At the Pheasantry, London, 1968
Birgitta Bjerke: At the Pheasantry, London, 1968 | Crochet clothing | Martin Sharp Archive | Philippe Mora | Inside the Pheasantry, London, 1968 Artworks by Birgitta Bjerke Birgitta Bjerke, Ibiza, 1968 Contents Who, what, where Artworks Sharp et al. References ---------------------- 1. Who, what and where? During 1968, or late 1969, a 27 year old Stockholm native by the name of Birgitta Bjerke was a visitor to The Pheasantry , a grand, three-storey townhouse complex on Kings Road, Chelsea. During that period it was occupied by a host of Australians, including artists Martin Sharp and Philippe Mora, writer Germain Greer and photographer Bob Whitaker. Cream guitarist Eric Clapton was also sharing the upper floor area with Sharp, and in the basement local up and coming rock bands often performed. Bjerke had with her at the time a small sketchbook, and took it out one day to produce a collection of colour works recording the interior part of...
