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invited by Carol Misch Helen Chadwick I have always seen Helen Chadwick as someone with enormous courage, curiosity and tenacity, forging her own path in her work and ideas. Not afraid to take risks, be playful, immerse herself in scratching beneath the surface of the skin, exposing the raw in her search to understand the human condition and mystery of the life cycle. She explored, amongst many avenues, the physical properties of common household materials, referencing art history, science, physical sensations, erotica, humour, disgust all in one, both in the minute detail and the grand gesture of her pieces. South London Women Artists I’m Inside, Ring The Bell 73