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<span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">22 Bury Street Gallery</span></i> offers a unique and friendly exhibition space, ideal for solo, group and pop-up shows and located in heart of the world-famous St James’s art district of central London. The gallery is well situated neighbouring <i>Christie’s</i> as well as many internationally famous art galleries exhibiting all ranges of artwork from cutting-edge Contemporary, to Old Masters and Asian art.</span><span style="font-family: "times";"> </span></span></div>
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modern exhibition space is situated on the ground floor with extra
hanging opportunities on the mezzanine, which can be made available.
The space possesses an impressive frontage on to the street, within
direct view of the well-known shopping precinct of Jermyn Street.
Bury Street benefits from strong daily foot fall from both
international visitors as well as the many businesses in this
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Conveniently
situated a few minutes’ walk from both Green Park and Piccadilly
Circus underground stations with good access by car and bus (9, 14,
19, 22,38 to Green Park), and a short walk from Royal Academy and The
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rate: £1000 + vat</span></div>
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floor: £5500 + vat / Ground
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
ground floor gallery is 8.5 x 4m at its widest and longest. Standing
events can accomodate 50 people (or 100 coming and going). Seated
events suit up to 25 people.</span></div>
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have had two exhibitions at the gallery in July 2017 and July 2018. I
found the location splendid, convenient for existing clients, and I
also made sales to new customers who just happened to wander in. The
friendly and welcoming feel of the bright gallery gives it an
accessible and unstuffy atmosphere. The space is very versatile and
can accommodate work of many sizes. I have only used the ground floor
but there is another gallery on the first floor. The window is large
and seems to be viewed when the gallery is closed. The staff are
charming and ever helpful. I can highly recommend exhibiting at this
gallery and hope to do so again myself.” </i></span><br />
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Fine Art, 2018</span></div>
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</style>Illustration Cupboardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308237129871389159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668919773069107844.post-72611089149122248702018-04-23T05:26:00.000-07:002018-04-23T22:48:51.029-07:00Ten Quite Interesting Things About Ten in the Bed<style type="text/css">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i>The
idea for <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=4523&type=book&idValue=903&aiPage=0" target="_blank">Ten in the Bed</a> actually crept up on me while I was working
on something else.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had always wondered
about the Ten in the Bed song when I sung it as a child. Who was the
little one? Why were the others being systematically ejected from the
bed? Who were they? It still perplexed me, and I thought it would be
interesting to try to answer the questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When developing ideas I
found I was thinking of it like a film, and as well as making a
storyboard which I always do, I worked it out with my editor in terms
of, scenes, continuity, character action and resulting positions…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keeping track of ten
characters was tricky. I wanted the point of view to change on every
page zooming in and out, having high (elephant) and low (mouse)
points of view. I wanted a dark indoors at dusk, low firelight
atmosphere, and a lead character that behaved like real child, with a
parental presence hinted at by details, but not visible in the room
during the action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So that was the
starting point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although the following
10 things are mostly about the illustrations - the blog piece is for
the Illustration Cupboard Gallery after all - there’s one thing
that is central to the text, which is the use of onomatopoeia. The
main subjects for most of the pictures were the surprise ‘landings’,
and the comic sounds that accompanied them. Children love a pause,
and then a sound to go with a sudden action. So that’s where the
text is focused. Also running underneath, throughout I hope, is the
feeling, despite the calamities, of belonging to a gang, a group… a
family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here follows ten quite
interesting facts about making the book:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Much of the inspiration for <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=4523&type=book&idValue=903&aiPage=0" target="_blank">Ten in the Bed</a></i> came from film and
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> An illustrator friend noticed the action flowing right to left on
early roughs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Might
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where would we be without observant friends?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">I made a plan to work out positions in the rooms and
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is because I can imagine a scene once, but struggle to place everything
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The child was based on a combination of my toddler daughter
and a friend’s son. People have said the child reminds them of
their daughter, others their son, which is great, because I wanted
the child to be identified with by whoever happened to be reading the
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Colour was inspired by early 20th century animated films, where there
are particular dark reds, blues and golds, and even darker colours
within shadows. I masked light areas and used a toothbrush to flick
and stipple watercolour into the shadows. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The publisher, Sebastian Walker sometimes strolled about the office,
to see what was going on. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">He
approached in his quiet way during a final editorial meeting, where
we were checking through the finished artwork, and said, ”My dear,
<span lang="en-US">do</span> be careful not to make it too dark.”
Thankfully he was looking at the very darkest illustration, on the
top of the pile, and probably didn’t know the rest were </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">already
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">This illustration is an example of unwitting homage and borrowing of
ideas.(13 ,14) I know I loved the illustrations by E.H. Shepard, for
A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the Pooh as a child. I still do. Here </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The quilt on the bed featured on nearly every page. I tried
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so I decided to
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with our collectors and take a look at some of the the special pieces they've
bought and discover why they chose them. This month we hear from Mei, whose
enviable collection includes artwork by illustrators such as Angela Barrett,
John Vernon Lord, Jane Ray and David McKee:</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Beauty looks pensive clutching
flowers in her hand, her dress and hair billowing in the wind. At her side
looms the magical Beast as a dark green hedge. On the left a stone sculpture
with a head of pink roses appears uncannily lifelike. Nothing is as it seems.
