Anthony Green RA, Me and Mary / 3, 1 June 2020.
Collage, ink-jet, red ink and pencil on paper. 330 mm x 255 mm. © The Artist. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Anthony Green RA (1939 - 2023)
RA Collection: Art
Here, Anthony Green took an artwork initially intended for the 2020 Summer Exhibition ('Me and Mary') and alters it. He writes a letter meant for his wife - Mary Green - on top and around the the image, declaring his love and the desire to make this love known to all the 'Friends of the Royal Academy, fans and visitors.'
This work was produced for the Varnishing Day Portfolio: A Moment in Time project. With the onset of the global pandemic in Spring 2020, and for the first time in the history of the Royal Academy, the Summer Exhibition was postponed.The portfolio represents the first time that the community of Royal Academicians has collaborated on one piece of work as the project intended to document what this group of artists and architects were doing, thinking and making on 1 June 2020 (traditionally the annual RA celebration of 'Varnishing Day', the day when Royal Academicians traditionally celebrate the start of the Summer Exhibition and put the finishing touches to their works). The finished publication can be seen here https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/varnishing-day-portfolio
330 mm x 255 mm