Face Value 2 - “Identity changed by the potentially devastating effects of others”

Artists surrender control of work in exhibition of creative destruction

All proceeds from Face Value 2 will go to the Katie Piper Foundation

What: Face Value 2 - “Identity changed by the potentially devastating effects of others”.

When:  9th - 17th March, 11am – 7 pm (Private View 8th March 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)

Where: Jealous East, 53 Curtain Road, London. EC2A 3TP

London, UK,  01 March 2018 – 60 artists are putting their work on the line for charity as part of a bold exhibition called Face Value 2. Half of the artists have donated artworks, while the other half will be manipulating the donated pieces. The creations will be on show at Jealous East from the 9th to the 17th March 2018 and will be auctioned by the gallery.  All proceeds from the sale of the artworks will be donated to The Katie Piper Foundation, which aims to make it easier to live with burns and scars.

Face Value 2 includes artists such as Mark Wallinger, Ben Eine, Mark Titchner, Sarah Lucas, Stuart Semple, Camille Walala and Gavin Turk, to the Connor Brothers, Patrick Hughes and Jake & Dinos Chapman.

Curator and artist Gary Mansfield said “This exhibition is a way of exploring human vulnerabilities and seeing how the artists react to having someone else take control of their work. We’ve got some exciting collaborations going on that many of the artists don’t even know about – most of those involved haven’t got a clue who’s working on their piece!”

“So many lives have been changed by other people, in both positive and negative ways. The drive behind this exhibition is to express the impact that one person can have on another”.

Participating artist Diana Ali commented: “Art has the power to expose issues we’re scared to talk about. As artists we can become too precious or secretive with our work - suffering from the old fear of 'is it good enough?'  To manipulate someone else's work, or to have one's work re-interpreted by another, communicates a sense of trust and openness. My work often involves taking other peoples' stories and bringing them alive through alternative and fictional narratives, so this exhibition was a perfect opportunity to do that”.

For more details about Face Value visit http://www.facevaluekpf.com/

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About Gary Mansfield

Gary Mansfield was born in Essex and is a reformed offender, artist and father. After being inadvertently used as a drugs mule in the 1990s and being convicted accordingly, he discovered art. Whilst corresponding with many of Britain’s leading artists, he gained a fine art degree. He now spends his time re-entering various prisons to conduct art workshops, working with the offenders’ arts charity the Koestler Trust, and works bi-weekly with a central London art group for the homeless, Artfitzrovia. The work he produces explores the reality of prison, yet searches for a way to piece back together an identity which has been lost. It is built on a strong foundation of empathetic views and social injustice, as are prevalent in Face Value KPF.

About Jealous Gallery

Jealous is a Contemporary Screenprint Studio, Gallery and Publisher based in Crouch End and East London’s creative hub of Shoreditch. Established in 2008, it is known for its collaborative approach to producing high quality limited edition prints with many illustrators, graduates and established artists. Jealous editions can be seen at many of the art fairs the team attends including START Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery, Art 15, The London Original Print Fair (LOPF) at The Royal Academy, The London Art Fair, Moniker and the AAF internationally. 

Jealous work can be found in many galleries and institutions including Tate Modern, Eyestorm, Saatchi Gallery, Scream EdiJons, The Imperial War Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum, and internationally with Signed and Numbered in Melbourne, Less is More Projects in Paris, Carmichael Gallery in LA, Culture Gallery in Cape Town and Taglialatella Fine Art in New York as well as the recently completed Conran Hotel South Place in London, Ming Hotel in Berlin, Soho House and The Groucho.

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Note to editors

Here is a list of the artists that are taking part in Face Value 2

Ben Eine

Ben Oakley

Bill Daggs (via UEL)

Bran Symondson

Camille Walala

Connor Brothers

Dan Baldwin

Daniel Landry (via ArtReach)

David Bray

Diana Ali

Dougie Wallace

Eddie Parnell

Elizabeth Waggett

Emma McGuire

Erika Flowers (via Koestler Trust)

Gary Mansfield

Gavin Turk

Jake & Dinos Chapman

Harriet Riddell

Illuminati Neon

James Gray (via CafeArt)

James Unsworth

Jessica Albarn

Jessica Voorsanger

Jimmy Lee

Kate Knight

Laura Keeble

Lee Ainsworth

Lewis Bannister

Linda Hubbard

Mark Hampson

Mark Titchner

Mark Wallinger

MC Llamas

Michelle Mildenhall

Nick Garrett

Nick Smith

Nicola Flower

Nina Mae Fowler

Patrick Hughes

Pure Evil

Ray Richardson

Sarah Lucas

Roy Maynard

RYCA

Scarlett Carlos Clarke

Scottee

Scroobius Pip

Si Sapsford

Steven Geregory

Stuart Semple

Tom Butler

Twinkle Troughton

Wendy Mayer

William Blanchard

Zavier Ellis