Lot 01

Union Jack Thammakit Thamboon

Inspiration: Biography: I wanted to use a symbol for Thammakit was born on 27 October this elephant so that it would be 1971 and is a professional artist with remembered as the elephant. a B.F.A. in Major Painting at Chiang Mai University. Thammakit is mainly involved with illustration and sculpture. He has illustrated three books to date, most recently illustrating and writing a children’s book about a dancing buffalo, with his prior illustrated books referring to mediation and Zen. He has presented his work in various galleries and museum’s throughout Thailand.

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12 Lot 02

Ziggy Matthew Williamson

Inspiration: In September 1997 Matthew previously having been awarded Elle I wanted the Matthew Williamson Williamson showed his infamous Designer of the Year in 2004 and the elephant sculpture for Elephant Parade debut collection, ‘Electric Angels’, 2005 Moet and Chandon Fashion London 2010 to incorporate visual during London Fashion Week. Bias Tribute Award. He has also been and textural elements that would grab cut dresses and separates in exotic nominated 3 times for Designer of the the attention of visitors, raising much shades of tangerine, fuchsia and Year at the British Fashion Awards. needed awareness of the cause and magenta were worn by models Kate also to brighten up our capital Moss, Helena Christensen and The luxury fashion house now this summer. Jade Jagger. This unique collection produces 4 women’s wear collections of bright, intricately detailed pieces annually and currently has a customer Biography: defined and set the pace for the highly portfolio which includes 170 Graduating from Central St Martins recognizable Matthew Williamson prestigious wholesale accounts around in June 1994 with a BA in Fashion signature aesthetic. the world and also has award-winning Design and Printed Textiles, Mathew’s flagship stores in London and New first job following graduation was a Following this initial show, Matthew’s York, as well as on online stores for freelance design project with Marni. collections have continued to gather the UK, Europe and US. He was then employed by British momentum, cementing his reputation fashion company, Monsoon and as an internationally renowned Accessorize. The luxury fashion house, designer and one of the UK’s leading Matthew Williamson, was founded in designer talents. Matthew won the February 1997 by designer, Matthew Red Carpet Designer of the Year at Williamson and CEO, Joseph Velosa. the 2008 British Fashion Awards; Elephant no.258

14 Lot 03

Taxi Elephant Benjamin Shine

Inspiration: ‘The Enterprising Young Brit Award New Zealand High Commission, Taxi Elephant aims to celebrate Elephant 2004’, presented by Gordon Brown, Ligne Roset and the Museum of Arts Parade in London through the idea of the marking the first of his series of multi and Design, New York. elephant blending into the city’s familiar functional accessories. Benjamin has scenery - taking on the appearance of also collaborated with several fashion 2006 saw Benjamin invent CORDZ, the iconic London black cab. brands including Rohan and Schott a versatile and re-useable drawing NYC, for whom he was appointed product for children. The patented Biography: to design an A/W 2005 menswear product is licensed to Flair Leisure London-born, Benjamin Shine studied collection. Products PLC, in the UK and Mega fashion design at The Surrey Institute Brands America in the US. CORDZ of Art and Design and St Martins Following his first exhibition of mixed- was awarded Top Creative Toy 2007 in London. Fashion, textiles and media artworks in 2003, Benjamin and recently won the acclaimed constructional ideas continue to inform has continued to undertake new Red Dot Design Award 2009. Most Benjamin’s style and broad creative artwork projects and commissions, recently Benjamin has been short- vision, establishing a multi-disciplined as well as being enlisted to design listed for an iconic public sculpture in design approach that strives for various corporate brands. Most notably, Australia’s capital city, Canberra. He purposeful, memorable and timeless his fabric-portraits have generated has also recently won the prestigious design through innovation a following of collectors including Courvoisier Future 500 ‘One to Watch’ and originality. Baroness Thatcher, Sir Edmund Hillary title in the Art and Design category, in and President Obama, with works the UK. To date, works include the award- exhibited in public locations including winning SKOODY, which won Benjamin Deutsche Bank, Woburn Abbey, The Elephant no.68

16 Lot 04

Elfreda Jeff Hoare

Inspiration: Biography: I wanted the elephant to look as if it Jeff Hoare was born in 1923 and His elephant for Elephant had walked out of the sea and that the studied at the Chelsea School of Parade London was created in the sea was all the different colours. Art and at the Royal College. From same unique way on a Folkstone 1963 until 1995 he taught painting beach, making it a truly naturally and drawing at Saint Martins and inspired piece. at Camberwell. He has directed art workshops all over the world, in Belgrade, Paris, Canada and Cameroun, and in 1985 he founded the Aegean School of Art in Kos. He has exhibited widely in Britain, the USA and Europe, with solo shows in London, Paris, New York and San Francisco. Jeff Hoare has a lifelong engagement

with the elemental power of the ocean.

