Many years ago I did a degree in Fine Art, Statis my co- producer & frontman of Beatnik music, did his degree in Product Design at St Martins, so every now and then it is nice to check out some art.
Last week we went to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in central London. It is the largest open contemorary art exhibition in the world with ordinary members of the public submitting artwork alongside very established names like Anthony Gormley. The exhibition has been held anually since the Royal Academy was founded in 1768! Artists submit work by standing in long queue's outside the Royal Academy early in the year, paying £50 per piece of submitted artwork and then waiting and hoping that this year their piece will catch the eyes of the commitee.
This year there were around 1200 artists chosen to exhibit, from painters to printers, scuptors to architecture, mixed media & film. There was so much diversity and a shed load of work which had been put in by artists and the gallery had obviously thought very carefully about how to show the pieces too, with each room being 'hung' by various luminaries from the artworld.
There was some great work and the most interesting part for me is that it is largely all for sale! We had great fun checking out who had made the most sales! (as indicated by small orange stickers next to each picture)
DJ NIKKI & Tia Grazette from State Of Play Magazine
DJ NIKKI & STATIS
STATIS & Tia
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