ART
AMY WINEHOUSE
STREET ART EXHIBIT
The Jewish Museum London
marks 2017 with a celebration
of modern music legend Amy
Winehouse in her beloved
Camden Town, which also
marks the return of the critically
acclaimed exhibition Amy
Winehouse: A Family Portrait.
The trail gives music fans,
street art enthusiasts and other
Londoners alike a new way to
explore the area Amy called
home. Produced in collaboration
with Global Street Art, it will
feature Amy-themed street art
throughout Camden by artists
such as Captain Kris, Mr Cenz,
Philth and Amara Por Dios.
different key themes, this intimate
and moving exhibition provides an
insight into the woman behind the
hype.
The exhibition begins with Amy’s
home life, exploring the Jewish
history of the Winehouse family and
how this heritage infl uenced Amy and
her work. Her Jewish paternal great-
great-grandparents came to England
as immigrants from Belarus in the
early 1890s and Amy had a strong
sense of her Jewish roots. Items
featured include unseen photographs
of Amy’s family life, Friday night
Shabbat dinners, Alex’s bar mitzvah
and vintage photographs of their
stylish grandmother Cynthia, to whom
Amy was particularly close.
Raised in Southgate, a frequent visitor
of the East End, and at last most
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The trail will lead to a newly
commissioned installation at
the Jewish Museum London by
renowned street artist Pegasus,
entitled 'Love is a Losing Game'.
A close friend of the Winehouse
family, Pegasus fi rst gained
recognition for his work 'Fallen
Angel' honouring Amy shortly
after her death.The funds for the
street art trail were raised via Art
Happens, the only crowdfunding
platform dedicated to the
museum and gallery sector.
Following its international tour
to locations such as Tel Aviv,
Vienna and San Francisco,
the Jewish Museum London’s
acclaimed 2013 exhibition Amy
Winehouse: Family Portrait,
curated in collaboration with
brother Alex and sister-in-law
Riva, returns to its Camden
home. The Winehouse family
gave the Jewish Museum
London unprecedented access
to her personal belongings that
celebrate her passion for music,
fashion, sudoku, Snoopy, London
and her family. Divided into four