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OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (WFWI) HAS HELPED OVER 420,000 WOMEN SURVIVORS OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, IRAQ, KOSOVO, NIGERIA, RWANDA, AND SOUTH SUDAN TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES, AND THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING WOMEN SU RVIVORS OF WAR AND OTHER
CONFLICTS WITH RESOURCES TO MOVE FROM CRISIS AND POVERTY TO STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY, VIA A YEAR-LONG HOLISTIC TRAINING PROGRAMME. OUR EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT US THAT WOMEN ARE NOT VICTIMS OF CONFLICT, THEY ARE SURVIVORS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE . OUR PROGRAMME BRINGS WOMEN OUT OF ISOLATION AND INTO A SAFE SPACE EQUIPS WOMEN WITH MARKETABLE SKILLS TO GENERATE INCOME AND SAVE MONEY OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE ADVICE TO AID IN FAMILY LIFE TRAINS WOMEN IN LIFE SKILLS, LEADERSHIP AND RIGHTS AWARENESS SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME HEALTHY, ACTIVE LEADERS OF POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES PROVIDES WOMEN WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL AID: THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME WOMEN RECEIVE A MONTHLY STIPEND EQUIVALENT TO $10, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO FOCUS ON THEIR TRAINING BY REDUCING THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THEM.
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THE WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL SHE INSPIRES ART EVENT WILL FEATURE A SELECT LIVE AUCTION OF HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ARTWORKS AND ART RELATED EXPERIENCES OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, INCLUDING PIECES FROM ZAHA HADID, GEORGE SHAW, MASSIMO IZZO, KEVIN FRANCIS GRAY, ZHU JINSHI, IDRIS KHAN, ETEL ADNAN, SEVAN BIÇAKÇI AND FABIENNE VERDIER. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE NINE ARTWORKS FROM INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS WITH A STRONG FOLLOWING. A NUMBER OF LOTS HAVE BEEN MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR SHE INSPIRES ART, WITH THE ARTISTS’ WORK REFERENCING THE WORK OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL AND THE WOMEN THEY SUPPORT. WE ARE LOOKING TO SECURE MINIMUM GUARANTOR BIDS TO HELP US RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL.
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ETEL ADNAN SANS TITRE 2014 OIL ON CANVAS 32CM X 41CM
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ABOUT THE ARTIST ETEL ADNAN IS A RENOWNED POET, WRITER AND PAINTER WHO HAS RECEIV ED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE, INCLUDING, IN 2014, ONE OF FRANCE'S HIGHEST CULTURAL HONOURS, THE ORDRE DE CHEVALIER DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES. ADNAN IS A MAJOR FIGURE IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARAB INTELLECTUAL DIASPORA, ADNAN IS ALSO A PIONEER OF WOMEN ’S RIGHTS. THE WORKS OF ADNAN ARE PART OF MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND MUSE UMS AROUND THE WORLD SUCH AS THE INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, PARIS; THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON; THE WORLD BANK COLLECTION AND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS, WASHINGTON DC.
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KEVIN FRANCIS GRAY BALLERINA
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ABOUT THE ARTIST KEVIN FRANCIS GRAY IS ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST SUCCESSFUL EMERGING SCULPTORS. HIS BRONZE
AND MARBLE SCULPTURES, MADE IN HIS STUDIOS IN LONDON AND IN ITALY, ARE WIDELY COLLECTED BY MAJOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. KEVIN FRANCIS GRAY’S WORK HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN EXHIBITIONS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON, UK; MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE VAL DE-MARNE, PARIS; NIEUW DAKOTA, AMSTERDAM; PALAZZO DELLE ARTI NAPOLI, NAPLES; TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART, TEL AVIV; AND ART SPACE, NEW YORK.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST BEIJING BASED ZHU JINSHI HAS ESTABLISHED A FORMIDABLE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS AN ABSTRACT ARTIST AND IS ONE OF CHINA’S LEADING PAINTERS. ZHI JINSHI’S WORK IS IN NOTABLE
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE RUBELL FAMILY COLLECTION. EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE SIMPLICITY (2014); PEARL LAM GALLERIES SINGAPORE; THICK PAINT, JEAN FAUTRIER, FRANZ WEST; ZHU JINSHI (2014), LUXEMBOURG & DAYAN GALLERY, NEW YORK; ZHU JINSHI (2012), BLUM & POE, LOS ANGELES; POWER AND TERRITORY (2008) AT ARARIO GALLERY, BEIJING.
