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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 ...
2. Okt. 2020 · Wenig bekannt ist auch die Engländerin Sheila Legge, die 1936 zur Eröffnung der «International Surrealist Exhibition» in den Londoner New Burlington Galleries mit ihrer Performance «Surrealist Phantom of Sex Appeal» auf dem Trafalgar Square für Aufsehen sorgte: Sie hatte ein langes weisses Kleid an und trug ein künstliches ...
Sheila Legge was a surrealist artist who participated in a famous happening in Trafalgar Square with Salvador DalÍ in 1936. She also appeared as The Phantom of Sex Appeal, carrying a pork chop and an artificial leg, in the exhibition.
19. Mai 2021 · Learn about the role of women in Surrealism in Britain in the 1930s, including artist Sheila Legge, who appeared as 'the phantom of Surrealism' in 1936. The exhibition features archive material from the Whitechapel Gallery and other sources.
Ja, es gab sie! Neben der Präsenz von Werk und Person sollen sie auch dazu führen, dass nicht nur einzelne Künstlerinnen für ganze Kunstbewegungen stehen. Neben Frida Kahlo und Meret Oppenheim ...
Sheila Legge immersed herself in Surrealist practice for several months. On the opening day of the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London, she dressed as the Surrealist Phantom performing in front of the Trafalgar lions and Claude Cahun’s camera, with her head completely obscured by a floral arrangement.
29. Okt. 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.
