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Reception for Cure 3 at Bonhams
C
ure 3 is a new art project
linked to raising funds
for the Cure Parkinson’s
Trust and the idea behind it
is fascinating.
53 artists, some of them
household names and all of
international standing, were
Damien Hirst, ‘Incinerate Me’,
perspex cube and medical waste
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invited to create an artwork
using a bespoke Perspex box
20cm3 which was a space to
frame, support or contain
each of the works. They were
given guidance in the three
key words which are
associated with the Charity -
slow, stop and reverse -
which is its aim in raising
funds to find a cure for
Parkinson’s.
The extraordinary variety of
work, which was produced in
the cubes, was spread out in
the main hall of Bonhams
where the Pommery flowed
and luscious canapés were
circulated during a highly
enjoyable three hours. Here
visitors could browse and
discuss the merits and
demerits of so many varying
interpretations of this unusual
artistic challenge.
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Damien Hirst’s Incinerate Me,
filled his cube with medical
waste. Julian Opie’s Walking in
Melbourne was an aesthetically
pleasing creation and Jake and
Dinos Chapman’s contribution
was characteristically macabre.
Sarah Lucas displayed imitation
breasts in an amusing work
named Acts Like a Real Tit,
Polly Morgan’s uncanny
Something Like This appeared
to depict a dead bird struck by
lightning, Jonathan Yeo’s self-
portrait was a shock departure
from his usual style and Peter
Doig’s lion seemed a feeble
beast. There were somewhat
surreal contributions from Peter
Blake and Grayson Perry and
images of the works were
placed on a giant screen which
registered many as having been
sold. The event raised over
£300,000, which is
remarkable.
Julian Opie, ‘Walking in Melbourne’,
2016, perspex cube and vinyl
20x20x20cm.
Guests were welcomed by
Harvey Cammell, Deputy
Chairman of Bonhams UK and
the President of the Cure
Parkinson’s Trust and Tom
Isaacs, himself a sufferer, gave
the audience an insight into
how lives are affected by this
degenerative neurological
condition . There are 127,000
sufferers from Parkinson’s in
the UK and 10 million
worldwide. The need to raise
funds to develop new
treatments is essential to find a
cure for this pernicious disease.
RICHARD FITZWILLIAMS
THE LONDON & UK DATEBOOK
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