REPRESENTED BY: PEARL LAM GALLERIES IMAGE COURTESY OF PEARL LAM GALLERIES
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ZAHA HADID 2 “LIQUID GLACIAL” STOOLS 2015 ACRYLIC L78CM X D68CM X H45CM/
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ABOUT THE ARTIST ZAHA HADID IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT AND ACCLAIMED AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTS. ZAHA HADID HAS JUST OPENED A RETROSPECTIVE OF HER WORK AT THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM,
RUSSIA, AND WAS AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL FOR SERVICES TO THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA.
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FABIENNE VERDIER BLUE LAND 2015 TECHNIQUE: INK, PIGMENTS AND VARNISH ON CANVAS BLACK INK, BLUE BACKGROUND, COTTON CANVAS 183CM X 116CM SIGNATURE ON BACK
ABOUT THE ARTIST FABIENNE VERDIER IS A FRENCH PAINTER KNOWN FOR HER PRACTICE OF INTENSELY PHYSICAL AND PERFORMATIVE PAINTINGS THAT COMBINE THE TRADITIONS OF CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY AND EUROPEAN ART. VERDIER’S SOUGHT AFTER PAINTINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSÉE NATIONAL D'ART MODERN, PARIS AND FOUNDATION FRANÇOIS PINAULT.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST BRITISH PAINTER GEORGE SHAW IS CURRENTLY AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON AND WAS NOMINATED FOR THE TURNER PRIZE IN 2011. SHAW’S WORK IS IN MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND IN MUSEUMS INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING THE BRITISH COUNCIL, CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, USA AND TATE COLLECTION, UK. EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE ‘THE LAST DAYS OF BELIEF’ WILKINSON GALLERY, LONDON (2015) AND ‘NEITHER MY ARSE NOR MY ELBOW’ 2013, DOUGLAS HYDE GALLERY, DUBLIN.
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MASSIMO IZZO 2015
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ABOUT THE ARTIST MASSIMO IZZO IS A DESIGNER AND CREATOR OF HIGH-END JEWELLERY, INSPIRED BY MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE. IZZO’S CREATIONS, WHICH ARE ROOTED IN SICILIAN HERITAGE, RADIATE WITH ALL ITS CHARM AND HISTORY FROM THE ITALIAN REGION. FOR OVER 27 YEARS, IZZO’S CREATIONS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY ROYALTY, FILM DIRECTORS AND ART GALLERIES. HE HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AS AMONG THE 108 CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS BY OLIVIER DUPON IN “THE NEW JEWELERS’ (THAMES AND HUDSON).
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SEVAN BIÇAKÇI 2015 LALE DEVRI (TULIP PERIOD) RING GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, RUBIES AND A ROCK CRYSTAL WITH INVERSELY ENGRAVED TULIP FLOWER INTAGLIOS
IMAGE COURTESY OF SEVAN BIÇAKÇI ABOUT THE ARTIST FOR INSPIRATION, SEVAN BIÇAKÇI GOES BACK A GOOD TWO THOUSAND YEARS, TO A TIME OF EXOTIC SPICE BAZAARS, MAJESTIC MOSQUES, WHIRLING DERVISHES, FAIRY-TALE LIKE MINARETS AND IMPOSING SULTANS. ISTANBUL, THE ONE-TIME CAPITAL OF THE GLORIOUS BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND THE ONLY CITY IN THE WORLD WHICH HAS REIGNED AS CAPITAL OF THREE DIFFERENT EMPIRES, IS WITH OUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST MUSE OF SEVAN BIÇAKÇI. THE DRAMATIC ARC OF THE CITY'S HISTORY AND THE TI MELESSNESS OF ITS MONUMENTS INSPIRE HIS ROCOCO, GEM-LADEN JEWELS. A FIRM BELIEVER IN INSPIRED, HAND-CRAFTED DESIGN, BIÇAKÇI’S COLLECTION REFLECTS A REVERENCE TO
JEWELLERY DESIGNED FROM THE SOUL RATHER THAN TECHNOLOGY-AIDED DESIGN. THE TECHNIQUES HE HAS PIONEERED, INCLUDING METAL-BASED PAINTING, ENGRAVING, CALLIGRAPHY, INTAGLIO CARVING AND MICROMOSAIC SETTING, DO NOT APPEAL TO EVERYONE, AND THAT’S JUST THE W AY HE PREFERS IT.