The dreamy palette of greens evokes a landscape and atmosphere of quietude yet
there is tension as if on the cusp of danger. It is a tale as old as time, and
Angela Barrett’s rendering of Beauty and the Beast is enchanting. Ethereal. Her
delicate brushstrokes of light and shade lend elegance and her pictures
poignancy, to a story about love and loss. Richly allusive <i>Beauty Runs Across the Garden</i> is the front cover artwork of a
classic fairy-tale retold by Max Eilenberg, whose moving prose touched my
heart. I am thrilled it resides in my home.</span></div>
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in St James’s, lies <i>Illustrationcupboard
Gallery</i>, an art gallery devoted to pictures of the most fantastic kind. Even
before you step in you can sense something wonderful is about to happen. It is
like walking into a storybook - a place full of colour and imagination. Nestled
among private gentlemen clubs and posh clothiers, it is unlike the numerous
haughty and hardened galleries found in this gentrified area of London. It is
an intimate, inviting space. The glass exterior allows daylight to illuminate
the tiers of storied artwork that glitter and glide effortlessly along the
walls. Your eyes cannot help but dart from one picture to another, greedily
absorbing the visual sensations contained within each golden frame. The
pictures weave a sort of magic that engages both the heart and mind, and the
welcoming staff ensures a pleasurable experience for every visitor.</span></div>
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book illustrations began a year ago at this delightful emporium, a stone’s
throw away from <i>Christie’s</i> where I
work. With a passion for reading since childhood, combined with a love for
beautiful things, this genre of art appealed to my sensibilities. Drawn from
narrative, illustrations bring the written word to life. It is collaboration
between text and image. They elucidate a story, enriching the reader’s
experience giving rise to a wealth of meaning. And so began a love affair with
Illustration Art, which, over the course of a year resulted in me collecting
ten works by some of the most distinguished English artists.</span></div>
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was inevitable that the lapis blue in <i>The
Children Read</i> by Jane Ray from the book of <i>The Lost Happy Endings</i> first caught my eye. It is a celestial
colour. In the picture the nightscape is dotted with gold stars just as the
lapis stone is found with gold flecks on its surface. That ultramarine blue reminds
me so much of my time as a student in the History of Art. Nostalgia. It became
my first purchase. The work is a compact composition of rooftops and houses lit
under a night sky and bright moon, and in a contemplative moment I can almost
hear the children by the windows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Another jewel-like
illustration I love is <i>Playing Cards
Painting Roses Red</i> by John Vernon Lord for Lewis Carroll’s <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>. It is a small image
– a miniature, which makes it all the more exquisite. There is something about
Lord’s accurate drawing which appeals to my methodical side. The roses
delineated in black ink are like the sharp facets of a diamond. Their luscious
Pigeon’s Blood hue and drops of ruby-red paint appear to spill over the
picture’s threshold. There is a mathematical precision in the artist’s
treatment of this subject, yet the world he depicts is a dizzy one. It is
contradictory yet beguiling. Dimensions are warped and realities
interchangeable. In Alice’s world the cards speak, the croquet balls are
hedgehogs and I can walk <i>Through the
Looking Glass</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I was lucky to have met some
of these award-winning illustrators. Among them David McKee, whose creation of <i>Mr Benn</i> stole my heart. Mr Benn is a
well-dressed bowler-hat Englishman - a respectable old-fashioned character whom
I find so endearing. Each day he ambles into a fancy dress shop and changes
into a different costume to embark on marvellous adventures. The stories are
simple and charming. But it is Mr Benn’s sense of morality which resonates having
parents who instilled deep values in me from a young age. <i>007 Benn</i> is Mr Benn dressed in a smart suit as the world’s
best-loved spy - James Bond. He is seen in the changing room of the costume
shop in all his bravado, holding a gun. I especially love the artist’s
depiction of Mr Benn’s multiple reflections in the mirrors. They are like the
innumerable prisms of an immense and exquisitely chiselled diamond. It is
swagger, a type of cool only an artist like McKee can portray without coming
across too cocksure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">John Vernon Lord, a giant in
this field, tells us that the purpose of illustration, <i>“... is to enlighten</i>”. From my first picture to this personal
reflection the journey has been one of wonder and discovery. If you know John
Huddy, proprietor of <i>Illustrationcupboard
Gallery</i>, then access to the gallery’s lower ground may be granted, where a
rich reservoir of pictures is kept. I am privileged to have had the opportunity
to view some of the most exquisite original illustration artwork in this secret
chamber. John’s unerring instinct, aesthetic sense and free-flowing thoughts
have guided me through this exciting area of collecting. But at the heart of
his business is a deep appreciation and conviction for the art he handles.
Illustrations illuminate. They offer clarity, allowing us to grasp their
stories with heightened awareness and pleasure. Like Giotto’s biblical frescoes
in the Arena Chapel it is the art of story-telling in pictures. They elevate
our thoughts and fuel our dreams, for the most valuable things in life are
those which you cannot see. In their stillness they capture that single moment
for eternity. And that is enchanting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2017 marks the 50th
anniversary of the iconic and much-loved Mr Benn books, featuring the
bowler-hatted hero created by artist, writer and illustrator David
McKee. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The name ‘Mr Benn’ conjures strong memories of childhood
adventures through the changing-room door of the fancy dress shop on
Festive Rd. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This month we are delighted to be celebrating 50 Years of Mr Benn with an <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_details.aspx?eId=289&ePage=1" target="_blank">exhibition</a> of concept artwork, sketches, and
published book illustrations. But the highlight of the show are the
never-seen-before animation cels from the original Mr Benn films -
hidden away in the film-makers studios for half a century, and only
now released for the very first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spoke with John Huddy, Managing Partner of Illustrationcupboard to find out why David McKee's Mr Benn artwork is not only a celebration of classic creativity</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but is also a rare and valuable investment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>''David McKee's
creation of Mr Benn was one of those rare moments of unique
creativity, which has touched the heart and soul of so many over the
50 years since the books were published and then animated for BBC
television. Classics roll on through the generations and are not
subjects to fashion - such is Mr Benn. His quiet understated
heroism provides a force for good, touching upon much ingrained in
the British character and psyche, making this artistic creation so
special to us here in the UK. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Not only is the magic of Mr
Benn an inspiration, but the value of this work has acquired a
valid cultural, and now financial, value. With so much of the
original artwork destroyed in the mid-1970's this collection of book
illustration and film cels is special and rare. But it also has a
further value representing a method of film-making that no longer
exists. In a world of digital CGI, stop-frame animation with
hand-painted scenes and acetate cels is a dinosaur, and as such these
pieces are a historical record of the history of animated
film-making, of which Britain has led the world for more than half a
century.''</i><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(John Huddy, Managing
Partner of Illustrationcupboard gallery)</span></div>
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<b><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/aug/03/cult-cartoon-star-mr-benn-film-stardom-turns-50" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></b></div>
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"Cult cartoon star Mr
Benn on brink of film stardom as he turns 50."</div>
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Read the full
article <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/aug/03/cult-cartoon-star-mr-benn-film-stardom-turns-50">here.</a></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/06/mr-benn-50-dont-make-childrens-tv-like/" target="_blank">The Telegraph</a></b></div>
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"Regularly voted one of
the most beloved children’s programmes of all time."</div>
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the full article <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/06/mr-benn-50-dont-make-childrens-tv-like/" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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<b><a href="https://www.creativereview.co.uk/david-mckee-mr-benn-magic-stories/" target="_blank">Creative Review</a></b></div>
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"As well as their whimsical charm, what characterises the series is a sense of morality."</div>
