September 18 2004, Saturday, 11am-8pm (continues until September 19 2004, Sunday, 11am-8pm)
LAST WEEKEND TO "SEE" SUDAN WITH, ‘…POIGNANT COLLECTION…’ OF ARTEFACTS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS & SLIDE-SHOW CENTRED AROUND "ART FOR DAFUR" PROJECT
The press release is
headed, ‘A poignant collection encouraging us to reflect and act’ and goes on to
describe how HonestArt has launched, Art for Dafur, ‘with an inspirational
exhibition of photographs from Dafur and paintings, to raise funds for the
humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres.’ We called twice at the
exhibition – on two consecutive evenings, before realizing how poignant the
whole exhibition was, and leaving it, on the second night, at around eleven
o’clock. What, in fact has happened, is that four artists have come together
and, using varying mediums, have amassed a series of displays which feature
artifacts, paintings, photographs, postcards and a slide-show, all centred
around a unique project. The Art for Dafur project, as it is called, has been
brought together thanks to the artistic and photographic talents of Caroline
Irby, Claude Iverne and Paul Lewis alongside the painting skills of Khalid Kodi.
The press release goes into each contributor in some depth, beginning with the
Sudanese artist (whose eight works, on show, are priced between £400 up to
£2,000), ‘Kodi’s paintings are richly textured commentaries that address the
sufferings of Sudanese and articulate the roots of the nation’s trauma. Lewis
lived and taught in the unravaged Dafur in the 1980s and his impassioned back
and white images are complemented by the poignant recordings of the young French
Iverne travelling today’s dangerous desert paths and the saturated colour of
Irby’s shining images of women and children in the camps.
The images weave a story
of the richness and potential of Sudan and its people, then and now. We are
enabled to glimpse the incredible courage and dignity with which hundreds of
thousands of people are facing unbelievable horrors.’ The release contains a
note of hope, for those in Sudan, ‘The Art for Dafur collection inspires us to
reflect and to act. HonestArt will donate 50% of the net proceeds of this
exhibition to Medicins Sans Frontieres for their continued work in Darfur.’ And,
for those wanting to help out at a later date, the release ends with directions
and some future plans, ‘The project will continue via the cultural website @
www.HonestArt.co.uk and further public exhibitions.’ Go along and discover more
about the problems in Dafur, and how you can help.
MENU A: Free
E: (see websites)
L: 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London, W1
N: 01666 880052 (HonestArt Office)
T: Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines)
W: http://www.carolineirby.com/
http://www.HonestArt.co.uk/
