It was a one nighter that became a week longer that became a long standing show. Art's for Art's sake ran at Bar B Lo Nov '06 - March '07 and raised funds and profile for Postcards from God by Marcus Reeves.
ART FOR ART'S SAKE was a private view fundraising art event for Postcards From God - the new Sister Wendy Musical. All art was kindly donated by the artists themselves and was sold to raise funds for the January 07 run of the show at the Jermyn Street Theatre, Central London.
What participants said:
"...as for a future show, you know that I would jump at the chance. You have been such a lovely thing too, thanks for your work on the website and your unbridled enthusiasm" Bob Milner, Artist
"I will be more than happy to contribute art work in the future. The whole venture seems great and I hope it continues to flourish." Paul Davies, Artist
Participating artists:
Charlotte Evans Born
and bred, proud North Londoner Charlotte Evans does everything
she can to spend as little time there as possible. She quickly
discovered 'travelling for (her) inspiration' was the best excuse for her
frequent jaunts- 'both with (her) friends and the tax man!
Yeah- Hampstead Heath is beautiful but you kinda get a bit bored of painting
the same old trees. I'm thinking Madagascar for my next trip, or Zanzibar... what do you think?'. Italy has
been Charlotte's staple diet for the last 5 years- the one place she
returns to to gather material to satisfy her obsession with colour
and light, the motivation behind all of her work; '...how can a
painter not be fascinated by colour, it is the stuff of sight'. Charlotte's work can be found at popular London gallery Will's Art Warehouse and in private
collections around the globe
Sonya Vine trained
at Cheltenham College of Art, gaining a 2:1 BA Hons Degree in Fine Art
Painting. Since then her exhibitions have been mostly in London, including The Mall
Galleries. Sonya is inspired by strong natural light in everyday moments, where
people are lost in their own world, oblivious to the viewer. Blurred,
silhouetted, indistinct or turned away - figures are suggested not forced,
giving a transient feel to these magnetic images. Her most recent exhibition, Inbetween
Times, was at the Waterloo Gallery.
Hannah Glickstein
is 24. She Studied English but is a self-taught painter. She has had a work in
the National Portrait Gallery's BP awards. She enjoys painting from life and
making copies of old real paintings. At the moment she draws cartoons. Her
comics are available to buy through the Skinny Bill comics website (linked
via the image/name).
Bob Milner was born in Yorkshire to indifferent parents. Raised on a visual diet of
comic books, sit-coms and flocked wallpaper, it was clear from early on that
success in his chosen field would be difficult. Ignoring his urge to become a
history teacher at some esteemed public school, Bob ploughed all his effort
into a variety of distractions most of them detrimental to his health. Three
years ago during an especially difficult bowel movement, there was a blinding
wave of light which showed him the true path to isolated obscurity; a degree.
Graduating in 2006 with a first class honours degree, culminating in a show at
the Truman Brewery, London, he is currently implicated in the production of ‘Milk, Two Sugars’ ; an unstoppable cultural behemoth published every month in A5 format.
David Kudish is a writer, mostly; at least until that elusive
Euromillions roll-over comes in, after which you won't see him for dust. Until
then, he continues to divide his time in woefully ill-advised disproportion between
the retro and burlesque scenes, a variety of dubious late-night speak-easies
and actual Work. Much like his writing, David's photography tends to veer
between the extremes of clarity and over-saturated, fuzzy abstraction. Much
like life, come to think of it, or at least most of what passes for
conversation round here these days. Like the rest of the population, he
habitually starts blogs which he then forgets to feed, much like a fairground
goldfish. The latest one, Pinpoint Inaccuracy might actually get
resurrected one of these days, unlike all those poor bloody fish.
Sally Swingewood is
obsessive. If she cannot paint she will draw. If she cannot draw she will write,
or construct - sculptures, boxes, book... whatever - using any materials at
hand. She is also endlessly fascinated by people and places, specifically and
those who call it home. In her cityscapes she tries to capture the paradoxes:
the shifting, mesmeric, dynamism that twinkles, jewel-like, despite the litter,
the grime, the crime, the pollution... In her portraits she examines the
relationships the city dwellers have with each other and with the city itself.
She has shown in England, and
Spain.
Paul Davies has worked as a painter, sculptor and writer for
many years. He takes commissions for paintings, murals and sculptures. One of
the things he often tries to do in his art is to bring about a
fusion of artistic and scientific ways of looking at the world. He has never
found the beauty of our planet to be diminished by science
Ada
Zanditon “Looking around my room I see everywhere my chaotic
mess, an eclectic mixture and gathering of what most people would consider to
be rubbish. That is my aesthetic. Chaos, scraps of this – scraps of that, the
work of my friends – who I love, the work of people I don’t know – who I
admire. I can not see a whole picture. All I can see is millions of
intricate details, multi faceted complexity. In my dreams I live in a bizarre
futuristic world full of strange
patterns, indescribable colour and outlandish
beings. When I awake I try to draw them.” As an illustrator and fashion
designer Ada Zanditon focuses her career on fusing fashion, sustainability and
art. Her illustrations have been exhibited at the 88b Gallery, Nog Gallery
and as a mural for the Politburo bar in Paris. Currently Ada is
working on her final collection (final year) of her BA Fashion Design at the
London College of Fashion, graduating June 2007.
Julie Caves paints,
makes her artists' books and plans her projects out of her light-filled studio
at the Chocolate Factory n16 on North East London. She was in her first juried
painting show in 1990 and has participated on exhibitions in the US, Spain, Korea, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and th UK. She has artists' books and prints in a number of
public collections including the Tate Britain Gallery Special Collection. She
currently has paintings in the View Two Gallery in Liverpool and the Pleasance Theatre Islington.
Roger Sullock Glass artist
British-Armenian Artist Vahakn Matossian has
origins in graffiti art and has completed painting projects for Bloom Festival
2006 and accepts commissions. He has been working in the realms of interactive
design for a number of years. Son of digital music pioneer and interactive
artist and Rolf Gehlhaar, he has graduated from the University’s
Three Dimensional Design, with exciting products and projects under his belt
and is working for Studio Troika. Matossian’s work contains a huge element of
play throughout and is a fresh look at objects we think we know well.
Rebecca Burn-Callander is a writer and photographer, not to mention
co-founder of the Ground Floor Group, in Art for Art's Sake she
shares her work for the first time.