Suburban nightmare.
- Beales, David, 1954-
- Date:
- 2001
- Reference:
- 3312945i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Aerial view of a street, with a park and cemetery on the right. There are people in the street, including a person lying on the pavement at the bottom of the street and and a devil figure at the top of the street.
Publication/Creation
[England] : 2001.
Physical description
1 painting : acrylic on paper; 76 x 56.5 cm
Contributors
Biographical note
David Beales is an artist and writer. He was admitted to Farnborough Psychiatric Unit at the age of 21, and spent the next twenty years in and out of a number of different hospitals. In the early 1990s, he was discharged from Stone House Hospital as part of the Care in the Community initiative. His art portrays the world of psychiatric patients, drug users, musicians and artists, and has been exhibited at Bethlem Museum of the Mind. His compositions are informed by real life events, and are seen by the artist as mapping an area of social history which is underrepresented.
Related material
Acquired with David Beales archive PP/DBL
Terms of use
Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial CC BY-NC 4.0
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3312945i
Notes
Title provided by the artist.
"The painting was called 'Suburban nightmare', but I changed it to 'Suburban landscape' but I prefer 'Suburban nightmare' as a title as I have called two other paintings Suburban landscape at various times."--David Beales 15/03/2023
Ownership note
Donated to Wellcome Collection by David Beales in 2019..
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores