Bowie and the Beatles feature in new celebrity portraits at a Liverpool gallery
An exhibition of celebrity portraits including David Bowie and the Beatles is set to go on show in Liverpool next week. The Wall to Wall Gallery in the Metquarter is staging the show of work by artist Ron Chadwick who is renowned for his canvasses featuring high-profile subjects. The exhibition, running from April 23 to May 7, will be the artist’s debut show in the North of England, and he will make a personal appearance at the gallery on the opening day.
At the centre of the exhibition will be a series of paintings and limited edition works of the Beatles, including a painting of the Fab Four in Hamburg, entitled Four Lads Who Changed My World. Other work features legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, Alfred Hitchcock and Miles Davis. Wall to Wall’s Zoe Ayre says: “Four Lads Who Changed My World holds particular relevance to him, since it was the Beatles who first inspired the young Ron to pick up his biro and begin sketching and painting the kind of icons through which he has forged his name as an artist.
“These works are now sold in galleries and feature in collections.” The Kent-based artist’s style is heavily influenced by the pop cultural revolution of the 1960s, both by the pioneering musicians of the day - many of whom feature in the exhibition - and also some of the artists of the era, such as Norman Rockwell and Richard Hamilton.
By: Catherine Jones
Source: The Liverpool Echo
