On of my favourite Artist photographer’s Boyarde Messenger will be creating for the first time, a live installation around the female nude for the Art of Giving, in the Saatchi Gallery, October 7th, 2010. Boyarde and the Art Of Giving have joined forces to create a spectacular of the female form. A selection of live models, wearing Charlotte Olympia shoes, will be hand painted by Boyarde Messenger, to forge a stunning fusion of art and fashion and will be presented at the opening night of the exhibition. Each model will be a unique work of ‘performance’ Art.
The evening is expected to host the glitterati of London society, dedicated to promote art while raising awareness and donating funds to various charities.
Boyarde studied an Art Foundation at the Wimbledon School of Art and followed on to graduate with BA (Hons) in photography at The Bournemouth Arts Institute. She began her career as a commercial photographer, eventually developing and combining her painting and photographic skills to create these individual artworks. Boyarde spends half her time in Belize, Central America, where the bursting sunshine and free-spiritedness of the people creates her palate of inspiration.
Back in London, high heels adorned, transcending the boundaries of art and fashion, this installation was inevitable, for fashion is in her blood. Her mother, Nike Williams, acclaimed art director of 60’s flagship magazine Honey brought back curves to women. She also styled the original Pirelli calendars; her stepmother, Victoria Nixon, a former international model, was discovered by Helmut Newton. Following in their footsteps, Messenger continued with her fascination of the female form, its power, and Scopophilia. Boyarde is best known for her Pop Art Bottoms, both hand-painted and photographed by Boyarde, which she describes as “highlighting… [her] playful personality, injecting it with humour and mischievousness, whilst liberating the object of desire, admiring its form, yet still confirming the vital balance between power and vulnerability.” Alongside her live installation will be a photographic collection of Messenger’s latest hand-painted Pop Art Bottoms. Messenger exhibits internationally, in London, Paris, New York and Miami.
Art Of Giving runs from October 7th- 9th 2010. Exhibition runs daily. Private view and official launch October 7th.
Art of Giving was set up by Tracey and Ben Bambrough. Art of Giving’s mission is to bring together the sense of wellbeing that owning an original artwork can give with the positive feeling that comes from donating to an admired charity. “Art of Giving was created to make a difference in the world through art.”
‘Finding the unusual… is the hallmark of gifted photographers and [her]… series of photographs from Belize reveal the technical gifts and social documentarian lurking in Messenger’s closet’. ’The Independent
Short-listed for the final judging day, 2009 Terry O’Neill Award, “the world’s leading photographic competition”
The youngest winner of The Observer photographic competition, 2005
