J’Accuse…! Sculptures by Nicole Farhi
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, U.K.
19th March – 15th June 2025
Back in 2012, my husband David Hare’s play “The Judas Kiss” was revived in the West End. Rupert Everett memorably played Oscar Wilde, facing two of the most decisive moments of his life. As a first night present for David, I sculpted a little bust of Wilde. When he later adapted “The Seagull” at the National Theatre, I gave him the bust of Anton Chekhov. I celebrated his new version of “The Master Builder” with a bust of Henrik Ibsen. People who saw them remarked on the intensity of the compression. These three portraits, no more than nine inches high, led to my making a whole series of small busts. First, I did the most remarkable writers of the 20th century. Then I moved on to great female couples. I followed that series with pioneers who could be said to have affected world history. I loved researching each subject and finding images and photos. By modelling in clay and then by painting, I tried to reveal what I felt was the presence of the individual and their humanity.
My latest series, which covers important miscarriages of justice, is in some way the most personal and deeply felt of all. Here are the men and women to whom irrevocable wrong was done. The only thing anyone can now do is look them in the eye, see them plain, and hope to commit them to memory. I aim to help people not forget them, because not forgetting is the greatest service we can do.
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FAMM (Female Artists of the Mougins Museum)
Mougins Museum, Mougins, France
Opening: 21st June 2024 (permanent display)
“This exhibition represents an exhilarating artistic journey—from visionary Impressionists to daring Surrealists, through tumultuous abstraction and bold representations of the human body, leading to the intimate and raw expressions of 21st-century female artists.”
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Image below shows:
Nicole alongside Christian Levett the art collector and owner of the museum. Artworks: ADIRA and ZAILA from the series THE POWER OF WOMEN
