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BEHIND THE SCENES
Meet the ambassadors and the artists taking part
TUTTI FRUTTI
CHARLOTTE COLBERT
This sculpture ‘Tutti Frutti’ by Charlotte Colbert draws inspiration from ‘Stoned Ape Theory’ that suggests our stone age ancestors ate their way to higher consciousness by consuming mind-altering foods, thus leading to the development of language, imagination,
the arts, philosophy, science, and all human cultural endeavours.
Charlotte Colbert is a multi-award winning filmmaker and multimedia artist who the Evening Standard dubbed “a natural born magician.” A creative force whose directorial feature film work was praised by the New York Times and won the Golden Leopard for Best First Picture, she has been described as “the lovechild of Salvador Dali and Emily Dickinson.”
Her work has strong philosophical undertones and often questions narrative, time, identity, dreams and the unconscious. The surreal and fantastical become a way to look at our world afresh and find the space to question and reimagine. “We have in us the power of intuition, the power of connecting to the unseen, which can be very powerful. I think we are all mediums, and that artists are the ultimate mediums and Charlotte is definitely one.” - Simon de Pury
See it on Pavillion Road, Sloane Square, Chelsea
@colbertcharlotte
charlottecolbert.com
the arts, philosophy, science, and all human cultural endeavours.
Charlotte Colbert is a multi-award winning filmmaker and multimedia artist who the Evening Standard dubbed “a natural born magician.” A creative force whose directorial feature film work was praised by the New York Times and won the Golden Leopard for Best First Picture, she has been described as “the lovechild of Salvador Dali and Emily Dickinson.”
Her work has strong philosophical undertones and often questions narrative, time, identity, dreams and the unconscious. The surreal and fantastical become a way to look at our world afresh and find the space to question and reimagine. “We have in us the power of intuition, the power of connecting to the unseen, which can be very powerful. I think we are all mediums, and that artists are the ultimate mediums and Charlotte is definitely one.” - Simon de Pury
See it on Pavillion Road, Sloane Square, Chelsea
@colbertcharlotte
charlottecolbert.com
SPIRIT OF PLACE
SIMONE BREWSTER
This family of objects, ranging up to 2.5m, represents Amorim’s cork forest at Herdade de Rio Frio, Portugal. As we face
the climate crisis, cork is one of the most versatile materials we have available. The future of the cork oak forest will be secured by four key traits: upright expression, drought resistance, regenerative growth and biodiversity conservation.
These four characteristics act as the foundation for the visual language of the piece, with Brewster translating each factor into a visual equivalent that can then be experienced and enjoyed in the centre of London.
Simone Brewster is an artist, designer, educator & cultural change-maker.
Strongly grounded in craft, Simone uses her creative outputs as her voice, celebrating and sharing windows into varied Black female narratives and histories.
Based in London; the threads that flow throughout her work display a balance of function with beauty, a repurposing of the “ethnic” and the “western” and a continuous playing with scale, materiality and architectural form.
The creation of ‘Spirit of Place’ was made possible thanks to the material of cork and the support from Amorim - a sustainable family-run farm in Portugal growing and processing, protecting the cork forest.
With special thanks to the engineering consultancy services of Arup. ‘Spirit of Place’ was initially exhibited at London Design Festival in 2023.
@simonebrewster_london
simonebrewster.co.uk
the climate crisis, cork is one of the most versatile materials we have available. The future of the cork oak forest will be secured by four key traits: upright expression, drought resistance, regenerative growth and biodiversity conservation.
These four characteristics act as the foundation for the visual language of the piece, with Brewster translating each factor into a visual equivalent that can then be experienced and enjoyed in the centre of London.
Simone Brewster is an artist, designer, educator & cultural change-maker.
Strongly grounded in craft, Simone uses her creative outputs as her voice, celebrating and sharing windows into varied Black female narratives and histories.
Based in London; the threads that flow throughout her work display a balance of function with beauty, a repurposing of the “ethnic” and the “western” and a continuous playing with scale, materiality and architectural form.
The creation of ‘Spirit of Place’ was made possible thanks to the material of cork and the support from Amorim - a sustainable family-run farm in Portugal growing and processing, protecting the cork forest.
With special thanks to the engineering consultancy services of Arup. ‘Spirit of Place’ was initially exhibited at London Design Festival in 2023.
@simonebrewster_london
simonebrewster.co.uk
ANANAS BY ANNIE TREVORAH
ANANAS’, a striking 3 meter upside-down pineapple sculpture, comprises six stainless steel pineapple halves radiating from a central hexagonal column.
