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Mary Barnes: Boo-Bah, The Nunnery

16 Jan 15 – 29 Mar 15, Tuesday - Sunday 10am-5pm

Looking for things to do in Bow? Don’t miss the Nunnery Gallery Boo-Bah painting exhibition from schizophrenic artist Mary Barnes

By CW Contributor on 15/1/2015

Mary Barnes: Boo-Bah
Mary Barnes: Boo-Bah
Mary Barnes: Boo-Bah, The Nunnery Mary Barnes: Boo-Bah, The Nunnery Ali Godwin
Bow Arts The Nunnery’s exhibition of paintings by Mary Barnes provides an insight into the mind of two of Bow Arts London’s most remarkable residents. The Nunnery Gallery, supported by the Bow Arts Trust, promotes artists from the local Bow area. 
The vast majority of the works in Boo-Bah come from the collection of American Psychiatrist Dr Joseph Berke, who came to Kingsly Hall in Bow to learn from radical psychiatrist R.D.Laing. It was there that Berke developed a close relationship with Mary Barnes who was struggling with a breakdown at the time. Boo-Bah was Barnes’ nickname for Berke, scrawled in a love letter written by the patient.
Diagnosed as a schizophrenic, Barnes managed to work through her illness by making paintings at a ferocious rate. The results, as this east London exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery demonstrates, are extraordinary. Thick smears of paint congeal into abstract compositions and dramatic figurative scenes. Applied by fingers and brushes, these works drip with the punch of Barnes’ unmediated internal anguish. At its heart this exhibition tells a heart-warming story of overcoming debilitating obstacles through the power of friendship and art.

What Mary Barnes: Boo-Bah, The Nunnery
Where Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ | MAP
Nearest tube Bow Road (underground)
When 16 Jan 15 – 29 Mar 15, Tuesday - Sunday 10am-5pm
Price £Free
Website Click here for more information



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