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Myra is a 1995 large painting created by Marcus Harvey which is a reproduction of the mugshot of Myra Hindley shortly after she was arrested for her participation in the Moors murders. It was displayed at the Sensation exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art in London from 8 September to 28 December 1997.
The Moors murders were a series of child killings committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in and around Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October 1965.The victims were five children—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—aged between 10 and 17, at least four of whom were sexually assaulted.
By Christmas 1964, Hindley and Brady have moved with Hindley's grandmother Ellen Maybury, to a new council house: 16 Wardle Brook Avenue, on the Hattersley estate near Hyde, Cheshire. David and Maureen follow them to Hattersley soon after, their new home being a flat in a tower block called Underwood Court.
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Other artists have deliberately employed the notoriety of the murders to shock their audience, as with the short-lived punk band The Moors Murderers in 1977-8, and Marcus Harvey's large portrait of Myra Hindley, created from the handprints of children, which had to be temporarily removed from display at the Sensation exhibition at the Royal ...
The murders of Keith Bennett and Pauline Reade were not attributed to Myra Hindley and Ian Brady until 1985, [5] after "Suffer Little Children" had already been released. The phrase "Hindley wakes and Hindley says; Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says: 'Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone ' " refers to a chapter ("Hindley ...
Whilst in jail, she met and befriended the 'Moors murderess' Myra Hindley, and made numerous television appearances insisting that Hindley was a reformed woman and should be considered for release. However, Jones developed a deep hatred for Hindley in 1986, when Hindley finally confessed to her other crimes. [ 15 ]
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