The pineapple fruit made its debut in the UK in 1668 and became synonymous with lavish dining tables during the Georgian era. However, its cultivation was challenging and costly and thus the pineapple because an object of pride and envy on the lavish colonial dining tables.
Despite its association with colonialism and slavery, today, the pineapple has evolved to symbolise hospitality, friendship and openness.
The artist turned it upside down as a reflection on its past and as a form of a revolution.
Based locally, Annie Trevorah’s work communicates connectivity, entanglement and mutation and is grounded with concerns around society, justice and political comment.
Trevorah holds a MA from the Royal College of Art and was commissioned by Wandsworth Council to produce a public sculpture in Battersea Park, replacing Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Single Form’ whilst on loan.
She was also awarded the Chianciano Biennale 2022 Prize for Photography and Digital Art and is a recipient of ICAC Art Critics Award.
@annietrevorahsculptor
www.annietrevorah.com
The pineapple fruit made its debut in the UK in 1668 and became synonymous with lavish dining tables during the Georgian era. However, its cultivation was challenging and costly and thus the pineapple because an object of pride and envy on the lavish colonial dining tables.
Despite its association with colonialism and slavery, today, the pineapple has evolved to symbolise hospitality, friendship and openness.
The artist turned it upside down as a reflection on its past and as a form of a revolution.
Based locally, Annie Trevorah’s work communicates connectivity, entanglement and mutation and is grounded with concerns around society, justice and political comment.
Trevorah holds a MA from the Royal College of Art and was commissioned by Wandsworth Council to produce a public sculpture in Battersea Park, replacing Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Single Form’ whilst on loan.
She was also awarded the Chianciano Biennale 2022 Prize for Photography and Digital Art and is a recipient of ICAC Art Critics Award.
@annietrevorahsculptor
www.annietrevorah.com
‘SALVIA CORRUPTED’ BY JULIAN WILD
‘Salvia Corrupted’ by Julian Wild is a tall, self supporting sculpture made from welded box section stainless steel. It is a man-made version of a natural structure that twists and turns chaotically upwards.
‘Salvia Corrupted’ is a visual metaphor for changing landscapes through both the way it has been created over a 9-year period and for its dynamic form, colour and representation of positive regeneration and growth.
It has references to both natural and technological sources. The artwork is intended to engage audiences with its dynamic form, bright colours and reflective forms.
Wild was awarded The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Arts Club Trust Studio Bursary from 2009-2012.
He won an individual Arts Council Grant in 2011.
In 2005 he was a finalist in the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and won the Millfield Sculpture Prize in the same year. His sculpture titled ‘Indeterminate System’ is permanently installed at Kensington Town Hall.
Julian Wild’s works take the form of manmade versions of natural structures, with geometric forms appearing to grow up out of the ground.
@julianwildsculpture
www.julianwild.com
‘Salvia Corrupted’ is a visual metaphor for changing landscapes through both the way it has been created over a 9-year period and for its dynamic form, colour and representation of positive regeneration and growth.
It has references to both natural and technological sources. The artwork is intended to engage audiences with its dynamic form, bright colours and reflective forms.
Wild was awarded The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Arts Club Trust Studio Bursary from 2009-2012.
He won an individual Arts Council Grant in 2011.
In 2005 he was a finalist in the Jerwood Sculpture Prize and won the Millfield Sculpture Prize in the same year. His sculpture titled ‘Indeterminate System’ is permanently installed at Kensington Town Hall.
Julian Wild’s works take the form of manmade versions of natural structures, with geometric forms appearing to grow up out of the ground.
@julianwildsculpture
www.julianwild.com
STELE BY GUS FARNES
‘Stele’ created with the use of latest 3D printing technology, is a figurative sculpture of inspired by 3D scans of standing stones from ancient sites.
The artist, using 3D modelling software, composed the sculpture by manipulating each scan, scaling them and moving into position to replicate an stone figure of 244cm in height rendered with jesmonite and sand, reminiscent of the ‘Stone Henge’.
“Whilst creating the piece I was thinking about how the activities of the ancestors have influenced the way we live today and journeys of the people and the stones they quarried.”
Gus Farnes is a British artist working within a contemplative domain, fomented by human activity and the social milieu.
Led by interests in history, the natural world and identity Farnes sculpts using materials sampled from his local situation – remnants from a landscape, prehistoric monuments, organic matter and found objects are collaged using digital and analogue processes giving rise to figurative forms.
