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Born Mar Northampton, died Feb London. The Restless Image: a discrepancy between the seen position and the felt position created in , pictures the artist doing a handstand on a beach, we know it to be Littlestone beach because we can see the Mulberry Harbour in the background. Rose revisited the beach that her family had visited when she was a child, and took a series of photographs of herself performing handstands.

At first glance, it isn't easily read as a figure. On closer inspection , Rose has given the air of nostalgia through her clothes and a sense of timelessness using the barren landscape and the anonymity of the figure. The is a self portrait that also celebrates the memory of her mother as youthful and carefree. This photograph, now in the Tate collection, is a brilliant example of the development of her own individual voice.

Rose explored a range of artistic practices including performance, site specific installs, video, sound and photography. It may be easy to forget that the work was created in a time when many female artists felt almost entirely ignored, that their concepts, ideas and voice remained unheard.

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