Ben Moore on Earth as it is on Heaven
Sarah Maple ‘Who the hell is Margaret Thatcher’
Maggie Regina, Peter Kennard, photomontage,1983,Tate collection
“Maggie Blair” by Simon Moore, featured at Kennington Station in 2007 with Art Below.
Carne Griffiths portrait of Maggie Thatcher
Wednesday 17th April – 27th April Gallery Different 14 Percy Street London W1T 1DR
Art Below’s ‘Thatcherstic’ opens at London’s Gallery Different with a private view Today Wednesday 17th April (on same day as Thatcher’s funeral) and features 10 artists depictions of ‘The Iron Lady’. The show is open to the public for 10 days. 10 artists, 10 days tying in with the ‘No.10’ theme.
Confirmed artists so far include Johan Andersson, Kennard Phillipps, Harry Pye, Nasser Azam, Jonny Briggs, Matt Small, and Carne Griffiths. (more to be announced soon)
Selected works from the exhibition are due to feature at Westminster tube from the 22nd April including a large pixellated close-up of Margaret Thatcher’s tearful eye whilst leaving Downing Street for the last time by Saatchi New Sensations Winner Jonny Briggs.
Maggie Blair” by Simon Moore, featured at Kennington Station in 2007 with Art Below.
“All the artists in the show have one thing in common, we all grew up as Thatcher’s children” remarks Ben Moore, Director of Art Below.