Bhopal Medical Appeal recycled art project at Glastonbury 2011

The Bhopal Medical Appeal made a statement about cleaning up at Glastonbury this year.

Michael Eavis has recently become a patron of the BMA and, thanks to this fantastic news, we were able to substantially raise our game at Glastonbury this year.

We had 80 litter pickers this year and we arranged for them to bring certain of the litter back to our marquee, just beside the Leftfield stage, for recycling into sculptures.

The scupltures included various over-sized figures representing Bhopali people collecting water plus one giant sized skull- all built to light up at night.

As an aside, we were also cleaning the hands of passers by with a special organic, chemical and alcohol-free hand sanitizer of our own making.

We were cleaning up Glastonbury. Nobody is cleaning up Bhopal.

Art dedicated to Bhopal Survivors by Moose Curtis

Revers graffiti piece created by Moose Curtis and dedicated to the survivors of the Bhopal Disaster

In Moose’s own words:

“I was being filmed by CNN when I made the piece, ( its just rainwater fired against wooden stencils on some really toxic looking sea wall lichen) it represented the horrid ring of poison created by the original pollution and the take over of Union Carbide by the drug company (Dow Chemical) who are the poison on the other half of the eternity ring. I talked about what little I know about the disaster, while they filmed, but they edited the whole thing out just having me say at the end of the film that ’ I really liked it and it looked good”.

Tim Noble & Sue Webster - POT SHOT - MUG SHOT

2010
acrylic on stainless steel pot, shot with BSA air rifle

A unique piece created especially for our Water Pots auction. To be sold with 100% of proceeds going to Bhopal Medical Appeal

This piece will be auctioned, by Phillips de Pury in London, on 11th October. To request further information or to make a bid please visit the Phillips de Pury website, or contact:
colintoogood@bhopal.org

POT SHOT - MUG SHOT

Barry Reigate - ‘Untitled’

Barry Reigate- ‘Untitled’
2010
acrylic, pencil, spray paint, marker pen, gloss paint and varnish.

A unique piece created especially for our Water Pots auction. To be sold with 100% of proceeds going to Bhopal Medical Appeal

This piece will be auctioned, by Phillips de Pury in London, on 11th October. To request further information or to make a bid please visit the Phillips de Pury website, or contact:
colintoogood@bhopal.org

Marc Quinn - ‘Untitled’

Marc Quinn - ‘Untitled’
2010

Another great piece donated for our auction at Phillips de Pury on 11th October. For further information or to make a pre-auction bid, please contact: colintoogood@bhopal.org
Alternatively visit the Phillips de Pury website

Another great piece of art donated for our action on the 11th October. The auction will take place at Phillips de Pury, in London, but you will be given the chance to bid online. More details to follow.

Full list of artists taking part in this project includes: Anish Kapoor; Antony Gormley; Barry Reigate; Conrad Shawcross; Gary Hume; Gavin Turk ; Harland Miller; Jason Brooks; Keith Coventry; Langlands and Bell; Marc Quinn; Mat Collishaw; Mona Hatoum; Patrick Hughes; Paul Fryer; Polly Morgan; Pure Evil; Simon Periton; Sir Peter Blake; Stephen Webster; Subodh Gupta; The Chapman Brothers; Tim Noble and Sue Webster; Tracey Emin; Yinka Shonibare MBE

Plus Ged Wells as special online guest

Yinka Shonibare MBE

‘Untitled’ 2010

Applique cloth on stainless steel pot.

Another great piece donated for our auction at Phillips de Pury on 11th October. For further information or to make a pre-auction bid, please contact: colintoogood@bhopal.org
Alternatively visit the Phillips de Pury website

Simon Periton, (untitled)

Another great piece of art donated for our action on the 11th October. The auction will take place at Phillips de Pury, in London, but you will be given the chance to bid online. More details to follow.

Full list of artists taking part in this project includes: Anish Kapoor; Antony Gormley; Barry Reigate; Conrad Shawcross; Gary Hume; Gavin Turk ; Harland Miller; Jason Brooks; Keith Coventry; Langlands and Bell; Marc Quinn; Mat Collishaw; Mona Hatoum; Patrick Hughes; Paul Fryer; Polly Morgan; Pure Evil; Simon Periton; Sir Peter Blake; Stephen Webster; Subodh Gupta; The Chapman Brothers; Tim Noble and Sue Webster; Tracey Emin; Yinka Shonibare MBE

Plus Ged Wells as special online guest