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Read the full article <a href="https://www.creativereview.co.uk/david-mckee-mr-benn-magic-stories/" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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"Never-before-seen animation cels go on display."</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr Benn fever is sweeping Bury St in St James's, London. Having met creator David here at the gallery, the art director of the classic english tailor has designed a 50 Year Anniversary set of <a href="http://turnbullandasser.co.uk/as-if-by-magic" target="_blank">'Mr Benn pocket handkerchiefs' </a>which are exclusive to Turnbull and Asser, our neighbours next door - so come down and see the sartorial elegance of Mr Benn at Turnbull and Asser whilst seeing all the original book and film work next door here at the Gallery! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr Benn’s address, 52 Festive Road, was inspired by David McKee’s own house in Festing Road in Putney. In 2009 residents in the street paid tribute to David and Mr Benn by laying an engraved paving stone outside the house. McKee actually lived at 54 Festing Road; he put Mr Benn at No.52 because he had drawn himself looking from the window in the first book and thought it might be nice to have Mr Benn living next door! As part of the 50 years anniversary the residents petitioned for and gained approval to rename a pathway off Festing Road now called Festive Walk in his honour. Although Mr Benn is never referred to by his first name on screen, David McKee had always thought that ‘William’ would suit well. Mr Benn has secured his place in popular culture with mentions in songs by Oasis, The Divine Comedy, Half Man Half Biscuit and Bell XI.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>"I started Illustrationcupboard in the spare bedroom of my sister’s flat in 1995 with only a desk and a telephone, when there was little interest in collecting contemporary book illustration artwork. Over twenty years on I am pleased to regularly show the finest artwork in this field to a broad international collecting audience from our three floor art gallery in St James's, Mayfair. I often think how lucky I am to have the opportunity to see this original work when so many thousands of others see only the printed page."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I keep track of the artwork, mount, frame and hang all of the exhibitions.<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=378&page=0" target="_blank">Neil Packer</a>’s 'Look at your room Nausicaa!' published in <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=378&page=0" target="_blank">The Odyssey</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Getting to work so closely with such incredible artists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of many – Babette Cole prancing round the gallery with bunny ears for James and the Giggleberries and Babette dressed up as Princess Smartypants for the celebration of 30 years of Princess Smartypants in September 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>‘<a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=5567&type=book&idValue=1034&biPage=1" target="_blank">Not Now Bernard</a></i>’ by David McKee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Either something by <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=283&page=0" target="_blank">John Vernon Lord</a> or <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=39&page=0" target="_blank">Angela Barrett</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love getting to see all of the different artwork and having contact with so many artists. Everyone here is really friendly - even the postman!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having lunch with <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=175&page=0" target="_blank">Jan Pienkowski </a>at his house and looking through all his artwork - it was like an art museum! One of the great benefits of this job is occasionally getting to meet great artists in their studios and homes, it's not a chance most people would ever have so I really appreciate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Red Rose, White Rose</i> illustrated by Gustav Tenggren.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I help people to discover the gallery and spread the word about our upcoming exhibitions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Definitely something by <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=285&page=0" target="_blank">Shaun Tan</a>. His work is completely breathtaking, it stops me in my tracks every time I walk past it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Getting to meet some of the most talented artists working today and seeing the original illustrations that I grew up with as a child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having tea and biscuits with the amazing <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=119&page=0" target="_blank">David McKee</a> whilst looking through his original paintings of Elmer the elephant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Would have to be either <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=4430&type=artist&idValue=172&biPage=1" target="_blank">The Tiger Who Came to Tea</a></i> by Judith Kerr or <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=1519&type=artist&idValue=204&biPage=1" target="_blank">Where the Wild Things Are</a></i> by Maurice Sendak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I run the gallery on Saturdays and help out with private views.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Which illustrator’s work would you love to own?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would love to own an original <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=168&page=0" target="_blank">Brian Wildsmith</a>, as I think his colours are just fantastic. I love the detail in his pictures that you can only see close-up in the flesh, which don't always come across when you see the images in his books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love that no two Saturdays are the same - sometimes it is quiet so I get on with updating our contact database, and then other times it can be very loud with lots of families getting excited about artwork that they have seen in books they read growing up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a difficult one - there have been so many! Getting to meet the artists is always a wonderful experience. It was always a pleasure to host an event for Babette Cole, who was a ball of fun, and a huge personality. Meeting Shaun Tan was also pretty fantastic, as he doesn't come over to the UK very often, but I love all of the artists that we get to work with; they are all so talented!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=3195&type=artist&idValue=330&biPage=1" target="_blank">Each Peach Pear Plum</a>, written by Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Janet Ahlberg. Apparently, when I was very small, my mother took me to the local library where they were having a book reading, and I stood up and recited the whole thing! I even had a dolly called Baby Bunting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm the admin assistant at the gallery.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Which illustrator’s work would you love to own?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would love to own a <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=168&page=0" target="_blank">Brian Wildsmith</a>! </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What do you love most about your job?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love working so closely with all this art – being able to have a wander round the gallery and have a good, long look whenever it’s quiet. I also love finding hidden gems down in the basement archives that we’d forgotten about!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I really enjoy meeting the illustrators, they are always so lovely!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was a big fan of <i>Peace At Last</i> by <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=206&page=0" target="_blank">Jill Murphy.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I make sure John stays in line! ... and I keep the books.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Which illustrator’s work would you love to own?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd love to own something by either <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=283&page=0" target="_blank">John Vernon Lord</a> or <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=285&page=0" target="_blank">Shaun Tan.</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working with such nice people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having dinner with Shaun Tan when he came over from Australia.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What was your favourite book as a child?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's hard to pick a favourite from my childhood, but my favourite to read to my child now would have to be either <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=1519&type=artist&idValue=204&biPage=1" target="_blank">Where the Wild Things Are</a></i> by Maurice Sendak or <i>Room on a Broom</i> by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In November, 1995, when I first met John Huddy, founder of the Illustrationcupboard gallery, he was holding an exhibition in a gallery in
Connaught Village, London. I was on my
way to my local coffee shop, when I spotted a wonderful illustration by <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=403&page=0" target="_blank">Graham Oakley</a>
in the window of what I thought was an abstract art gallery. Curious, I went in and spoke to John, who
explained that he was renting the gallery for two weeks. I asked about the Graham Oakley piece which
was from <i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1737358188"></span>The Church Mice<span id="goog_1737358189"></span></a></i>, and bought it for a client of mine. When I called in the next day to pay for it,
I took a closer look at all the wonderful illustrations John was selling, which
immediately impressed me. I also
believed that there was a synergy between John’s Illustrationcupboard and my
company, Marjacq Scripts Ltd, a successful literary agency I had founded with
my late business partner, George Markstein in 1983, so I suggested that John
and I formed Illustrationcupboard LLP, which led to the gallery in Bury
Street. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was right about the synergy: the Graham Oakley
illustration I had bought which I gave to my client was a picture from his
most favourite childhood book and he was absolutely thrilled. Marjacq Scripts then went on to represent Graham
Oakley and negotiated the re-publication of three of his famous Church Mice
books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Something similar happened to me in July, 2015 when I
noticed the most unusual and, to me, surrealistic chair in the window of a shop
in Central London. I was immediately
arrested by the chair because, although it was a typical small Victorian chair,
it was upholstered in a tweed jacket, complete with leather elbow patches and
pheasant feathers. It was a piece of art
or a character, rather than just a chair.
