London, 1973. Lives and works in London.

Having adopted the moniker Spartacus in 2004, Spartacus Chetwynd has staged a large number of performances, carefully produced with the aid of an elastic troupe of some 20 friends and family members. Equipped with jerry-built costumes and props formed from an assortment of found materials, the artist and her mummers’ band tell tall tales in a manner that introduces a measure of the carnivalesque into everyday life.

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