Over 70 pieces of artwork will go under the hammer this July in a bid to raise money for charity.
The online auction has been organised by Andrew Bracey, a local artist and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Lincoln.
The collection, titled ‘Mardi Gras Requiem’, features the work of Turner Prize nominee Fiona Banner, Northern Art Prize winners Pavel Büchler and Leo Fitzmaurice, Marmite Painting Prize winner Iain Andrews and Contemporary British Painting Prize winner Cathy Lomax. It also includes a number of works by local artists, including Phil Cosker, Danica Maier, Ashley Gallant and Nick Simpson.
Perspective buyers will be able to see the artworks in the flesh at an exhibition taking place in the Project Space Plus Gallery, on the University of Lincoln’s Brayford Pool Campus, from 19th to 28th July.
All the artists involved have generously donated their work free of charge, with all of the funds raised from the auction going straight to the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in memory of Andrew’s father, John Bracey, who died of a heart and lung related illness last year.
“For me the title of the collection, ‘Mardi Gras Requiem’, sums up everything this auction is about – celebration and the act of remembrance.
“I hope as many people as possible get involved with the auction. The lucky bidders will not only help raise much-needed funds for one of the UK’s foremost hospitals delivering heart and chest care and research, but they will also walk away with a fantastic new piece of artwork for their wall.”
Bidding is now open and will close at 11:59pm on Friday 28th July 2017. To view the collection, find out more, or make a bid, please visit www.mardigrasrequiem.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk.