Wagamama’s are here for new artists with Art While You Eat
As avid supporters of Brand New Art We Heart we are thrilled to hear that Wagamama’s and Monkier Projects are getting on board with backing brand new artists! JUST what we like to hear. They have an event which starts on the 29th of September called Art While You Eat. Interested? You should be!! Here’s more information from their press release, we will 100% be checking out the talent.
wagamama is launching art and eat, a project designed to create a unique showcase for some of the uk’s most exciting emerging artists by displaying an array of unique, specially-created artworks in wagamama restaurants across the country. the ten commissions have been created to deliver an extra dimension to the wagamama dining experience, and to capture the imagination of diners and art critics alike. wagamama customers are encouraged to debate the show-stopping pieces while tucking into their favourite dishes, and to get involved in discussing the art at wagamama.com/artandeat
the project goes live on 29 september with installations in london at the iconic spitalfields, soho and southbank restaurants. installations in seven additional restaurants from cardiff to newcastle will roll out in october. the restaurants will host the artwork on walls as well as the ever-present wagamama placemats, which will feature in 73 wagamama restaurants nationwide. all of the artists have a connection with the area they will be exhibiting in, and artwork will be available to purchase via a series of limited edition prints available at wagamama.com/artandeat, with the proceeds going directly to the artists.
Artists involved in the wagamama art and eat project include inkie, one of the uk’s most notorious and prolific graffiti artists who painted alongside banksy. other artists include londoner holly thoburn who uses a range of materials to replicate the cities urban decay within her abstract paintings, and pam glew, a contemporary artist who is best known for her unique bleaching technique on flags. two further respected street artists creating work for the wagamama art and eat project are malarky, who spends half his time in barcelona, which influences his sunny and colourful street art in his university hometown of newcastle, and remi rough, whose work stems from letterform graffiti and expands into the history of modern abstraction.
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