The Chestnut Appeal Art Auction 2010 took place on Thursday 29th July at David Lay auction house in Penzance. Work by established and up and coming contemporary artists was auctioned with all proceeds from the sale going to the appeal.
The auction took place after the main picture sale and we raised in excess of £3,400.
We would like to thank all the artists who donated work and for all the help we have received over the last couple of weeks from all those at David Lay.
There are a few pieces that remain unsold – if you would like to make a bid for any of them – then please get in touch with us at chestnut.events@phnt.swest.nhs.uk
BILL DRUMMOND ‘The 17′ the posters are A0 size
Bill Drummond 'notice' signed A0 poster Bill Drummond 'score' signed A0 poster
Bill Drummond made a fortune in the pop charts, then set fire to £1m. He dedicated himself to art, but went to extraordinary lengths to hijack the Turner Prize. Bill Drummond has made a career out of turning celebrity on its head. Best known as co-founder of The KLF, the pop group of the late 80s, and the K Foundation, its 90s ‘avant-art’ media-manipulating successor. Bill has also written several books, produced a variety of different conceptual art projects, and helped to set-up the Foundry, an arts centre in Shoreditch, London. He is the founder of choir The17.
Bill will come to someone’s house and give a performance/lecture and then induct all there into being members of The17, followed by him leading them through a performance of three scores. They also have to put Bill up for the night. They would also get a signed A0 size copy of two posters. Bidding to start at £1,000
IAN RAWLINSON ’Marchilhac Series II’ 360mm x 280mm
Ian Rawlinson 'Marcilhac Series II' lithographic print
Ian Rawlinson’s recent work reflects inner worlds and changes in the psyche. Its various forms are rooted in psychological and alchemical descriptions of change. Voids, shadows and abstracted forms appear together with underlying themes of duality and conflict.
SUSIE WRIGHT ‘RRS Discovery’ 594mm x 420mm
Susie Wright 'RRS Discovery' screenprint
Susie Wright aka ‘Susie Q and the Owls’, works across multiple disciplines, from screen-printing to typography to 3D. Her Scottish heritage has greatly influenced her as an illustrator, with landscapes, animals and plants featuring heavily in her body of work.
TIM SIMMONS ‘rockpool#’ 520mm x 380mm
Tim Simmons 'rockpool#' photograph
Tim Simmons’ photographs belong to the lineage of Edweard Muybridge whose phased pictures of animal locomotion, published in the late 19th century, overturned centuries of naturalistic representation.
SALLY TAYLOR ‘mouth drawing’ 297mm x 210mm
Sally Taylor 'mouth drawing' 2010 mixed media on paper
The drawings and paintings of Sally Taylor seem to be in a constant state of urgent communication. She is immersed in a daily studio practice that repeatedly affirms the primacy of the hand drawn mark.
JAMIE BOYD ‘bad touch’ 210mm x 150mm
Jamie Boyd 'Bad Touch' woodcut
Jamie Boyd is a dynamic and industrious artist. Falmouth, Cornwall remains his base since he graduated from Art College there, but he travels extensively which motivates and inspires the work.
JONATHAN POLKEST ‘Bodrifty Bracken’ image 168mm x 144mm
Jonathan Polkest 'Bodrifty Bracken' acrylic gesso on panel
JONATHAN POLKEST ‘Dusk at Mulfra’ image 160mm x 160mm
Jonathan Polkest 'Dusk at Mulfra' image 160mm x 160mm
JONATHAN POLKEST ‘Riptide at Marazion’ image 140mm x 200mm
Jonathan Polkest 'Riptide at Marazion' acrylic gesso on panel
JONATHAN POLKEST ‘Bone Valley Days’ image 190mm x 200mm
Jonathan Polkest 'Bone Valley Days' acrylic gesso on panel
The above 4 pictures have been very kindly donated by Jonathan – but didnt make the auction. ‘Dusk at Mulfra’ was accepted into the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition of 2007. Gallery prices for thses works are in the region of £300.
Jonathan Polkest is a visual artist practising in several disciplines in Cornwall and London. His work is generally figurative tending towards painting although drawing is held as the mainstay of practise to date.
JAMES R FORD ‘blueberry and strawberry’
James R Ford 'blueberry and strawberry' acrylic on board
James R Ford is a British artist whose practice is engaged with pastimes, pursuits and obsessions. Ford delves into the activities and influences of his childhood as a way of both embarking and staying put.
MARTYN CROSS ‘jaffa cakes’ 290mm x 220mm
Martyn Cross 'jaffa cakes' mixed media on paper
Martyn Cross presents us with a disturbing and weird world, one where joy and innocence appear infected with dark thoughts and actions. His subjects take on an almost mythical persona, inhabiting parallel worlds, ones that do not adhere to the same social order as our own.
E J MAJOR ‘of all the things I could have done’ 20inch x 24inch
E J Major 'of all the things I could have done' (1) photographic print
EJ Major’s materials began with the personal, letters, diary excerpts and family snap-shots, and now include their public equivalents – films, books and magazine articles. The process of re-presenting these varies depending on the chosen material but is always something that emerges over time and begins with the act of collection.
RICHARD NIMAN ‘seminal experience’ 530mm x 420mm
Richard Niman 'seminal experience' print
Richard frequently works with dolls, mannequins, shop window installations and other ready-mades. He regards such objects in their original state as aesthetically dead and has always tried to administer some sort of surprise or shock to the viewer by bringing the dolls to life.
