We have been delighted to listen to that yet one more top-notch superstar—pop famous person Ed Sheeran—has joined the ever-expanding roster of huge names hoping to impress with their artwork efforts.
The flame-haired musician has been portray since 2019 and is now providing his Cosmic Carpark Work at £900 every. Half of the sale value proceeds will go in direction of his basis, which is devoted to supporting music training in UK state colleges.
Assume one among Ed’s not-very-much-like Pollock works may make you happier? Examine them out at at HENI Gallery, London from 11 July to 1 August.
And, within the meantime, we have been impressed to solid an eye fixed over different notable “celeb” artists. Right here’s our roll name of the—primarily male—stars eager to make their mark within the artwork world.
Robbie Williams’s present at Moco Museum in London (till 31 August) is inflicting a stir—and for all of the improper causes. The Take That star’s works replicate “his visible language of sarcasm, self-deprecation, and playful irreverence”, says the gallery. The critic Eddy Frankel is, nevertheless, not entertained by Rob’s efforts, writing within the Guardian that the brand new sculptures and work are “tone deaf and self-important”.
To say that movie star Adrien Brody’s artwork divides artwork world commentators is an understatement. Final month the Oscar-winning star of The Brutalist confirmed his latest mixed-media works at Eden Gallery in New York. Whereas the The New York Instances no less than mentioned he’s an “impassioned painter”, one significantly harsh contributor on social media wrote: “Jesus, that’s dangerous….” Brutal certainly.
Lucy Liu, identified for her roles in Ally McBeal and Charlie’s Angels, additionally has a sideline as a profitable artist, or as Pink Information put it: “What many of the web didn’t know was that she creates erotic lesbian artwork”. Lucy reveals the total vary of her follow on her complete web site, presenting her newest sculptural creations in wooden and bronze, plus a collection of silkscreens entitled I Had My Coronary heart Set On You.
In relation to the fabled musician and poet Bob Dylan, it appears the occasions aren’t a-changin’. Having produced canvas after canvas after canvas through the years, the 84-year-old artist reveals no indicators of placing his paintbrush down. His newest makes an attempt at artwork have been not too long ago displayed at Halcyon Gallery in London, depicting profound however pithy topics comparable to Zurich (Unusual Climate), Piano Participant and Beans for Breakfast.
The actor Johnny Depp is a headline-hitting legend within the movie trade—and, to say the least, a controversial determine—however his artwork endeavours have additionally fuelled a booming trade. Citadel Superb Artwork, which represents the Edward Scissorhands star, says that “the artist’s fluent, expressive type is within the vein of the artists we recognise as Neo-Expressionists”. His newest arty enterprise is as director of the movie Modigliani-Three Days on the Wing of Insanity.
Different VVIPS which have taken up the comb—with various outcomes—embody the actor and comic Jim Carrey, James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, Ronnie Wooden of Rolling Stones fame and the rapper Skepta.
Adrien Brody, Discipline Mouse, 2024
Courtesy of the artist and Eden Gallery