Once again, I was fascinated - I wanted to know more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After weeks of research, I eventually tracked down <a href="http://www.rhubarblondon.com/about-us/" target="_blank">Shaun Brownell,</a> the creator of the chair and bought it. When Shaun came to deliver the chair, I
discovered that he had a website which was selling the
chairs. Personally, I felt that they
demanded a wider audience – they were so unusual and so very beautifully
made. So, I suggested that Shaun and I
form a new partnership to promote and market his wonderful pieces, which we
called <a href="https://shop.rhubarblondon.com/" target="_blank">RhubarbLondon</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last year, John mentioned to me that he would be holding a major <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_details.aspx?eId=283&ePage=0" target="_blank">Brambly Hedge exhibition</a> at the Illustrationcupboard gallery in the spring and showed me some of the Brambly Hedge books. I felt that the delightful illustrations
would make a wonderful fabric for a very special chair – <a href="https://shop.rhubarblondon.com/shop/brambly-hedge-storytellers-chair" target="_blank">The Brambly Hedge Storyteller Chair</a>. Liz Barklem (Jill Barklem's daughter) kindly
gave permission for this concept to be realised and it will be seen for the
first time at Illustrationcupboard’s Brambly Hedge <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_details.aspx?eId=283&ePage=0" target="_blank">exhibition launch</a> in May. </span><br />
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magical <a href="https://shop.rhubarblondon.com/shop/brambly-hedge-storytellers-chair" target="_blank">Brambly Hedge Storyteller children’s chair</a> is a handmade two-thirds
sized version of an adult wing chair. Whilst sitting in the chair, the child can
either read, play or listen to the Brambly Hedge Audio CD via the self-contained,
remotely controlled portable sound system through the stereo speakers colour
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front arms and legs of the chair have been intricately hand carved from ancient
oak to create the mystical tree trunk world of Brambly Hedge with subtle
illumination glowing through the delicate windows and front door. Aged Chestnut legs support the rear of the
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upholstered in the traditional Brambly Hedge Field specially printed fabric and
accentuated with nut brown leather piped detail.</span></div>
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chair is operated by a fully rechargeable 12v battery supply capable of
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The market for illustration goes back a long way, but it’s mostly been for historical illustration. The market for modern and contemporary illustration however is one that this gallery has created. When I started Illustrationcupboard 20 years ago nobody else was doing what I was doing. In fact there weren’t any other contemporary illustration galleries at all or any dealerships in Britain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To define and develop a new area of collecting or buying in any industry is incredibly rare and doesn’t happen very often</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> so this really is an opportunity.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are collectors who come to the gallery and consistently buy a lot of work because they realise the unique opportunity they have to buy artwork at entry level. This is work that’s coming directly out of artists’ studios for the first time ever. It’s not a secondary market, it’s a primary market, and to have the opportunity to create a primary market is a very unique position to be in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In time, these illustrators’ work will move into the secondary market. It’s happening already with artists such as <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=119&page=0" target="_blank">David McKee</a>, <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=62&page=0" target="_blank">Shirley Hughes</a> and <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=39&page=0" target="_blank">Angela Barrett</a>; their work is already starting to go through Sotheby’s and Christies and other auction houses. The secondary market will then inevitably develop, there’s no question about that, and then one day there will be a secondary market and no longer a primary market. That’s when you’re into the established art world, like everything else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is a short window of opportunity for collectors, and that is what I find so interesting about this market. In 50 years, I know some of these terrific artists will be seen in the same way that we now look at illustrators from the 1920s. Their works will become classics and I think the prices will reflect that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Buying is the same, whatever you’re buying. Your instinct is usually correct and your first impressions are usually right. Buy from the heart, buy from the gut and buy what you like. People often ask me, “What do you think about this piece?” and I always tell them the same thing: “If you like it, chances are that there are an awful lot of other people out there who are going to like it too.” And that’s generally true, so you’ve got to follow your instincts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>What about buying an illustration as a gift?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The best gifts to give people are the ones that you really like yourself. People will appreciate a gift, however small it is, that has been given with consideration, with thought and some passion. People can always see that, I think. A lot of purchases are driven by nostalgia as people want to buy things they grew up with or pieces they know their children will enjoy. I envy these children. It's such a special thing, to own an original from a book you love, something you will always have and can pass on to your own children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=159&page=0" target="_blank">Alexis Deacon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=119&page=0" target="_blank">David McKee</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=62&page=0" target="_blank">Shirley Hughes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=39&page=0" target="_blank">Angela Barrett</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=384&page=0" target="_blank">George Butler</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>To discuss purchasing an original illustration or to talk about your collection, call the gallery for a chat on 0207 976 1727 and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can browse our collection online at <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/">www.illustrationcupboard.com</a> or visit us at the gallery at 22 Bury St, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6AL, open 9:30am – 6pm Mon-Fri, 11am – 5pm Saturdays.</span><br />
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Illustration Cupboardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308237129871389159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668919773069107844.post-81028115184155531612017-03-10T04:32:00.002-08:002017-03-10T07:11:57.460-08:00Meet Ingram Pinn, Political Cartoonist for the Financial Times<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This month we are excited to launch a major solo exhibition of <a href="http://wwww.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_details.aspx?eId=281&ePage=1" target="_blank">political cartoons by Ingram Pinn</a>, illustrator for the Financial Times. Since 1987 Pinn has produced his own comment each weekend for the FT and illustrated further articles throughout the week. Ahead of the exhibition, we caught up with Ingram about his recent body of work which draws upon key moments from 2016’s turbulent political landscape... </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Babette Cole: 10 September 1950 - 14 January 2017</td></tr>
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We were deeply saddened and shocked to hear the very sad news of Babette Cole's passing earlier this week. We have not only lost one of our dearest artists, but more so a good and true friend. She will be sorely missed by the illustration and publishing community alike.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Babette chats with Jan Pienkowski in 2005</td></tr>
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In tribute to Babette, we fondly remember some of the times that we all spent in the IllustrationCupboard Gallery (mostly in floods of laughter as Babette had the most infectious giggle):</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Babette and John Huddy celebrating Princess Smartypants' birthday in The IllustrationCupboard</td></tr>
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Babette was always the life and soul of the party, throwing her energy into her artwork and giving time to the many fans of her 150+ picture books.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Babette signing books as part of our Winter Exhibition in 2010</td></tr>
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She would always dress to impress - here seen with Sarah McIntyre and IllustrationCupboard staff all in obligatory bunny ears, for the launch of <i>James and the Giggleberries </i>in 2014.<br />
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Full of love and laughter, her humerous and irreverent illustrations brought a smile to readers old and young.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentine's Day, the Babette Cole way</td></tr>
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Her books helped parents broach difficult subjects with humour, and challenged the status quo: a Princess who didn't like boys, and books about death, childbirth and growing up.<br />
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It was only in September 2016 that she was in the gallery, full of life and launching her most recent book <i>Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes</i>, and celebrating 30 years of Princess Smartypants, with a fabulous cake made by Elizabeth Miles Cake Design, Dorset.</div>
