Maggi Hambling CBE (b.1945) is one of Britain's most prolific and important artists. Over the last 60 years, she has made work in painting and sculpture that is expressive and uncompromising, with a deep concern for humanity. Her subjects range from portraits, to death, loss, war, oblivion, sex and environmental damage.
Famously an uncompromising free spirit with a ruthlessly regenerating curiosity, Hambling takes curator Wells Fray-Smith through her studio spaces in Suffolk, England to discuss the ideas behind her painting and sculptures, including her controversial public works such as Scallop (2003) and the recent For Mary Wollstonecraft (2020).
Hambling's work has been collected by many important British Collections, from the British Museum to the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. She has had solo exhibitions around the world, most recently in Beijing.