Stories
- Article
A reflection on art in a mental hospital
Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.
- Article
Picturing mental health
Ron Hampshire created artworks while resident at Netherne psychiatric hospital. What can we learn from them?
- Article
Reversing the psychiatric gaze
Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.
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Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze
Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence of Edward Adamson
Date: 1949-1996Reference: PP/ADA/APart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Archives and manuscripts
Artwork by Edward Adamson
Date: Mid 20th centuryReference: PP/ADA/EPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Archives and manuscripts
Writings by Edward Adamson
Date: c.1954-1984Reference: PP/ADA/DPart of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Archives and manuscripts
Edward Adamson
Date: 1945-1990Reference: SA/ADC/FPart of: Adamson Collection Trust (established 1978)- Archives and manuscripts
Edward Adamson's papers
Date: 1984-1995Reference: SA/ADC/D/6Part of: Adamson Collection Trust (established 1978)