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And this is how we shall remember her: for us, she will always be a Princess. The world will be a duller place without her. Long live Princess Smartypants.</div>
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<b>With only one week to go until Christmas, and with the saintly sounds of carols drifting through the air, it's time to look back on the year gone by and take stock:</b><br />
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Back in Spring we celebrated the 30th anniversary of <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=206" target="_blank">Five Minutes Peace</a></i> by Jill Murphy. The Large Family are still able to bring joy to old and young alike, as Mrs Large seeks five minutes alone from her rambunctious herd.</div>
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We then moved into <i>Das Beste Von Allem</i>, which literally translates as 'The pick of the basket'; a delightful book which has been contributed to by a number of acclaimed illustrators, including <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=328&page=0" target="_blank">Axel Scheffler</a>.</div>
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After which we held the spotlight over Children's Laureate <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=194&page=0" target="_blank">Chris Riddell</a> celebrating his success from strength to strength in his new role, promoting particular aspects of children's books, including illustration as a means of encouraging young people to get reading.</div>
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A personal highlight was <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=266" target="_blank">Shaun Tan's Surrealist Vision</a></i> at which we were joined by the man himself. Shaun was nothing but generous with his time, talking with fans as he signed books, and explaining his inspiration (mostly his imagination, and young daughter) which has allowed him to explore using new materials, including the medium of sculpture, which he has found fits around a busy family life more amenably.</div>
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We were extremely saddened to hear the news of <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=168&page=0" target="_blank">Brian Wildsmith's</a> passing at the end of August. He has always had a place in our hearts here at the Illustration Cupboard, with his characterful and colourful artwork enlivening the walls, and we remember fondly the exhibition we held at the gallery back in 2010 to mark his 80th birthday.</div>
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We celebrated <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?eId=270&ePage=2" target="_blank">Shirley Hughes</a>'s illustrations in all of their colour and energy for the whole of August, while the sun shined.</div>
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The gallery was Morph-ed in true Aardman style in September, when we celebrated <i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=273" target="_blank">40 Years of Aardman Animations</a></i>. Peter Lord and David Sproxton visited to sign copies of The Art of Aardman.</div>
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Ardizzone wowed in November, when we were lucky enough to host The Blaxland Collection, from private collector Simon Blaxland who had not previously exhibited his personal <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?eId=275&ePage=2" target="_blank">collection of Edward Ardizzone illustrations.</a></div>
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All illustrators mentioned above have work exhibited in our <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=277" target="_blank">21st Annual Winter Exhibition</a>, which will continue into the New Year, running until the 31st January, so we hope to welcome you soon if you haven't yet been able to pop in.</div>
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<b>2017</b><br />
Next year we've got a really exciting line up of exhibitions and events, with something for everyone. A couple of big highlights include our major exhibition of original artwork from <i>Brambley Hedge</i> by Jill Barklem, and an exhibition of the published artwork from Alexis Deacon's <i>The Selfish Giant </i>by Oscar Wilde. We'll leave the rest as a surprise for now, but check back in the new year when we will be posting our calendar and revealing the rest of our shows for ther year.<br />
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Illustration Cupboardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308237129871389159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668919773069107844.post-9659283644879950672016-10-27T08:32:00.001-07:002016-12-17T06:20:25.628-08:00Picture Book Party: Introducing ... Walker Studio!Fantastic blog post from Walker Books on www.picturebookparty.co.uk celebrating last night's success: <a href="http://www.picturebookparty.co.uk/2016/10/introducing-walker-studio.html?spref=bl">Picture Book Party: Introducing ... Walker Studio!</a>: Last night the team at Walker HQ cracked the bubbly at the Illustrationcupboard Gallery to celebrate the launch of our brand new imprint, Walker Studio.Illustration Cupboardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308237129871389159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668919773069107844.post-37997587054413750732016-10-01T08:21:00.000-07:002016-10-01T08:21:01.583-07:00The Singing Bones - Celebration Event 26th October<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shaun Tan's The Singing Bones was released by Walker Books at the beginning of September to much acclaim. Inspired by Grimm's Fairy Tales, it has taken the essence of each story and boiled it down to key interactions; what Shaun himself calls "nightmare fodder" in this <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b60e8c32-64cb-11e6-a08a-c7ac04ef00aa?siteedition=intl" target="_blank">article by the Financial Times</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are thrilled about the book's release as the sculptures that illustrate the stories took pride of place in our exhibition: <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?eId=266&ePage=2" target="_blank">Shaun Tan's Surrealist Vision</a> earlier this year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;">All between 6cm and 40cm in height, Tan spent around three days on each of the 75 sculptures that adorn the pages of The Singing Bones; moulding, painting, drying and photographing until each figure was complete. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;">This </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/25/bloodbaths-and-bad-dreams-shaun-tans-fairytale-sculptures" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">article by Sian Cain at The Guardian</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;"> explores Shaun Tan's transition from pencils to clay to create the sculptures. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;">Images of some of the sculptures that feature in the book can be seen </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/aug/25/grimm-fairytales-the-singing-bones-by-shaun-tan-sculptures-in-pictures" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">her</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">e</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri;">and we have a few still available to purchase via our <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=285&page=0" target="_blank">website</a> or over the telephone: 0207 976 1727 </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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We will be exhibiting at The Art Antiques London Fair from 24 - 30th June on Stand E16. The Albert Memorial and Kensington Gardens once again provide the stunning backdrop to one of London's most exciting and glamorous art and antique fairs. Held in a beautiful bespoke pavilion opposite the Royal Albert Hall and close to the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851 Art Antiques London brings together leading international dealers and discerning visitors from all over the world, who can buy with confidence at this strictly vetted sumptuous summer showcase for the arts. Pop into the gallery to pick up a complementary ticket for two which has an equivalent value of £40.<br />
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We will be exhibiting a range of some of the most prolific illustrators of the 20th century: Edward Ardizzone:<br />
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To view the full range of works being exhibited please see our <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=268" target="_blank">website</a>. We look forward to welcoming you to stand E16.<br />
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Following our stint at Art Antiques London we then roll straight into <a href="http://www.londonartweek.co.uk/" target="_blank">London Art Week</a>. This hugely important gallery-based celebration of pre-contemporary art, will take place in Mayfair and St. James’s from <b>1 - 8 July</b>. Bringing together almost 50 leading specialist dealers and three auction houses, this year will present more dedicated exhibitions than ever before; and the IllustrationCupboard Gallery we will be exhibiting one of our favourites: George Butler, whose work is available to view <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=267" target="_blank">online </a>now and in the gallery from 1 July to coincide with this spectacular celebration.<br />
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The video below from February 2015 by Monocle Magazine explores the emotion and truth behind George's illustrations:<br />
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As part of the exhibition we will be hosting a very special evening with the man himself who will be reflecting on his experiences for the most recent exhibition. Tickets for this event are limited to 25, and £20 each - please contact the gallery directly on 0207 976 1727 to book.<br />
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You can meet the genius himself, as he is coming to London and will be in attendance at the IllustrationCupboard Gallery on 1st June from 4-7pm for a book signing event.<br />
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It is set to be a popular event so early arrival is recommended. Please note that only books sold in the gallery will be able to be signed.<br />