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IDRIS KHAN 2015 DISPLACEMENT OIL BASED INK ON BLACK SCREEN-PRINED PAPER UNIQUE WORK 119CM X 100CM
ABOUT THE ARITST IDRIS KHAN HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST ACCLAIMED YOUNG ARTISTS. KHAN HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OVER 20 MUSEUM SHOWS, AND IS REPRESENTED BY SIGNIFICANT GALLERIES IN LONDON, BERLIN, SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK. EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL SOLO SHOWS AT THE WHITWORTH GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (2012); SADLER’S WELLS, LONDON (2011), MUSEUM OF CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, TORONTO (2010). KHAN’S WORK HAS ALSO BEEN EXHIBITED IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON (2015); BASS MUSEUM OF ART, MIAMI (2014-2015) AND TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART, TEL AVIV (2014).
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JONATHAN TRAYTE 12 PAINTED BRONZE SCULPTURES
ABOUT THE ARTIST JONATHAN TRAYTE IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOL AND HE IS CREATING 12 UNIQUE FOOD-INSPIRED BRONZE SCULPTURES, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ROYAL C OLLEGE OF ART. TRAYTE’S BRONZE SCULPTURES ARE COATED WITH A MULTITUDE OF PAINTE D LAYERS, GIVING THEM GLOSSY, SYNTHETIC ‘SKINS’ OF PAINT.
TRAYTE’S RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE IDENTIFY GALLERY, HONG KONG (2011) AND SIMON OLDFIELD GALLERY, LONDON (2011). GROUP EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE SCULPTURE AL F RESCO III, GREAT FOSTERS, UK (2013); JOSH LILLEY GALLERY, LONDON (2012); BLOOMBERG NEW CONTEM PORARIES (2011 AND 2009) AND FRANKS-SUSS COLLECTION, SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON (2010). TRAYTE WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANLEY PICKER FELLOWSHIP AND WAS AWARDED THE LAND SECURITIES AWARD (2011), THE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC PRIZE (2010) AND JEALOUS G RADUATE PRINT PRIZE (2010).
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-art-world-has-fallen-for-the-90-year-old-etel-adnan-1423497215
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http://www.apollo-magazine.com/classical-romance/
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GEORGE SHAW RECENT PRESS COVERAGE
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/dec/06/turner-prize-spurns-george-shaw
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CHAIR LADY ALISON DEIGHTON
LEAD ARTISTIC PATRON IAN TAYLOR HONORARY COMMITTEE ANTHONY WILKINSON, FOUNDER, WILKINSON GALLERY BARBARA BROCCOLI MOLLIE DENT-BROCKLEHURST, DIRECTOR, PACE GALLERY
PEARL LAM, OWNER, PEARL LAM GALLERIES ZAHA HADID, ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS ROYCE PINKWATER, PINKWATER SELECT ARTISTIC DIRECTORS TAMAR ARNON & ELI ZAGURY
EVENT COMMITTEE APRIL RUSSELL, AZADEH GHOTBI, BARBARA MERRY, DEBORAH DAVID, LAUR ENCE CUSTOT, LUCINDA BREDIN, MANUELA CAMPISI, MICHELLE YUE, MICOL GALLIANI, NAWEL KHELIL, NIN A MOADDEL, SONIA BENJELLOUNCARPENTIER
JUNIOR COMMITTEE ROXANA AFSHAR, TARKA RUSSELL
Further Information Bidding will be available online from mid-August For further information and for details on absentee and phone bidding, we invite you to contact: Nicola Casey, Special Events Manager, WfWI
Phone: 020 7922 7768 Email: ncasey@womenforwomen.org www.womenforwomen.org.uk/she-inspires-art
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