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Media Release
World Cup & Largest International Fine Art Collaboration In History
Leading contemporary Australian artist Chris Wake is one of the 160 international
painters, representing 32 different nations, chosen to participate in the 2010
International Fine Art Collection.
The diverse pieces in the Collection celebrate the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World
Cup™, the world’s most-watched sporting event, in South Africa
this year and
have been recognised as Official Licensed Products of the tournament.
According to 2010 Fine Art,
the South African company behind the project, “ It is
one of the largest and most ambitious international art collaborations in history.”
Chris Wake, from Adelaide Hills, has finished her painting titled “Cockatoo At The
Great Debate” which has now been approved by FIFA as part of the Collection.
The painting includes a strange raft of characters from different countries with
Nolanesque eyes debating the football match. Wake says “The brief was to
incorporate Australia`s national pride, African heritage and the enthusiasm of
football – not an easy task to include all of this in one painting”. She added “I like
to include animals in my paintings, usually birds, to remind us that we belong to
the natural world and that mankind needs to live a life that is far more respectful
and sensitive to other flora and fauna species.”
In less than 70 days South Africa will host the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ – the first
time ever that the event will be held on African soil. “In the eighty years of the
FIFA World CupTM
fine art has never before been licensed on this scale,” said
Rob Spaull, General Manager of 2010 Fine Art. “Artists from each of the 32
countries that have qualified for the tournament in South Africa have been invited
to participate in this ground-breaking global exhibition,” says Spaull, “The
concept is to use the creativity of some of the world’s best fine art talents to
celebrate the return of the world to Africa for this event.” All of the original works
in the Collection are to be auctioned off in South Africa during the tournament
and a limited number of 210 signed fine art prints of each work are also being
made available for purchase by the public in galleries and exhibitions around the
world.
Australian artist Chris Wake was commissioned by 2010 Fine Art because her
work had already achieved global recognition. She had a sell-out exhibition in
Melbourne a few years ago and was a finalist in the 2008 Sovereign Asian Art
Prize held in Hong Kong . This prestigious art prize, for which artists have to be
nominated by a respected art dealer, covers the whole of Asia,
and Wake was
one of 30 finalists out of 1100 nominated
artists. Eminent judges came from
around the world
and included
curators from the Guggenheim and The Tate
museums.
Born in 1960 Wake has had more than 12 solo exhibitions and 40 group
exhibitions some of which have been sell out shows.
Chris Wake studied Fine
Art at Adelaide Central School of Art and has been painting since 1976.
To view her work and all others in
the 2010 Fine Art Collections visit
Chris Wake can be contacted by phone or email, there is a high res jpeg available, Painting
is in South Africa, signed limited edition prints are now available.
PH: 04115645747
art@artcw.com.au
Adelaide Hills
SA
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