EXHIBITION: THROUGH THE EYES OF A MUSE
So often we gaze upon the eyes of a muse – not through. They have come to signify beauty or style alone, when originally in Greek mythology they were thought as the source of knowledge. Interestingly, the etymological root of muse is similar to that of music – where their inspirational force is most often felt. Pattie Boyd, the ‘Queen of the Sixties’, a woman over whom two great musicians (George Harrison and Eric Clapton) duelled, is a muse par examplar. But more than that, she is a source of knowledge on an era swirling with sex, spirituality and the burgeoning sense that anything was possible. From her unusual childhood in Kenya to her fashion modelling and intimate connection with the world of rock n roll, this is a snapshot of a time that, at first, she was hesitant to revisit, “I didn’t want to open boxes of accumulated photos that I had taken over the years; I believed they would remind me of times of both sadness and happiness that I wasn’t ready to look at.” Marking her first solo exhibition in the southern hemisphere, this collection of 50 fascinating photographs is accompanied by her recent autobiography Wonderful Today. On December 5th you will have the chance to meet the muse face-to-face as she signs her books nestled amidst what she calls the, “frame of something wonderful that I have observed.”
Nov 26-Dec 24, Blender Gallery, 16 Elizabeth St Paddington, 9380 7080, blender.com.au