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Our latest Shaun Tan exhibition 'A Surrealist Vision' features a combination of pastel and pencil drawings along with an array of sculptures for purchase. See the Shaun Tan <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=266" target="_blank">exhibition page</a> of the website for more details.<br />
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The sculptures are a beautiful collection, with witty titles and imagery, such as <i>The Devil and his Sooty Brother</i>:<br />
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This sculptures all have a recognisable element to them, but are surreal, dreamlike forms which emerge from much artistic exploration and experimentation. Tan has also employed a number of techniques and glazes in the creation of these miniature marvels, which help to animate them within the imagination.<br />
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Alongside Tan's sculptures and drawings we also have a selection of his books available to purchase, including the yet-to-be-released copy of <i>The Singing Bones</i> due to be published in the UK in September 2016, which can be ordered in hardback or as a limited gift box edition with exclusive signed and numbered print.</div>
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Back by popular demand, we have also produced a catalogue featuring 43 pages of stunning images from the exhibition, which include a brief commentary from Tan, available to purchase online, in the gallery and over the telephone for £20.<br />
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The exhibition runs from 11 May until the 11 June 2016. We look forward to seeing you soon!Illustration Cupboardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308237129871389159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668919773069107844.post-40390336043118565112016-03-12T09:01:00.001-08:002016-03-12T09:01:45.088-08:00Exhibitions and events for 2016Spring is around the corner, and in the gallery we've assembled a fantastic line-up of treats for 2016 to see you through the year:<br />
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First up is <b>2 - 15 March: Jill Murphy's <i>Five Minutes Peace 30th Anniversary</i></b><br />
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The book sees Mrs. Large search in vain for somewhere to relax from her rambunctious children. The gallery presents a varied display of Jill's original published drawings and watercolours. This exhibition is only up for a few more days, so make sure you don't miss it!<br />
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<b>22 March - 2 April: <i>Das Beste Von Allem</i>: Contemporary German Illustration, featuring Axel Scheffler</b><br />
Translating literally as 'Best of All', <i>Das Beste Von Allem </i>is a catalogue of many things, portrayed by 60 illustrators, including Axel Scheffler, our favourite German talent. It represents the best of German illustrators doodling together.<br />
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<b>22 - 23 April: Lismore Story Festival: <i>Towers and Tales </i>(Ireland)</b><br />
We plan to once again cross England's noble shores to spend a weekend with our good friends in Lisamore. Held within the grounds of Lismore Castle, the festival was borne out of the idea that every child in Ireland should be gifted a free book to encourage literacy and spark imagination.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Last year's event was a great success so we look forward to welcoming you to the Emerald Isle for a weekend of frolics, fantasy and illustration fun!<br />
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<b>13 - 30 April: Children's Laureate Chris Riddell</b><br />
To celebrate Chris' fantastic work as the current Children's Laureate we will be displaying an array of his graphic work, alongside a number of his well-known books; including the more recent <i>Doodle-a-Day </i>book by Macmillan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A selection of Chris' character studies from his Instagram page (top two rows - https://www.instagram.com/chris_riddell) and the IllustrationCupboard website</td></tr>
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The exhibition will also feature a book signing event with the man himself - exact dates to be confirmed - so keep an eye on our <a href="https://twitter.com/IllustrationCup" target="_blank">Twitter page</a> for up to date information.<br />
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<b>11 May - 11 June: Shaun Tan's <i>Surrealist Vision </i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sneak preview of some of the wonderful Shaun Tan artwork that will be on display</td></tr>
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This will be an ecclectic mix of some of Shaun Tan's latest work. Covering the mediums of pastel, painting and drawing, Tan's surrealist workings of foreign lands where the imagination is allowed to run wild encapsulate a melting pot of nature and culture that surpasses reality.<br />
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<b>1 - 8 July: London Art Week 2016 featuring George Butler</b><br />
The whole of London will be buzzing as the annual London Art Week Festival takes hold. The IllustrationCupboard will be exhibiting a special feature on George Butler, reportage illustrator and V&A Illustration Award Winner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George drawing in Serbia in the latter part of 2015 - more information about this trip is available on <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/georgepkbutler/these-paintings-capture-the-refugee-crisis-better-than-any-p#.wiaYj7P2K" target="_blank">Buzzfeed</a></td></tr>
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<b>13 - 30 July: Looking at Graphic Novels with Alexis Deacon</b><br />
In mid-July we will be throwing light on Alexis Deacon's new book <i>Geis</i>, published by Nobrow books, alongside other artworks from well-known publications and comics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Geis</i> Alexis Deacon's new book released in June and exclusively signed for IllustrationCupboard</td></tr>
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<b>August in Tokyo: Anita Jeram in Tokyo</b><br />
In August, in association with Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., the IllustrationCupboard will be hitting the eastern market with an array of spectacular drawings by Anita Jeram, at NADiff Norden Bookshore, Shibuya in central Tokyo.<br />
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<b>3 August - 3 September: The Enchanting World of Shirley Hughes</b><br />
Key works from Shirley Hughes' archive will be returning to the walls of the Illustration Cupboard, where visitors will be able to view Shirley's evocations of British life through well-known and much loved characters.<br />
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<b>21 September -15 October: 40 Years of Aardman Animations</b><br />
The balloons will be up as we join Aardman Animations in celebrating 40 years of success. This four-times Oscar-winning studio has gone from strength to strength with memorable features such as <i>Creature Comforts</i>, <i>Shaun the Sheep</i> and of course <i>Wallace and Gromit</i>.<br />
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<b>19 - 30 October: 4th Annual Political Cartoon Exhibition</b><br />
From satire to spoof we will be welcoming the best and brightest that the political cartoon scene has to offer.<br />
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<b>2 - 19 November: The Art of Edward Ardizzone</b><br />
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A celebrated war artist, author and illustrator, Ardizzone's iconic watercolours and drawings will be on display in the gallery in early November.<br />
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<b>23 November - 31 January 2017: 21st Annual Winter Exhibition</b><br />
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Now in its 21st year, the Annual Winter Exhibition will return with aplomb showcasing some of the world's finest illustration art from around the world. One of the major events of our calendar year, this exhibition is not to be missed.<br />
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We'll hope you'll agree it's a jam-packed lineup for the rest of the year, so we look forward to welcoming you to the gallery and sharing the experience with you!<br />
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Today is the last day of the 20th Annual Winter Exhibition, and what a year it's been. The gallery turned 20 (my golly we feel old!!) and celebrated in style!</div>
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Neil Packer generously designed us a bespoke logo that you may have spotted at the bottom of any email correspondence, which depicts the front of the gallery in its unscaffolded finery.</div>
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We have been absolutely thrilled to play host to such celebrated illustrators as Edward Ardizzone and Beatrix Potter during our Winter Exhibition, and would like to thank all of the visitors to the gallery for their continued support.</div>
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During the Exhibition period we also had a wonderful Annual Winter Festival Day, which blew away the winter blues with some fabulous classical guitar from our pal George Tarleton, who lulled visitors with his sweet melodies.</div>
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We were also thrilled to welcome Laura Carlin and Louise Yates to the gallery, who were signing copies of their books, which are still available to purchase in store and over the phone:</div>
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To thank all of the marvellous illustrators that we work with, we also held a special 20th anniversary lunch in the gallery.</div>
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This picture <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/illustration.aspx?iId=5510&type=artist&idValue=99&aiPage=0" target="_blank">'Cocktails'</a> by Anita Jeram sums up the festive feeling from the afternoon.</div>
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The Christmas season has got off to a sparkling start with the launch of our 20th Annual Winter Exhibition on the 18th November, followed hot on the heels by the book launch and celebration of The Christmas Eve Tree.</div>
