The Macmillan Support Weekend is a charitable iniative we have been running for over 30 years.The weekend is a fund raising art exhibition which runs for two days only (this coming weekend 26/27 November). Of every sale 10% of the artwork's price is donated to Macmillan Cancer Support.The show is open from 11am-9pm on the Saturday and 11am-6pm on Sunday.
Originally started in 1977 at her own home by the gallery director, Jill Hutchings, the exhibition
has been running every year since.Jills particular connection with Macmillan Cancer Supportcomes from her backround in nursing in the oncology wing at the Middlesex Hospital, where she nursed cancer patients specifically.
Every year the exhibition raises money, as well as awareness, for the charity.It is also a great opportunity to see a more eclectic mix of artwork than is usually shown by the gallery.Some of our staple artists are represented in the show. Henry Walsh a much loved and long serving Curwen Gallery artist will be showing Insouciant (below), one of our favourite of his paintings.
Henry Walsh, Insouciant, £700
Another of our current favourites; Lee Sellers, whose charming paintings have been most recently shown on our stall at the Affordable Art Fair (Battersea) in October.Going for a Walk (below) is without doubt the most delightful of all his work.
Lee Sellers, Going for a Walk,£750
Two very new artists, both showing at Curwen Gallery for the first time during the Macmillan Support Weekend, are Robin Spalding and Hannah Battershell.Both have an unexplained fascination with Crocodiles! Hannah Battershell's dreamlike and uncanny paintings are both unsettling and at the same time rather adorable.Robin Spalding's Golden Crocodile could be said to occupy similar conceptual ground, its toothless smile making it as cute as it is threatening.
Robin Spalding, Golden Crocodile, £450
Can't wait for this exhibition!
ReplyDeleteI'm struck by Hannah Battershell's dreamlike and uncanny pic
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who came to this exhibition, we managed to raise over £500 for Macmillan Cancer research!Thanks also to the artists who showed their work over the weekend.It was a wonderful and varied show.
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