Do 'SOMETHING SPECIAL': Nationwide Art Launch For Stuart Semple Commission, Sept 1st
British artist Stuart Semple has revealed the six locations of a major public art project commissioned by The Fertility Partnership. “SOMETHING AMAZING” takes place Thursday 1st September, live and simultaneously in six locations across the UK:
Chelmsford: The High Street
Oxford: Radcliffe Square
London: Golden Square
Nottingham: Bridlesmith Gate
Glasgow: Royal Exchange Square
Southampton: West Quay
Raising awareness of the essential work of The Fertility Partnership, and to increase egg donations at their clinics, the campaign invites all women to consider how it might feel to be infertile, or unable to conceive, and the amazing gift they could potentially give. Fertility treatment has transformed the lives of thousands of women. Every year, around 2,000 children are born in the UK as a result of donated eggs, sperm or embryos. The problem is, the UK just doesn’t have enough egg donors – and a woman can wait up to two years for an egg.
“I'm really excited to be creating these new pieces and to be bringing them to streets throughout England and Scotland. It's amazing to be able to lend my art to a cause as important as egg donation.
I see art as a really generous thing and the idea that art can link so directly to life is wonderful.”
Stuart Semple
Exhibited globally, most recently in his solo show 'My Sonic Youth' at Fabien Castanier, Los Angeles, Stuart Semple is perceived as one of the UK’s most significant post YBA artists, with work owned by some of the most important and high profile collectors worldwide. His artworks, worth from £300 for limited edition prints to £300,000 for large original painting, are highly collectable.
So an exciting dimension to the project, and one reflective of the generous act of egg donation, is the 1,000 limited edition signed and numbered artworks, created by Semple especially for the project and to be given away on the day. Members of the public will be permitted to take an artwork with them – as a gift of generosity from the artist – but may also be inspired to continue in this altruistic vein, to share something amazing by giving the artwork to somebody else.
“SOMETHING AMAZING” by Stuart Semple, commissioned by The Fertility Partnership, takes place Thursday 1st September 2016 in London, Glasgow, Chelmsford, Southampton, Oxford and Nottingham.
For more information, visit www.sharesomethingamazing.com