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The book has a special connection with Illustrationcupboard Gallery as it was written by the late Delia Huddy, mother of the gallery founder John. The manuscript had been hidden in a drawer at Walker Books and was only recently re-discovered and published.</div>
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At the launch there was a wonderful turnout by family, friends and colleagues with a air of happy remembrance, love and affection. A kind and well-appointed address to the packed gallery was given by publisher Caroline Royds, Julia MacRae and long-standing family friend Colonel Lawrence.</div>
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John McLusky's original artworks for the Daily Express, spanned 18 James Bond adventures, producing a whopping 2,250 comic strips between 1958 - 1983 and we are very fortunate to be able to have some of the original cells on display and for sale, illustrating various scenes from a number of the books.<br />
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It was wonderful to be joined for the evening by Sean McLusky, son of John McLusky.<br />
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The illustrations first featured in the Daily Express in 1958, and covered Fleming's first James Bond novel: <i>Casino Royale.</i><br />
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McLusky's Bond with his square face and chiseled features led to the appointment of Sean Connery as the first ever Bond on screen, in the critically acclaimed <i>Dr No. </i>One anecdote notes that "Sean Connery, appearing in a theatre production, was sitting in his dressing room with another fellow actor who was reading a copy of the Daily Express. This gentleman remarked to Sean how he felt that he should play the part of Bond, as he looked remarkably like the face in the strip cartoon."<br />
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We were very lucky to have sponsorship from <a href="http://www.eastlondonliquorcompany.com/" target="_blank">The East London Liquor Company </a> who were on hand providing Bond-appropriate refreshments, naturally shaken, not stirred:<br />
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the celebration and made the evening such a success; we look forward to welcoming you back to the gallery again soon.<br />
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The exhibition is for your eyes only (!) so you must visit the Illustration Cupboard to experience the action for yourself. The exhibition is on until the 14 November.<br />
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Following on from the glowing success of <i>The Odyssey</i>, published by Walker Books in 2012, the electric collaboration of Cross and Packer returns with this fresh version of<i> The Iliad</i>.<br />
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Gillian Cross has presented an honest retelling of the story, and is true to the original; opening it up to new and younger audiences. Over 2500 years on, and the book is still as gripping today as it was for the Greeks and Romans who shared the tale round campfires in the Mediterranean. Packer's illustrations have quite literally brought new colour to the tale:<br />
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Packer brings the story to life through brightly coloured, stylized images of gods and men that are at once delicate yet robust; reflecting the strong themes of war, brotherhood and (im)mortality than run through the narrative.<br />
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His illustrations enliven the imagination and stir the emotions as the reader delves into this mythical world of gods and men.<br />
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This is not the first time that Packer has approached the Classics; having illustrated <i>I, Claudius</i> and <i>Claudius the God</i> for the Folio Society. It is clear that Packer is au fait with ancient greek interpretations of the tale, obviously influenced by the traditional red and black-figure vase painting on Athenian pottery.<br />
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The posture of Ajax and Hector in Packer's version mimic the Attic black-figure amphora attributed to Exekias. Packer's illustration of this famous scene is as ground breaking as Exekias' original; using bold colour and lines, but adding a modern twist with his use of foreshortening to add depth to the image.<br />
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The use of very fine outline to give a 3D appearance to they key figures is a nod to the etching techniques used on the Greek vase depictions of the same characters.<br />
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Smatterings of ancient Greek have also been cleverly worked into the beautiful images that accompany the text, adding a further dimension of historical accuracy to the illustrations and deepen the reading of the tale: Dolios written underneath 'But that's another story' means deceit in Ancient Greek.<br />
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Craftsmanship is apparent in Packer's work, and it comes as no surprise that he has also borrowed pattern and colour themes from traditional embroidery of the Epirus region and Byzantine silks:<br />
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The limited colour palette used in some of his illustrations sets the character action apart from the background, and the use of whites, blues and greys parallels 'household friendly' 18th century interpretation of Greek mythology as represented on Spode's Blue Room Collection:<br />
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Packer is very aware of being influenced by the world around him and describes himself as a 'stylistic magpie' as he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MawvEzQiS0" target="_blank">talks to the Illustration Cupboard about his work</a>.<br />
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We for one can't wait to see what takes his inspiration next! But until then, we look forward to welcoming you to the gallery to view <i>The Iliad</i>, on until the 24 October.Illustration Cupboardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18308237129871389159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668919773069107844.post-5821813351432738992015-08-29T06:22:00.003-07:002015-08-29T06:22:51.218-07:0020 Years of Guess How Much I Love You<div class="MsoNormal">
Anita Jeram is a British institution, known for her ability
to capture the anthropomorphic nature of the farmyard and fluffy, that entices
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We are thrilled to host <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=252" target="_blank">Anita Jeram celebrates 20 years of </a><i><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=252" target="_blank">Guess How Much I Love You</a>, </i>from 5 August – 5
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The exhibition is now in
its final week, and judging by the numbers of visitors the IllustrationCupboard
has received during that time, <i>Guess How
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It’s amazing how the relationship of two hares can be shown
so clearly through the uncluttered drawings that Jeram presents in her
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Jeram has also been flexing her talents in new and exciting
ways, and we are proud to be able to showcase a number of rabbit, hare and bunny explorations
that see Jeram using different techniques such as monoprint:</div>
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embroidery:</div>
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and even turned her hand at silk painting, as demonstrated by this beautiful handmade silk scarf:</div>
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All of which give a different feel and demonstrate the breadth of her artistic
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There is no doubt that her collaboration with writer Sam McBratney is a fruitful one that we hope will continue for many years to come. Thank you Anita for sharing <i>How Much I Love You</i> with us!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">We were delighted to celebrate the artwork of Brian Wildsmith last month in the exhibition</span><i> <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/exhibition_illustrations.aspx?ePage=0&eid=249" target="_blank">Brian Wildsmith's Dazzling World of Illustration</a></i><span style="font-style: inherit;">, 10 June - 1 July 2015. It was wonderful to be joined for the opening reception by Rebecca Wildsmith, one of Brian's daughters.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Information about the exhibition and photographs of the artwork below and on our <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/" target="_blank">website</a>:<br /><b style="font-style: inherit;">As Brian Wildsmith celebrated his 85th birthday earlier this year Illustrationcupboard Gallery takes the opportunity to celebrate one of the greatest and most influential illustrators of the modern era. </b><br /><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Presenting a unique display of previously un-exhibited original artwork reflecting his more than fifty years as a world-class author and illustrator. This impressive exhibition will feature thirty original paintings, all available for purchase. Artwork from his studio in France from fourteen different books will be on show, with highlights including double page spreads from The Little Wood Duck and The Owl and Woodpecker – two of his best known illustrated books. With much of his work now held in a museum, little remains available for the collector to obtain and this event provides a rare opportunity to do so. Prices for artwork will start at £450 as well as a selection of Brian’s signed books on sale too, entrance to the exhibition is free. