafalgar Square, attired in a white gown, her head obscured by roses. It was artist and writer Sheila Legge as the ‘Phantom of Surrealism’, an appearance which heralded the London International Surrealist Exhibition.
Sheila Legge, Trafalgar Square performance, 1936 Analysing dreams, expressing the subconscious through dreamscapes, embracing creative practices like automatic drawing, creating works revolving around chance, metamorphosis, political events, philosophy and myths, are elements one can find in almost all Surrealist works, whether made by a man or ...
12 dic 2021 · – Sheila Legge (1911–1949) was a Surrealist performance artist and poet. She is best known for her 1936 Trafalgar Square performance for the opening of London International Surrealist Exhibition, in which she posed in a costume inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting.
29 ott 2021 · Below the duo share a short poem that lifts lyrics from their recommended tracks, celebrating the dreams, distant realities and strange beauty of surrealist work. Sheila Legge as Surrealist ‘Phantom’, TrafalgarSquare, London, 11 June 1936. Photograph attributed to Claude Cahun. Courtesy Jersey Heritage Collections.