Gus Farnes has shown work publicly participating in solo and group shows nationally, most notably with Sotheby’s, OHSH Central and Thompson’s Gallery in London. Farnes’ sculptures have been acquired for private collections throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States.
@gusfarnes gusfarnes.co.uk
The artist, using 3D modelling software, composed the sculpture by manipulating each scan, scaling them and moving into position to replicate an stone figure of 244cm in height rendered with jesmonite and sand, reminiscent of the ‘Stone Henge’.
“Whilst creating the piece I was thinking about how the activities of the ancestors have influenced the way we live today and journeys of the people and the stones they quarried.”
Gus Farnes is a British artist working within a contemplative domain, fomented by human activity and the social milieu.
Led by interests in history, the natural world and identity Farnes sculpts using materials sampled from his local situation – remnants from a landscape, prehistoric monuments, organic matter and found objects are collaged using digital and analogue processes giving rise to figurative forms.
Gus Farnes has shown work publicly participating in solo and group shows nationally, most notably with Sotheby’s, OHSH Central and Thompson’s Gallery in London. Farnes’ sculptures have been acquired for private collections throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States.
@gusfarnes gusfarnes.co.uk
LIVING LONDON BY AMY JACKSON
‘Living London’, created by Amy Jackson, is not only a beautiful public art sculpture.
A living, breathing moss garden, crafted from sustainable materials, the living bio-filter will sequester carbon, absorb pollution, and enhance urban biodiversity.
It proudly sits on Sloane Square, framing the current green transformation of Sloane Street.
A lesson in living art; the whole process of its creation and life cycle is life-enhancing – with community engagement ‘mossgrowing-workshops’ - driving engagement and appreciation for art’s role in sustainability) the installation is accompanied by a series of workshops for children in the local area, invited to be part of the build and maintenance of the piece.
Inspired by sacred geometry, ‘Living London’s’ circular form represents the divine unity of everything in our universe.
Imparting a deeper appreciation for our interconnectedness with the planet and showcasing the power of art to create positive change. Visitors are reminded to pause, reflect and breathe amidst the bustle of city life.
Jacqueline Amy Jackson is known for her darkly humorous works, which tread lightly and consciously on the planet despite their sharply critical social and environmental undertones.
@thisisamyjackson
thisisamyjackson.com
A living, breathing moss garden, crafted from sustainable materials, the living bio-filter will sequester carbon, absorb pollution, and enhance urban biodiversity.
It proudly sits on Sloane Square, framing the current green transformation of Sloane Street.
A lesson in living art; the whole process of its creation and life cycle is life-enhancing – with community engagement ‘mossgrowing-workshops’ - driving engagement and appreciation for art’s role in sustainability) the installation is accompanied by a series of workshops for children in the local area, invited to be part of the build and maintenance of the piece.
Inspired by sacred geometry, ‘Living London’s’ circular form represents the divine unity of everything in our universe.
Imparting a deeper appreciation for our interconnectedness with the planet and showcasing the power of art to create positive change. Visitors are reminded to pause, reflect and breathe amidst the bustle of city life.
Jacqueline Amy Jackson is known for her darkly humorous works, which tread lightly and consciously on the planet despite their sharply critical social and environmental undertones.
@thisisamyjackson
thisisamyjackson.com
CLOSING THE GREEN GAP BY GROW TO KNOW
Grow to Know, the not for-profit born through guerrilla gardening following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 which took 72 lives, are planting seeds of change in the face of adversity.
Bringing its activism to the RHS, Grow to Know exhibited the ‘smallest ever garden’ at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, a statement garden, Closing the Green Gap.
Closing the Green Gap tackles the growing divide and disparity in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, intended to highlight the reality of nature access beyond the gates of RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Positioned in the UK’s most affluent borough, North Kensington is one of the most impacted communities by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of living crisis, the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy and many other socio environmental injustices.
In what is a relatively small borough (143,900 residents), the wealth and outcomes gap continues to widen, while poverty and deprivation, and their impact, continue to deepen. This is most emphasised by the average life expectancy difference within the borough—nearly a 20 year difference.
Grow to Know are changemakers aiming to cultivate creative, cultural and community nature access and action to inspire change.
If you are interested in purchasing Grow to Know’s piece, ‘Closing the Green Gap,’ please email contact@growtoknow.world.
100% of the funds will contribute to cultivating the change Grow to Know are committed to actioning in the community, and beyond.
Bringing its activism to the RHS, Grow to Know exhibited the ‘smallest ever garden’ at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, a statement garden, Closing the Green Gap.
