this was my first ever [and most probably last] try at entering the mother of all open exhibitions, the royal academy summer exhibition, and i am sorry to inform you that this tiny work (20cm x 20cm x 5cm, float box framed) was not selected for the final exhibition... 40% of exhibiting artists are current RA Academicians, and with nearly 10,000 entries this year, just under 1200 works were selected for the final exhibition... it was a long, long shot... and simple stripes either hit or miss, when not in the major league of bridget riley, ian davenport, robert ryman et al...
my only issue is that this small, original work on paper is currently residing in a dark basement in Burlington Gardens in central London... and being the quite skint artist (the train fare is upwards of £30), and probably not having any free days to go down to London before the end of June, i had an idea... this painting is free to whomever wishes to claim it from the RA store before June 27th 2009...
all you have to do, dear reader, is write to me at:
and tell me why you would like to give this rejected painting a new home... you need to travel to or live in or near London to claim it (overseas applicants need not apply), provide a name and full address so that instructions can be sent to you, and be prepared to provide documentary evidence of its safe retrieval from The Royal Academy stores, and also inform me where it will subsequently reside, so that i can officially confer ownership to you by letter...
in the meantime, if you want to visit the 2009 RA summer exhibition of selected paintings, prints and sculpture (and now video art), the show runs from 8 June to 16 August 2009 at The Royal Academy of Arts - summer exhibition in Piccadilly, London, and it will cost you up to £9 to get in... queues are likely...edit: the painting has now found a new owner...