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Category: Automotive
Roots Manuva featured in Rankin's iconic portraits
Artworks created by musicians based on Rankin’s iconic portraits
Work can be viewed and bid for at www.youthmusic.org.uk/rankin
For Youth Music’s 10th Anniversary musicians photographed by Rankin
were asked to create an original piece of artwork based on one of his
iconic portraits.
Two years in the making, the Destroy / Rankin project involves over 70
musicians and visual artist including Roots Manuva, Alex James, Sophie
Ellis-Bexter, The Hours, Tricky, Natasha Bedingfield, Florence and the
Machine, Carl Barat, Andre 3000 and many others.
Asked to ‘ destroy ’ the photographs, the artists have a created a
portfolio of deeply personal reflections on their images, with
submissions ranging from paintings and drawings to video and collage
making up a unique body of collaborative art.
The work will be on show at Phillips De Pury London, for free, between
9th - 21st November 2009. Collectors can bid online for the framed
work until 6.01pm on Saturday the 21st November.
The eBay auction will raise money for Youth Music, the UK ’s largest
music charity for young people.
www.youthmusic.org.uk/rankin
Participants:
Alanis Morissette, Alex James, Alex Zane, All Saints by Liam Howlett,
Anat Ben David by Douglas Gordon, Andre 3000, Basement Jaxx, Belle
Humble, Beck, Billy Bragg, Brakes, Caged Baby, Carl Barat,
Charli .Collins, Example, Fightstar, Florence & The Machine, Fran
Healy, Fred Deakin, Goldfrapp, Goldie, Hard Fi, Howie B, Ian Brown,
Jamelia, Jamie Cullum, Jarvis Cocker, Joe Strummer by Damien Hirst,
Josh Weller, Joss Stone, Keane, Kitty Daisy & Lewis by Mat Collishaw,
Kronos Quartet, Kylie Minogue , Little Boots, Manic Street Preachers,
Marianne Faithful, Melanie C by John Richmond, Michael Stipe, Natalie
Imbruglia, Natasha Bedingfield, Neneh Cherry, Patrick Wolf, Pete & The
Pirates, Reverend and the Makers, Roots Manuva, Seal, Shazney Lewis,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Archive, The Enemy, The Feeling, The Hours,
The Veils, The View, Tim Burgess, Tricky, U2, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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