Closing the Green Gap tackles the growing divide and disparity in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, intended to highlight the reality of nature access beyond the gates of RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Positioned in the UK’s most affluent borough, North Kensington is one of the most impacted communities by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of living crisis, the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy and many other socio environmental injustices.
In what is a relatively small borough (143,900 residents), the wealth and outcomes gap continues to widen, while poverty and deprivation, and their impact, continue to deepen. This is most emphasised by the average life expectancy difference within the borough—nearly a 20 year difference.
Grow to Know are changemakers aiming to cultivate creative, cultural and community nature access and action to inspire change.
If you are interested in purchasing Grow to Know’s piece, ‘Closing the Green Gap,’ please email contact@growtoknow.world.
100% of the funds will contribute to cultivating the change Grow to Know are committed to actioning in the community, and beyond.
STRIP-TOWER BY GERHARD RICHTER
A new large-scale public work at Serpentine South by Gerhard Richter, STRIP-TOWER (2023) expands on the artist’s six–decade exploration of painting, photography, digital reproduction and abstraction.
Richter began developing his series of ‘Strip Paintings’ in 2010, inspired by an earlier ‘squeegee painting’ titled ‘Abstract Painting 724-4’ (1990). This painting was
then photographed, scanned, digitally manipulated, and divided into two strips, then four, eight, sixteen and thirty two. The vertical strips of the painting were stretched across horizontally and laminated onto aluminium and covered with Perspex. ‘STRIP-TOWER’ employs a similar method, in which colourful striped ceramic tiles form a dense composition covering two perpendicular panels. The intersecting panels create a cross section that visitors can stand within.
Gerhard Richter’s artist book ‘Pattern’ was the first manifestation of this fractal method. The book shows Richter’s experiment of taking an image of his ‘Abstract Painting [CR: 724-4]’ and dividing it vertically up to 4096 strips.
This methodology led to 8190 thinner strips which are then mirrored and repeated. The outcome is 221 patterns which are published on 246 double page images. ‘Pattern’ is one of many outstanding artist books Richter has produced over the last couple of years.
Richter began developing his series of ‘Strip Paintings’ in 2010, inspired by an earlier ‘squeegee painting’ titled ‘Abstract Painting 724-4’ (1990). This painting was
then photographed, scanned, digitally manipulated, and divided into two strips, then four, eight, sixteen and thirty two. The vertical strips of the painting were stretched across horizontally and laminated onto aluminium and covered with Perspex. ‘STRIP-TOWER’ employs a similar method, in which colourful striped ceramic tiles form a dense composition covering two perpendicular panels. The intersecting panels create a cross section that visitors can stand within.
Gerhard Richter’s artist book ‘Pattern’ was the first manifestation of this fractal method. The book shows Richter’s experiment of taking an image of his ‘Abstract Painting [CR: 724-4]’ and dividing it vertically up to 4096 strips.
This methodology led to 8190 thinner strips which are then mirrored and repeated. The outcome is 221 patterns which are published on 246 double page images. ‘Pattern’ is one of many outstanding artist books Richter has produced over the last couple of years.
#SAVINGBUTTERFLIES UNTIL 30 JUNE
#savingbutterflies is a conservation project by WE RESTART Charity, intertwining art and environmentalism. It features an interactive workshop for children aged 8-15 at the World’s End Estate and Lots Road Big Local, delivered by CAUKIN Studio.
Young people engage in “Butterfly Conservation Educational,” creating a butterfly sculpture, designed by Aylal Heydarova, symbolising transformation and ecological balance.
#savingbutterflies extends through a vibrant social media campaign, inviting community engagement with educational content and challenges. The project, running until 30 June 2024, aims to inspire a future where art, education, and environmental stewardship coexist.
Chelsea Theatre Piazza
Young people engage in “Butterfly Conservation Educational,” creating a butterfly sculpture, designed by Aylal Heydarova, symbolising transformation and ecological balance.
#savingbutterflies extends through a vibrant social media campaign, inviting community engagement with educational content and challenges. The project, running until 30 June 2024, aims to inspire a future where art, education, and environmental stewardship coexist.
Chelsea Theatre Piazza
THE EVERYPERSON G23LAB
The Everyperson at Khalsa Jatha Central Gurdwara is part of the KCAW Public Art Trail this year, but for those who would like to follow every step of its pilgrimage to a place of worship belonging to each of the worlds major religions, its first stop is at the historic St. Mary’s Church in Putney.
