Paula Rego

1935년생인 파울라 헤구는 포르투갈 출신의 미술가이다. 회화 작업인 ‘개 연작’ 등을 통해 현실의 거칠고 생생한 단면과 비현실적 상상력을 함께 제시했던 파울라 헤구는 동시대 예술가들에게 지금도 많은 영감을 주고 있다. 주로 영국에서 활동한 영화감독이자 파울라 헤구의 아들인 닉 윌링 감독은 파울라 헤구의 작품 세계와 어머니의 개인사를 영화에 충실하게 담아낸다.

Twenty-five years ago the renowned art critic Robert Hughes made The Shock of the New, a landmark television series that examined the key cultural movement of the 20th Century. Now he's back to look at more recent work and to question whether modern art can still be shocking in its originality and understanding. In an age of media saturation it's perhaps even harder to tell what is good art and what is bad; but Hughes cuts through the marketing and the hype to reveal the art that is vital and will last; the art which defines the times in which we live. In a film which features interviews with David Hockney, Paula Rego, Jeff Koons and Sean Scully, Robert Hughes makes the case that painting, drawing, and the search for beauty matter more than ever before.

Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective in Madrid to the privacy of her studio in London while she talks with humor and candor about her compulsion to produce works that, though accessible, deal with the most private themes.