Rose finn kelcey biography of albert einstein

British artist

Rose Finn-Kelcey (4 March – 13 February ) was a British artist, born in Northampton. Finn-Kelcey grew up in Buckinghamshire as part of a large farming family, and went on to study at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, and later Chelsea College of Art in London.

Rose finn kelcey biography of albert einstein

She died on 13 February of motor neurone disease.^[2] She lived and worked in London from ^[3]

Finn-Kelcey worked in a variety of media including performance, video, sound, installation, sculpture, photography, papercut and posters.

Early work

Finn-Kelcey's work in the late s and s emerged alongside that of increasing numbers of artists concerned with formal experimentation and conceptual practices. Several of the early works consisted of making and flying flags in publicly visible spaces, as in Power for the People ().

In this piece, Finn-Kelcey made large flags from silver tissue and black bunting bearing the slogan 'POWER FOR THE PEOPLE', which were hung