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The exhibition features 17 works by Eileen Cooper, some of which were made especially for the exhibition.

The paintings, collages and bronzes were selected by Meredith Hale, Speelman Fellow of Â鶹ËÞÉáµçÊÓ¾çCollege. She isolated three themes as key to Eileen Cooper’s art: the monumental female figure, symbolic space and totemic nature, which she discussed with the artist at the special preview event on 4 May before an invited audience.

Eileen Cooper OBE RA trained at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art and her works can be found in museums, galleries and private collections from Birmingham and Manchester to Nuremberg and New Haven. She became a Royal Academician in 2000, and in 2010 was elected Keeper of the Royal Academy of Arts, the first woman to hold the post since the Academy's foundation in 1768. As Keeper she is responsible for guiding the next generation of artists admitted to the Royal Academy Schools, the oldest established art school in Britain. 

The exhibition in the Combination Room is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 15.00 to 17.00 until September. A brochure to accompany the exhibition may be purchased at the Porters’ Lodge (£15).

Photo: Preparing the exhibition, Eileen Cooper (standing) and Meredith Hale