Celebrated British musician, Robbie Williams, partnered with Ed Godrich, the co-founder of interior architecture studio, Godrich Interiors, to create a series of monochrome paintings. They are slated to be unveiled on November 30, 2022, at Sotheby's, Dubai, under the title Black and White Paintings II.
A partnership built on, in their own words, "friendship, communication, respect and trust", Robbie and Ed, say they immediately bonded over a love of abstract art, as well as music, which encouraged them to create together as an artist duo. In five years, they have created works with an aesthetic deeply rooted in a nostalgia for the 1990s music scene: vibrant, euphoric and pulsating with life.
In May 2022, the artist duo exhibited their paintings publicly for the very first time, in an exhibition at Sotheby's London. They are now bringing their art to Dubai at the Sotheby's exhibition in DIFC, that runs till Dec 16, 2022.
"Dubai has a special place in my heart, and it feels particularly fitting that after ringing in the New Years in the city, I will be closing the year by unveiling my art here. This show is the next step in sharing mine and Ed's creative vision with the world, and I hope that the feelings of curiosity and positivity that fuelled our art will resonate with everyone who comes to the exhibition," said Robbie Williams.
Now, Sotheby's Dubai will host the next step in their artistic journey, with a new body of work that builds on the themes explored in the first iteration.
As a follow up to theme of female names that adorned their previous exhibition, all fifteen paintings in the current showcase are titled after popular men's names from the 1980s. Together, they feel that these are "the names that define the eighties, an influential era, which has inspired our art", many representing people that they knew. "When we first unveiled our artworks to the world in May, we were blown away by the positive response – it was a voyage of discovery both for us as artists, as well as the viewers. We are excited to now be taking this next step, by bringing a fresh body of work that progresses on the theme of our last show to a new audience entirely," said Ed Godrich
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