As Deryn Rees-Jones writes in her foreword, one of the most striking elements of Paula Rego's art is her ability to hint at implied narratives, to dramatise the 'pause between feeling and action, between knowing and not knowing'. Into this pause, Owen Lowery inserts his own poetic responses to Rego's works. Drawing on the often disturbing themes of Rego's works - power, violence, the body at its most vulnerable - Lowery creates poems that both interpret the visual and move away from it into new narratives. Rego Retold is a fascinating exploration of the interplay of word and image; it is also a poet's personal tribute to one of the most significant artists of our time.

The Saison Poetry Library at the Southbank Centre held an exhibition of paintings and poems from the book from 17th March - 3rd May 2015

About the Author
Lowery was born in 1968. Formerly a British Judo champion, he suffered a spinal injury while competing and is now a tetraplegic. He has a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from The University of Bolton. Owen's first collection, Otherwise Unchanged, was published in 2012. Paula Rego was born in Lisbon and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. Her art is internationally renowned for its dark and sinister subject matters. In 2010, Rego was made a Dame of the British Empire.


Book Information
ISBN 9781784100032
Author Owen Lowery
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd