{"product_id":"paula-rego-paula-rego-9783775760959","title":"Paula Rego: The Personal and the Political","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRego's lifelong advocacy for women's rights and anti-authoritarianism resonates throughout her striking, large-scale paintings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Portugal but based in London for most of her life, Paula Rego (1935-2022) relentlessly exposed social grievances through her art. Her large, confrontational oil and pastel paintings--almost always of female subjects--draw upon the horrors found in both storybook narratives and women's lived experiences. They are dedicated to highly emotional themes such as political and sexualized violence, physical self-determination and mental health. Featuring more than 120 works spanning seven decades, \u003ci\u003eThe Personal and the Political\u003c\/i\u003e explores the dichotomy of public and private in Rego's oeuvre: beginning with her early 1950s paintings criticizing the Estado Novo and including her famous \u003ci\u003eAbortion\u003c\/i\u003e series, her personal contribution criticizing the anti-abortion movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Rego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3775760954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783775760959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hatje Cantz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Paula Rego","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474501943551,"sku":"9783775760959","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5a579a2-b410-47ea-ab36-827c174fceb6.jpg?v=1762317141","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paula-rego-paula-rego-9783775760959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}