A galaxy of stellar artists have contributed works on paper to an exhibition and public sale in assist of Quench in Margate, a pillar of the coastal arts neighborhood based by the artists Lindsey Mendick and Man Oliver. Dames Tracey Emin and Sonia Boyce, alongside Jeremy Deller, Natalia Gonzalez Martin, Pio Abad and Ryan Gander have donated works to save lots of the non-profit mission area and gallery which has supported 68 artists with bursaries amounting to £89,400 since 2021, however has since been hit by funding cuts. An announcement on the area’s web site says “…we’re on the point of having to shut our doorways”.
Amongst its many notable achievements, the organisation has supported rising and early profession artists with mentoring and exhibition alternatives. “Quench additionally focuses on LGBTQ+, international majority and working-class artists all through our programming [and] provides a free academic programme for native younger individuals with a specific concentrate on younger individuals from backgrounds underneath represented within the arts,” says a press release.
The public sale will go reside on 27 July at 5pm, alongside a gap at Quench Gallery, and can shut on-line 11 August at 6pm (the public sale can be streamed on the Quench web site and Instagram). So dig deep—look down the again of the couch—get bidding, and assist save Quench….
Pio Abad, Untitled (Malakas), 2022
courtesy Quench