Lit up at night from 9-11pm to view its mesmerising light sculpture in action, and collect your token (stamped by the artist) for this venue. Or follow the pilgrim’s progress @g23lab on Instagram, Facebook or X
Email: wonder@g23lab.com
Lit up at night from 9-11pm to view its mesmerising light sculpture in action, and collect your token (stamped by the artist) for this venue. Or follow the pilgrim’s progress @g23lab on Instagram, Facebook or X
Email: wonder@g23lab.com
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LOVE CONTINUUM BY YONI ALTER
‘Love Continuum’ is a larger-than-life sculpture by artist Yoni Ater that celebrates the most important human emotion. Playful and interactive, the sculpture challenges visitors to explore an abstract squiggly line, that morphs into ‘Love’ when viewed from the right perspective.
‘Love Continuum’ is displayed at Duke of York Square, on the King’s Road, the onetime stomping ground of The Beatles with their anthem ‘All You Need Is Love’.
Alter is known for his colourful, out-of-the-box ideas that add a sense of joy and play with scale.
He has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld, the NYC Marathon, Hermes and Tate, among many others.
Guided by experimentation and semiotics, Alter passionately seeks new ways of creating visual representations, working across sculpture, painting, print, and digital media.
A self-confessed Chromatophilic (lover of colour), his designs and graphic works are full of optimism and brightness.
Alter studied Art and Design before completing his MA in Graphic Design at the University of the Arts, London, and the city ceaselessly functions as a source of inspiration. His debut London show at Kemistry Gallery creatively abstracted London architecture and the surrounding urban landscape. Alter synthesises sharp silhouettes, bold colouring, and Pop Art iconography, reflecting the seductive creative vibe of London city.
@yonialter
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‘Love Continuum’ is displayed at Duke of York Square, on the King’s Road, the onetime stomping ground of The Beatles with their anthem ‘All You Need Is Love’.
Alter is known for his colourful, out-of-the-box ideas that add a sense of joy and play with scale.
He has collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld, the NYC Marathon, Hermes and Tate, among many others.
Guided by experimentation and semiotics, Alter passionately seeks new ways of creating visual representations, working across sculpture, painting, print, and digital media.
A self-confessed Chromatophilic (lover of colour), his designs and graphic works are full of optimism and brightness.
Alter studied Art and Design before completing his MA in Graphic Design at the University of the Arts, London, and the city ceaselessly functions as a source of inspiration. His debut London show at Kemistry Gallery creatively abstracted London architecture and the surrounding urban landscape. Alter synthesises sharp silhouettes, bold colouring, and Pop Art iconography, reflecting the seductive creative vibe of London city.
@yonialter
yoniishappy.com
JUMBIE JUBILATION BY ZAK OVE
British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové will be unveiling his first artwork in glass mosaic in the heart of Notting Hill Gate. Inspired by the traditions, mythology, flair and freedom of carnival and masquerade Jumbie Jubilation will celebrate the rich heritage of the area and Ové’s own heritage and connection to 50 years of carnival. The artwork was commissioned by Frogmore and will form the façade of new hotel, The Ruby Zoe.
Jumbie Jubilation will comprise eight floor-to ceiling glass mosaic panels which together create a rippling, vibrant carnival procession. Each panel designed and drawn from Ové’s artist practice, combining elements from his abstract works, where he uses crocheted doilies to create colour fields, and that of his sculptures, primarily those that take influence from the carnival in Trinidad. Both elements embody and use vibrant sound clashes of colour, movement and shape which are fused together to create a celebratory procession across the panels.
“I have imagined the mosaic panels akin to apertures through which to glimpse and experience another time and place,” says Ové, “a liminal space of mesmerising colour, rhythm, and dance. These panels become portals through which the viewer peers into hyperspace allowing them to enter, for a moment, the beating heart of Carnival itself.”
Opens on 21 June 2023
Ruby Hotel, Notting Hill Gate
Jumbie Jubilation will comprise eight floor-to ceiling glass mosaic panels which together create a rippling, vibrant carnival procession. Each panel designed and drawn from Ové’s artist practice, combining elements from his abstract works, where he uses crocheted doilies to create colour fields, and that of his sculptures, primarily those that take influence from the carnival in Trinidad. Both elements embody and use vibrant sound clashes of colour, movement and shape which are fused together to create a celebratory procession across the panels.
“I have imagined the mosaic panels akin to apertures through which to glimpse and experience another time and place,” says Ové, “a liminal space of mesmerising colour, rhythm, and dance. These panels become portals through which the viewer peers into hyperspace allowing them to enter, for a moment, the beating heart of Carnival itself.”
Opens on 21 June 2023
Ruby Hotel, Notting Hill Gate
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