O n l i n e G r o u p E x h i b i t i o nDrawn Together

Postponed: Opening 11th June

This June, Unit London is staging an expansive online exhibition. Drawn Together will feature the work of over one-hundred international contemporary artists to raise funds and awareness for both frontline medical staff and vulnerable communities worldwide. In recent times, many of our lives have been simplified by the restrictive presence of COVID-19. In many instances this has forced us to slow down and turn our focus back to the basics - even at a time of unprecedented technological advancement, we find ourselves longing for the most simple analogue values. Drawn Together, which will feature work from artists such as Annie Morris, Katherine Bradford, Chantal Joffe, Maggi Hambling and Kenny Schachter, taps into this new found need for simplicity by presenting unique drawings and works on paper, the sale of which will benefit vulnerable individuals around the world, and those that make great sacrifices to help them.

Featuring paper works from some of the most in-demand figures in the international artistic community (a truly global initiative, with artist contributions from every continent) the project aims to celebrate the most rudimentary of artistic processes: that of pencil and paper. By bringing together a vast number of these most simple works, Drawn Together offers a deeply personal collection of insights from artists in their studios or in their homes, responding to a crisis that is beyond their control, and unlike anything they have experienced in their lifetimes.

P R E S S R E L E A S EU N I T L O N D O N

Charming Baker, 72 Women In Uniform, 2018

The gallery has pledged to donate all exhibition proceeds to two charities that are directly responding to the international crisis: the Medecins Sans Frontières Coronavirus Crisis Appeal (MSF) and the Coronavirus response campaign of global charity World Vision. MSF is currently providing urgent international medical care and support in more than seventy countries in order to help eliminate coronavirus. World Vision are working to support those most vulnerable to the outbreak, including refugee camps and other fragile communities where the impact of the virus is most devastating.

Roby Dwi Antono, Fear, 2020

CB Hoyo, Losing My Shit, 2020

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Exhibition Drawn Together

Dates 04 June - 12 July 2020 Venue Details View online at www.theunitldn.com

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The objectives of the exhibition are twofold: firstly, to provide funds to support the international efforts against COVID-19, with a total potential donation value of more than £50,000; and secondly, to demonstrate widespread support and collegiality from the artistic community, which is coming together in the face of adversity to tackle a global crisis. For example, König Galerie and Victoria Miro are among a large group of galleries who have put forward artists to help support the initiative. The estimated digital reach of the Drawn Together project stands at more than 10 million people worldwide, and in raising global awareness, the gallery hopes to encourage further support and increased participation from the international community, at a time when it is needed most.

U N I T L O N D O N

Since the brand’s inception in 2013, Unit London has established a global artistic platform for the world’s most distinctive emerging talent. In an often opaque and impenetrable art world, Unit London seeks to identify, cultivate and expose works of art on a purely meritocratic basis. The gallery has successfully launched and advanced the careers of numerous important contemporary artists and remains a bastion of equity, innovation and sustainability.

Unit London prides itself on being an open and transparent institution whose purpose is to expand and diversify contemporary art audiences. In its reluctance to simply follow the traditional gallery formula, Unit London has become synonymous with the pioneering use of social media and digital marketing. The gallery endeavours to act as an orator and mediator: telling the story of today’s most gifted artists, whilst bridging the gap between the physical and virtual spheres of the art world; connecting people with the art they love.

Amir H. Fallah, Symbols 4, 2020

P R E S S R E L E A S EU N I T L O N D O N

P A R T I C I P A T I N G A R T I S T S

AARON JOHNSONALVIN ONG

AMIR H. FALLAHANNIE MORRIS

BEN SPIERSCB HOYO

CHANTAL JOFFECHARMING BAKER

DOMINIC CHAMBERSEDGAR PLANS

FERRARI SHEPPARD

GIDEON RUBINHALEY JOSEPHS

HELEN BEARDHENRY HUDSONJESSE MOCKRIN

JONNI CHEATWOODKATHERINE BRADFORD

KENNY SCHACHTERLAURA KRIFKA

LIL IANE TOMASKOMAGGI HAMBLING

NIR HODORI GERSHT

OTIS KWAME QUAICOEQI LEI

ROB AND NICK CARTERROBY DWI ANTONO SHONA MCANDREW

SUZY MURPHYSZABOLCS BOZO

ZOE BUCKMANAND MANY MORE…