The Help Portfolio
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Jealous are delighted to launch The Help Portfolio, published in collaboration with Cristea Roberts Gallery. Sixteen important UK based artists have each made a new signed, limited edition print which they have generously donated to The Help Portfolio, 2020. All profits from the sale of this boxed collection of prints will be donated to sixteen charities, each one selected by the artists involved.
The works in the portfolio cover a wide range of mediums, themes and imagery, distinctive to each artist. Michael Craig-Martin has created a screenprint depicting gerbera flowers in his characteristic bold, iconic style. Yinka Shonibare CBE incorporates gold leaf into his print to illustrate a symbolic tulip that sits under the words ‘thank you’. Sue Arrowsmith's copper leafed print resonates with green ink that changes in the light. Paul Winstanley offers us a lily, a symbol of hope in these strange times. Nicky Hirst's print is taken from her elemental works, an ongoing series of found objects and paired pages from books and magazines. Mathew Weir's delicate still life entitled 'The Watching Hour' is brought to life with snippets of glow-in-the-dark ink. Paul Morrison's 'Night Pond' is a debossed version of a signature black and white image and Elizabeth Mcgill captures an evocative landscape.
Installation at Jealous East
We are so grateful for support from Jealous, especially at this time when more people than ever may need to turn to a food bank for support. You're helping us to take a positive step towards our vision, for a hunger free future where everyone can afford the basics in life.
Trussell Trust, 2020
A conversation about a nurse, Dawn Bilbrough, who couldn’t get food after a long shift, prompted me and my friend Christian Mathews to try to think of a way to do something positive. We soon had Dario Illari from Jealous Studios in London onboard, offering to liase with each artist directly and print and proof the artworks and David Cleaton-Roberts from Cristea Roberts Gallery, offering us his expertise, advice and direction to get the portfolio together, ready for sale.
Sue Arrowsmith, 2020
The full list of Charity beneficiaries: UNITY PROJECT, SHELTER, PAINTINGS IN HOSPITALS, DIABETES UK, TRUSSELL TRUST, ALBRIGHTON COMMUNITY CENTRE, SOLACE WOMAN’S AID, CENTRE FOR FREUDIAN ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH (CFAR), MÉDCIN SANS FRONTIÈRES UK, GREENPEACE, PANCREATIC CANCER UK, THE LONDON HOMELESS COLLECTIVE, BROMLEY & CROYDON WOMEN’S AID, WHIZZ-KIDZ, TEENAGE CANCER TRUST, ASTI (ACID SURVIVORS TRUST INTERNATIONAL),
The Portfolio in production at Jealous Print Studios, London
Annie Morris, who often draws on the history of art, presents 'Flower Woman (after le déjeuner sur l'herbe)'. A portrait of the Dali Lama realised in glow-in-the-dark inks by Chris Levine is entitled 'Compassion'. Jake and Dinos Chapman's smiley face is illustrated in glitter in three different colours. Idris Khan has obscured the notations on a sheet of music with densely applied areas of blue to make a work entitled 'Four Bar Rhythm' and Paul McDevitt presents an interpretation of a brick wall. Abstract compositions exploring line and colour are realised in signature works by Ian Davenport and 'No Consequence' by Remi Rough is printed directly onto plywood.
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The collection of prints is presented in a portfolio box, featuring a cover designed by the iconic British graphic designer Margaret Calvert. Best known for designing the UK’s road signing system, Calvert designed the Help logo, which also appears as a print in the portfolio. The collective spirit of the artists working together mirrors the conception of The Help Portfolio. The idea of sixteen artists and sixteen charities was conceived and developed during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown by artist Sue Arrowsmith, collector Christian Mathews, Director of Jealous Gallery and Print Studio Dario Illari and Director of Cristea Roberts Gallery, David Cleaton-Roberts.
