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The HELP Portfolio
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The HELP Portfolio

Group Exhibition

Jealous East

05 Nov 2020 — 15 Nov 2020

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A NEW PRINT PORTFOLIO BY 16 LEADING UK ARTISTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHARITIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19. SUE ARROWSMITH,MARGARET CALVERT,MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN,JAKE AND DINOS CHAPMAN,IAN DAVENPORT,NICKY HIRST,IDRIS KHAN,CHRIS LEVINE,PAUL MCDEVITT,ELIZABETH MAGILL,ANNIE MORRIS,PAUL MORRISON,REMI ROUGH,YINKA SHONIBARE CBE,MATHEW WEIR,PAUL WINSTANLEY.

JEALOUS ARE DELIGHTED TO LAUNCH THE HELP PORTFOLIO, PUBLISHED IN COLLABORATION WITH CRISTEA ROBERTS GALLERY. SIXTEEN IMPORTANT UK 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 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 HEL P LOGO, WHICH ALSO APPEARS AS A PRINT IN THE PORTFOLIO.
PORTFOLIO DETAILS: HELP- 2020. A PORTFOLIO OF SIXTEEN PRINTS CONTAINED IN BESPOKE CLOTH COVERED PORTFOLIO BOX. 83.0 X 62.0 X 14.5 CM (PORTFOLIO BOX). EDITION OF 125 PLUS 25 ARTIST PROOFS, 2 PRINTERS PROOFS AND 5 GIFT PROOFS. EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED AT ASPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE OF £7,500. PRINTS PROOFED AND EDITIONED AT JEALOUS STUDIO, LONDON. BOX COVER DESIGNED BY MARGARET CALVERT OBE, RDI AND BOX PRODUCED BY G. RYDER AND CO. LTD., LONDON. 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.
THE 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 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.

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