Special Chess Exhibition in London from Sept 8
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Hi everyone,
The Saatchi Gallery in London is all set to hold a special chess exhibition from September 8 - October 3. This collaboration with RS&A brings together 16 chess sets designed by some of the world's leading contemporary artists in celebration of the game of chess.
These specially commissioned chess sets have been created by: Mauriio Cattelan, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Oliver Clegg, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Paul Fryer, Damien Hirst, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Paul McCarthy,Alastair Mackie, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Matthew Ronay, Tunga, Gavin Turk and Rachel Whiteread. Each set is individually crafted in a wide variety of different materials including wood, porcelain, glass, amber and silver.
This exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery will be the first time that all 16 chess sets are displayed together and it will also be the first public showing of a new commission by British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Famous for their shadow sculptures, the artists have taken the opportunity to return to their on-going fascination with dead animals and have created a woodland chess set complete with hand carved tree stump with bronze chess pieces inspired by the artists' collection of mummified animals - found on their farm in Gloucestershire - squirrels take the roles of King and Queen and frogs act as Pawns.
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Hi everyone,
Photography by Norbert Schoerner Courtesy RS&A
The Saatchi Gallery in London is all set to hold a special chess exhibition from September 8 - October 3. This collaboration with RS&A brings together 16 chess sets designed by some of the world's leading contemporary artists in celebration of the game of chess.
These specially commissioned chess sets have been created by: Mauriio Cattelan, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Oliver Clegg, Tracey Emin, Tom Friedman, Paul Fryer, Damien Hirst, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Paul McCarthy,Alastair Mackie, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Matthew Ronay, Tunga, Gavin Turk and Rachel Whiteread. Each set is individually crafted in a wide variety of different materials including wood, porcelain, glass, amber and silver.
This exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery will be the first time that all 16 chess sets are displayed together and it will also be the first public showing of a new commission by British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Famous for their shadow sculptures, the artists have taken the opportunity to return to their on-going fascination with dead animals and have created a woodland chess set complete with hand carved tree stump with bronze chess pieces inspired by the artists' collection of mummified animals - found on their farm in Gloucestershire - squirrels take the roles of King and Queen and frogs act as Pawns.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Labels: chess art, saatchi gallery
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 11:10 AM
1 Comments:
At August 25, 2012 at 11:19 AM ,
alexis cochran, nz said...
looks like super stuff
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