Ai Weiwei
Odyssey in Quilting, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Ai Weiwei
Bob and Roberta Smith
Art Makes People Powerful, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Bob and Roberta Smith
Idris Khan
Numbers – a hand-sewn photograph, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Idris Khan
Annie Morris
Hope From a Thin Line, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Annie Morris
Carolina Mazzolari
Void, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Carolina Mazzolari
Francis Upritchard
The Artists, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Francis Upritchard
Cornelia Parker
‘Bitter/Sweet (verso)’, 2019
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Cornelia Parker
Wolfgang Tillmans
No Man Is An Island – a cushion, 2020
Courtesy Fine Cell Work
©Wolfgang Tillmans
Sotheby’s is delighted to host the Human Touch exhibition, a ground-breaking collaboration between international contemporary artists and stitchers working in prisons, trained by this leading charity and social enterprise. The participating artists are: Ai Weiwei, Idris Khan, Caroline Mazzolari, Annie Morris, Cornelia Parker, Bob and Roberta Smith, Wolfgang Tillmans and Francis Upritchard - working with each artists narrative and to their precise instructions, highly skilled prisoners based around the UK have stitched the works.
If you are interested in bidding on any of these works please go to FINE CELL WORK, where all proceeds will go towards enabling prisoners across Britain to build fulfilling and crime free-lives by training them to do high-quality creative needlework, and thereby helping to foster hope, discipline and self-esteem.
Exhibition Dates:
26 February to 3 March
9-4.30pm weekdays only
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