BLAZE: Gallery Exhibition
26th May Exhibition - BLAZE, ICE Gallery Thursday, 26 May 2022
18:30 20:30
Ice Galleries
Courthill House,
Water Lane
Wilmslow, SK9 5AP (map)
We are pleased to provide you with advance notice of our next event, and what an event it will be, the largest we've ever organised!
Because of the intensely colourful nature of the paintings on display, the exhibition is titled 'BLAZE,' and it features 3 new artists to ICE.
David Moli, also known as Boogie, will dazzle us with his collection of freestyle, graffiti artwork. Boogie, a former professional footballer, is a rising artist with collectors that includes Jack Grealish, Raheem Sterling, and other well-known figures.
Natalie Williamson introduces us to a body of portrait work. We discovered Natalie at the Manchester Art Fair and were immediately pulled towards her expressive artworks. Her portraits have a quality that is engaging, thought provoking, and warm; we're confident you'll enjoy them.
Lincoln Townley, who lives locally, is now firmly established on the international art scene. In a 10-year period his work has moved from a price point in the low thousands to now regularly making 6 figure sums at auction. In March this year Sotheby’s London auctioned a painting with an estimate of £35,000 to £45,000 which sold for £126,000. We have a similar one in our
collection which we are exhibiting on the night along with six other originals.
Racism, equality, and inclusion are values that ICE fully supports, and in recognition of the efforts of activists both past and present, we have commissioned our own painting to commemorate and recognise this important moment in time.
'Beyond Lies More' is the title of our commission, and this imposing 1.5-meter square painting will be unveiled to you at 8pm on the night.
Fiona Taylor, is a leading academic and a thought leader, who creates spaces for challenging conversations to take place. She is an education and leadership specialist, and delivers training courses on equality, diversity, and inclusion for leaders. Researching marginalised women and the influences that impact their decision making. Fiona will give a short talk on the challenges we all face in creating a more equal world, and she will openly discuss the difficulties that people of colour continue to face.
In addition to all of the above, we will once again be joined by Mark Hughes, one of the world's top wine sommeliers, who will delight all of our guests with his wine tasting table and who will be offering a variety of wines from his cellar www.therealwineco.co.uk.
There is a good chance this event is likely to be oversubscribed, and we must operate on a first come, first served basis, so please email in today to secure your place at this exclusive event – ice@icegalleries.com
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