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HENRY HUDSON &
STELLA VINE: The Beautiful and The Damned
A new Hiscox Art Project
1 Great St Helen's, London, EC3A 6HX
Exhibition Dates: 24 November 2005-
21 January 2006
Private View: 23 November 1800hrs
- 2000hrs
31 October 2005, London: Controversial
artists Henry Hudson and Stella Vine have
collaborated on a new art project, The
Beautiful and The Damned. They will
be unveiling never-before seen paintings
of well-known figures from public life,
including Kate Moss. The exhibition is the
latest in a series of Hiscox Art Projects,
supporting contemporary emerging artists.
For this project, Hudson and Vine have come
together to explore images and stories from
tabloid newspapers. Taking as their starting
point F Scott Fitzgerald's novel of Jazz
Age decadence, the artists draw parallels
to our celebrity saturated culture where
reputations are made and lost overnight.
Henry Hudson
For this exhibition, Hudson uses mixed media
including painting, drawing and collage
to refer to current news stories covering
subjects as diverse as bird flu and the
royal family, playing with time frames and
historical references. His work is grounded
in a sense of theatre, the absurd and the
satirical, alluding to artists as diverse
as Hogarth and Paul McCarthy.
Henry Hudson graduated from Central St
Martins in 2005. He has a forthcoming exhibition
at a new gallery, 1 Ada Street, London.
Stella Vine
Image: Stella
Vine, Holy Water Cannot Help You
Now, acrylic on canvas, 2005
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Stella
Vine's controversial paintings of familiar
images from tabloid newspapers are a
reflection of her personal fascination
with popular culture and a response
to some of the more tragic aspects of
the lives highlighted by the media.
Vine will exhibit new paintings of Kate
Moss, this time likening the supermodel
to Shakespeare's tragic heroine Ophelia.
Using heavy impasto paint and bright
colours, Vine's exuberant paintings
are challenging yet compassionate. |
Stella Vine's previous exhibitions include
Transition Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery,
the Prague Biennial, Hamiltons Gallery and
Roberts & Tilton in Los Angeles. Her
work is in the collection of Charles Saatchi.
Elliot McDonald is curator of Hiscox Art
Projects.
ENDS
Image attached: Stella Vine, Holy Water
Cannot Help You Now, acrylic on canvas,
2005.
For further information including images
please contact:
Anna Cusden Kallaway 020 7221 7883 anna.cusden@kallaway.co.uk
For further general information about
Hiscox Art Projects please contact:
Elliot McDonald Hiscox 020 7448 6455 elliot.mcdonald@hiscox.com
About Hiscox Art Projects
Hiscox Art Projects is a contemporary exhibition
space situated in the London office of Europe's
leading fine art insurer. Hiscox's aim is
to make exciting contemporary collections
and exhibitions readily accessible to those
living and working in the City, as well
as the wider art community.
Hiscox Art Collection
Hiscox enjoys uncovering and encouraging
emerging talent, and has a collection including
a strong selection of Young British Artists,
such as Gavin Turk and Mark Wallinger.
About Hiscox plc
Hiscox plc is a specialist insurance group
listed on the London Stock Exchange where
it has a market capitalisation of circa
£600 million. There are three main
underwriting parts of the Group - Global
Markets, UK Retail and International Retail.
Global Markets underwrites, via Syndicate
33, mainly internationally traded business
in the London Market - generally large or
complex business which needs to be shared
with other insurers or needs the international
licences of Lloyd's. The UK Retail business
offers a wide range of specialist insurance
for professionals and business customers,
as well as high net worth individuals. It
has regional offices in Birmingham, Colchester,
Glasgow, Leeds and Maidenhead. The International
Retail business has offices in Amsterdam,
Brussels, Guernsey, Munich and Paris. The
European offices write mainly fine art,
high value household business and some specialist
professional indemnity business. The Guernsey
office underwrites fine art business and
kidnap and ransom. Hiscox is Europe's foremost
specialist insurer of high value homes and
fine art. For further information, go to
www.hiscox.com
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