A chance to catch up with some Art - Linda McCartney Retrospective
August was the first month after the 2020 lockdown, to allow people into the art galleries and museums. One had to make an appointment beforehand, though.
We made one, with Linda.
The Walker Art Gallery was hosting Linda McCartney’s retrospective photography exhibition.
We had made our way to the glam and much-loved building.
Gladly immersed in this modern exhibition in the old gallery, we tried to make or even find a point (to ourselves) in our modern covid-stricken life. 'We are connected to the culture and we are hungry for it' - we knew that.
The whole exhibit pathway was not disappointing. Followed through different timelines, we could have a look and the feel of the artists that was a participant and observant of the iconic cultural revolution that started in the early 1960s.
From depictions of the music scene of the 1960s where she was involved in the Beatles thanks to Paul's engagement with her...
... to family life with Paul,
Linda captured her whole life on camera, in her own, very unique way.
We did enjoy the 'Linda McCartney Retrospective'. An old but still fresh 'air' into our lockdown lungs and minds.
And we re-think our non-vegan diet ;)
A tribute to Linda McCartney
She was born Linda Louise Eastman, in New York City, of Jewish-American descend.
Her mother was heiress to the wealth of Lindner Department Store.
The Sixties caught her attention entirely, she followed the musicians - first as a groupie - and later as a photographer.
She photographed many scenes of the sixties with their idols such as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, and The Doors.
It was on an assignment in London, to take photographs of the Swinging Sixties in the city, where she first met Paul McCartney and was invited to attend a few days later the launch party for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
They were married six months later.
After the Beatles broke up, her brother, John Eastman, represented Paul McCartney in the law-suits between the band's members, mostly Paul and John.
She participated in McCartney's music during the 1970s in his new group, Wings.
In the mid-1970s they both went veggie.
Vegetarianism and animal rights were an important part of her and their lifestyle - and it is so to this day to Paul.
Linda had been one of the iconic figures of the movement; she published many books, such as Linda McCartney's Home Cooking, Linda's Kitchen and Simple, Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals.
She died in 1998 of breast cancer. CBS produced in 2000 a TV drama in her memory, The Linda McCartney Story.