Now one month on since Amy Winehouse passed away, This evening Art Below unveils an oil painting of the late soul singer at Gallery 118 in Notting Hill by the artist Johan Andersson.  This painting has been reported on by The Times, Telegraph, Inependent, and Evening Standard.

Tonight's unveiling is set to be the climactic event in this unfolding story that began earlier this week when Art Below launched the 'Amy' portrait as a poster display at Camden Town tube station.

If you would like to attend this evening's event at Gallery 118 please email rsvp@artbelow.org.uk before 4pm today.

 

In line with the theme of Art and Music there will be a live performance by Orlando Seale and Razorlight guitarist Gus Robertson will be laying down some 'Club 27' classics.

Event Details:   Art Below unveil portrait of Amy Winehouse by Johan Andersson. 

Thursday 25th August  6 - 10pm.

Gallery 118,
118 Westbourne Grove,
London, WII 2RR

Nearest tube: Notting Hill Gate

Email: rsvp@artbelow.org.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 207 731 0333

 

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Having graduated from Central St Martins in 2008, Andersson became the youngest ever person to be shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award and listed in The Independent's Top 20 Artists 2008. His work has been displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and he also won the Jerwood Contemporary Painters Prize.

Andersson has exhibited alongside some of the most celebrated and influential contemporary artists including Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and Howard Hodgkin. His portraits are unique in their depiction of beauty - 'celebrating diversity in the knowledge that we are all uniquely made' whilst revealing 'an ambiguous and awkward underlying tension'.

This powerful piece - a final tribute by Andersson to Amy Winehouse - allows us an intimacy with Amy. Her expression suggests a vulnerability but there is an animated defiance in her eyes. The emotive nature of the piece captivates the viewer compelling us to keep examining it to appease our disquietude.