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">In 1962, Brian Wildsmith’s ABC broke the mould of picture books with its passionate and powerful use of colour, and the following year it won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then Brian's books have continued to enchant and delight children and adults throughout the world with a dazzling visual array of design and colour. Brian Wildsmith was born in 1930 and brought up in the mining village of Penistone, near Sheffield. He was gifted in music and art, and won a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art. With a life-time of painting and illustration production Brian has created a truly impressive oeuvre of work, yet despite world-wide popularity it has often been difficult to view this and until recently it has only been seen by visiting the Brian Wildsmith Museum of Art near Tokyo - his last travelling exhibition in Japan attracted over 1.5 million visitors. However, Brian’s first UK exhibition here at Illustrationcupboard Gallery in 2010 was a major public success. We are therefore wholly delighted to re-visit Brian’s magical world with a second such event this summer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Original published artwork from various books including <i>The Owl and The Woodpecker</i>, <i>Hunter and his Dog</i>, <i>The Little Wood Duck</i>, <i>Pelican</i> amongst others</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We also have a selection of first edition signed books by Brian, which can be found <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/book.aspx?eId=90&ePage=1&page=0" target="_blank">online</a> and in our gallery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you to everyone who joined us for the celebration. More of Brian's work, including original artwork from <i>Tales from the Arabian Nights</i> will be included in our upcoming Summer Exhibition, 15 July - 1 August 2015. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are, as ever, delighted to represent Chris Riddell and his new title as UK Children's Laureate 2015 - 17. We have signed books and original artwork by Chris Riddell which can be viewed online (http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=194&page=0) and here in the gallery (22 Bury Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6AL) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">In June, Chris told The Guardian newspaper </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">“I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it’s some kind of precious or difficult activity. It’s another way of telling a story.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are selection of Chris's brilliant artworks published in <i>Coraline</i>, written by Neil Gaiman and published by Bloomsbury 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10th Anniversary edition slipcase book Coraline signed by Chris Riddell and Neil Gaiman, £25</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We also celebrate Chris Riddell as a political cartoonist and have some brilliant original pen and ink drawings which have been published in <i>The Observer </i>newspaper. </span><br />
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As the <i>Celebrating Ten Years of Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers</i> exhibition comes to a close (ending 6 June 2015, there's still time to see it!) we thank all those who have visited and Oliver himself for coming over from the USA. We had a brilliant evening to celebrate the show with Oliver. We still have some signed books available to purchase, all at cover price, including our favourite <i>Lost and Found</i> (£12.99). We also have the <i>Lost and Found</i> anniversary silk screen edition on sale alongside some bespoke original artwork in honour of the <i>Lost and Found</i> anniversary, especially created by Oliver for the exhibition. (all of which can be viewed: <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/">www.illustrationcupboard.com</a>)</div>
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<b>Celebrating Ten Years of <i>Lost and Found</i></b></div>
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Oliver Jeffers and Illustrationcupboard Gallery are delighted to present an exhibition of original artwork celebrating ten years of <i>Lost and Found</i> (HarperCollins, 2005). As one of the leading contemporary illustrators working today, Oliver Jeffers needs little introduction and his best selling picture books have become a world wide sensation. <i>Lost and Found</i> has won over fifty awards including the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, 2006, and as the second book in its series it has enchanted millions as well as being turned into a BAFTA Award winning short animated film. </div>
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This month long exhibition will show a selection of the superb published <i>Lost and Found</i> artwork, with a further seven works, especially created for this event, offered for purchase. Based on the original books, these full colour paintings and line drawings provide the collector with a rare opportunity to acquire original artwork, a majority of which Oliver now produces digitally. </div>
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We also present the <i>Lost and Found</i> Anniversary Silkscreen, this short-run edition created by Oliver and hand-printed by Coriander Press is unique to the gallery and limited to only 99, each of which is signed and numbered by the artist. Signed books will also be available to purchase at the gallery and our online bookshop.</div>
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Thank you Oliver, it has been book-eatingly good!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The very first <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lismore</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Story</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Festival</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on"><i>Towers</i></st1:placetype></st1:place><i> and Tales<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>took place on Saturday 18 April
and we were thrilled to be involved. John Huddy, director of
Illustrationcupboard Gallery was there from the very beginning when the story
festival seed was first planted with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=176&page=0">Niamh
Sharkey</a> (former Irish Children's Laureate) and William Burlington,
owner of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lismore</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Castle,</st1:placetype></st1:place> where the festival was held.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be gifted a book, an initiative that is already successfully delivered in over
thirty countries worldwide. With thanks to Children's Books Ireland, all young
visitors to the festival who bought a ticket to one of the events
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with illustrators, authors, families and even the Gruffalo! We were stunned by
the enormous response to the festival and absolutely thrilled that children and
adults alike were just as passionate about books as we are.</span></div>
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Illustrationcupboard Gallery hosted a bespoke exhibition, <i>Meet the Residents</i>, in the Summerhouse Cafe. The exhibition included original artwork by (to name a few) <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=169&page=0">Victor Ambrus</a>, <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=157&page=0">Simon Bartram</a>, <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=90&page=0">Babette Cole</a>, <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=199&page=0">Lauren Child</a>, <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=62&page=0">Shirley Hughes</a>, <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=66&page=0">John Lawrence</a>. It was complemented by an illustration competition, <i>Draw Your Own Lismore Resident</i>, judged by the fantastic <a href="http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist.aspx?aId=194&page=0">Chris Riddell</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Other events included a panel discussion with <a href="https://twitter.com/philipardagh">Philip Ardagh</a> on <b>Writing for Children: How to Get Published</b>, Chris Riddell lead two events, one for children <i>Introducing Ada Goth & Miss Ottoline Brown</i> and a must for professionals and aspiring illustrators &
cartoonists <b>Chris Riddell's Workshop</b> especially for adults, there was a hat making tea party with <a href="http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/">Sarah McIntyre</a> and other such wonders including a hot chocolate factory, pop up stories, croquet with the Queen of Hearts, animations screenings and face painting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All in all it was an overwhelming success! Congratulations Towers and Tales team! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 19th Annual Winter Illustration Exhibition embraces everything exciting and innovative about illustration art and is regarded as one of the key events worldwide for illustration.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Private view and Illustrationcupboard Books launch </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday 19 November, 4.00pm - 8.30pm </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are proud to announce the launch of <b>Illustrationcupboard Books</b> with the publication of George Butler: <i>Adventurer and Illustrator</i>. This signed and numbered edition of 500 builds upon the success of George’s solo exhibition, and are available exclusively from the gallery and our website. The gallery and online bookshop features a further range of signed and first edition books for sale at cover price. There is also a selection of hand-made and short-run books from around the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">From the estate of John McLusky, the original graphic artist for James Bond, we present a collection of original drawings. On show will be the exhilarating skiing sequences published in <i>On her Majesty’s Secret Service</i>, featured in <i>The Daily Express</i>, in the late 1950s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;">We welcome Chris Riddell to sign </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;">Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;">at 11am and Judith Kerr at 3pm to sign </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;">The Crocodile Under The Bed.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;">We welcome Lauren Child at 1pm to sign </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;">The New Small Person</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1d1b11; line-height: 120%;"> and Shirley Hughes with Clara Vulliamy
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