Our most recent exhibition is What Are You Like? Based on a Victorian parlour game, each contributor described themselves with images of their favourite things. 45 people in the public eye were invited to create a self-revealing artwork and illustrated their 8 favourite things from a list of 12: their favourite animal, book, item of clothing, comfort, food, pastime, place, possession, music, shoes, weather and pet aversion (the thing they love to hate!) The result is a delightfully idiosyncratic exhibition.
To give visitors a chance to guess who did what, the artists’ names did not appear on the artworks in the gallery. But there was a crib sheet on hand, should vistors need some help…
This exhibition was shown at Dulwich Picture Gallery during 2008 and received over 18,500 visitors there. In 2009 it toured to Manchester Art Gallery , where it received over 21,000 visitors, and Wingfield Barns, Suffolk. During 2010, the exhibition has toured to Hay Festival and will be shown at Durham Art Gallery from 24th July to 5th September 2010.
© Emma Chichester Clark
Illustrator and Author Emma Chichester Clark
© Brian Eno
Composer, Producer and Artist Brian Eno
© Jack Penate
Musician Jack Penate
© Lauren Child
Illustrator and Author Lauren Child
© Mary Fedden
Artist Mary Fedden
© Posy Simmonds
Illustrator and Writer Posy Simmonds
© Eric Clapton
Musician Eric Clapton
© David Shrigley
Artist David Shrigley
© Eric Carle
Illustrator Eric Carle
© Glen Baxter
Illustrator Glen Baxter
© David Adjaye
Architect David Adjaye
© Bruce Ingman
Illustrator Bruce Ingman
© Andrew Marr
Writer, television and radio presenter Andrew Marr
© Mary McCartney
Portrait and fashion photographer Mary McCartney
© Mini Grey
Illustrator Mini Grey
© Nick Garland
Political Cartoonist Nick Garland
© David Gentleman
Artist and Designer David Gentleman
© Rodney Fitch
Designer firm owner Rodney Fitch
© Paul Smith
Fashion designer Sir Paul Smith
© Laura Carlin
Illustrator Laura Carlin
© Jan Pienkowski
Illustrator Jan Pienkowski
© Russell Mills
Multimedia artist Russell Mills
© Georgina Von Etzdorf
Textile Designer Georgina Von Etzdorf
© Michael Foreman
Illustrator Michael Foreman
© Joanna Carey
Art teacher and writer Joanna Carey
© Dan Fern
Artist and teacher Dan Fern
© Shirley Hughes
Writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes
© Philip Pullman
Writer Philip Pullman
© William Feaver
Painter, writer, curator and critic William Feaver
© Peter Campbell
Typographer, illustrator and writer Peter Campbell
© Steven Appleby
Writer and illustrator Steven Appleby
© Anna Ford
Television presenter Anna Ford
© Joe Berger
Illustrator and cartoonist Joe Berger
© Peter Brookes
Political cartoonist Peter Brookes
© William Packer
Painter and critic William Packer
© Wendy Ramshaw
Artist Wendy Ramshaw
© Marion Deuchars
Illustrator Marion Deuchars
© Peter Blake
Artist Sir Peter Blake
© Mio Matsumoto
Illustrator Mio Matsumoto
© Sara Fanelli
Illustrator Sara Fanelli
© Quentin Blake
Illustrator and author Quentin Blake
© Jeff Fisher
Designer and artist Jeff Fisher
© Margaret Howell
Fashion designer Margaret Howell
© Donald Urquhart, courtesy of Herald Street and Maureen Paley, London
Artist Donald Urquhart
Below are some photos from the private view of the exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery:
© House of Illustration
Joanna Lumley and Anna Ford
© House of Illustration