His canvases are created in the sea,

their colours and form shaped and

refined by the ebb and flow of the tide

and the raw energy of the wind

and rain. Elephant no.124

18 Lot 05

Eli Krishna Alice Temperley

Inspiration: From the luxurious silks and French globally in 35 countries and has over My inspiration for this year’s elephant lace to the intricate hand-beading, 220 stockists. project has been ceremonial elephant embroidery, oversized stone and sequin dress. Decorative, vibrant and embellishments - all have become celebratory. trademarks of the Temperley design

philosophy. Pieces are designed to be

Biography: timeless and versatile and ultimately to

Since its launch during London flatter, creating clothes to treasure that Fashion Week 2000, the Temperley will last a lifetime. London label has become synonymous with timeless glamour, exquisite Constantly evolving, Alice plans to craftsmanship and collections desired extend her love of surface decoration by women all over the world. and unrivalled craftsmanship with more Temperley boutiques - as well Tracing her design philosophy back as extending the line to include home to her specialist training in Fabric ware, travel accessories, menswear Technology and Print at The Royal and childrenswear. The Temperley College of Art, Alice designs the design philosophy is set to extend its seasonal prints and embroideries for influence, transforming it from one of which she has become renowned, Britain’s leading luxury brands to an infusing each garment with a all-encompassing lifestyle. Temperley characteristic attention to detail. London is sold online as well as Elephant no.54

20 Lot 06

The Empire Is Not Striking Back Chintan Upadhyay

Inspiration: outlooks. He reflects on these personal Chintan also established an Artists The elephant has been the symbol of and borrowed notions; as well as their Initiative programme called Sandarbh India for the longest time, so I have merging boundaries which give rise in 2003 with the aim to encourage used it to depict the different political, to issues of identity, proprietorship artists to work in context with their social and ecological upheavals that are and culture. surroundings through residencies being faced by this massive giant and workshops; and has managed to in today’s ever changing world. Chintan has held numerous solo shows spread awareness about contemporary in India and abroad. Recent shows art practices in rural India. Chintan was Biography: include Khatti Mithi, Sakshi Gallery, the recipient of the Taj Gourav India Chintan Upadhyay was born in 1972 Mumbai, India and Iconic shrine, Award in 2008. in Rajasthan and now lives and works Gallery Soulflower and Roundabout, in Mumbai. He completed his MFA Jaipur, India in 2009; Mistake, Aicon from M.S. University, Baroda in 1997. Gallery, London, India; Pet Shop, He attempts to showcase the different Ashish Balram Nagpal Galleries, aspects of cultural hybridism through Mumbai, India and New Indians, Gallery his works. Over the last few years Seorsie Natalie, Paris, France and Chintan has been depicting images Metastasis of signs, Gallery Espace, of male babies with Indian miniatures New Delhi, India in 2008. He has to painted on them. With exaggerated yet his credit many group shows held in emotive features; this futuristic imagery India, Thailand, Korea, China, and speaks of current societies with their London amongst others. mishmash of ideas and conventional Elephant no.79

22 Lot 07

Gerald Jonathan Yeo

Inspiration: Biography: This design is inspired by an elephant Jonathan Yeo is an artist who walking through a park on a sunny specialises in contemporary portraits autumn day. and collages. He taught himself to paint in his early twenties while recovering from lymphatic cancer and went on to create portraits of diverse personalities such as , Erin O’Connor, Prince Philip, and .

Amongst his best known works is a painting of former PM wearing a bright red remembrance poppy and a collage of president George W Bush made from pornographic magazines. Public and private collections include the National Portrait Gallery, The House of Commons, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, , and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Elephant no.135

24 Lot 08

Udata Hathi Venkat Raman Singh Shyam & Rajendra Kumar Shyam

Inspiration: successors, Venkat has worked in a In 1996, his uncle, the seminal Gond Venkat and Rajendra each painted variety of media and styles, ranging master artist Jangarh Singh Shyam, a side of their elephant for Elephant from figurative and naturalistic drawings recognized Rajendra’s artistic talents Parade London. Their inspiration stems and acrylic paintings on canvas and and encouraged him to work as his from the Peacock and Banana story silk, to more decorative work on papier apprentice in Bhopal. He subsequently which in their words is as follows; mache, ceramic tiles, glass, aluminum pursued his own career as an “Before the elephant was flying but he and sheet iron. He has done ambitious independent artist and has exhibited came down to Earth and misbehaved commissions for India’s Taj Hotel across India and more recently in with humans, then God punished him Group, and recently completed a series the UK. and took away his wings, and gave on the Mumbai terrorist attacks of them to the Banana and the Peacock”. November 2008 – which he personally witnessed whilst visiting the Taj Hotel Biography: on business. Venkat’s work has been Venkat was born in 1970 to a humble collected and exhibited internationally. Pardhan Gond family living in the village Sejohra, in eastern Madhya Rajendra was born in 1974 in the Pradesh. He began painting at the remote village of Patangarh, in the age of ten, and for five years worked jungle of eastern Madhya Pradesh, as an apprentice under his uncle, central India. As a child he was the late Gond master artist Jangarh compelled to give up his education to Singh Shyam. The most innovative help support his family, by doing daily and experimental of Jangarh’s artistic wage labour on road construction. Elephant no.252

26 Lot 09

Zabriskie Storm Thorgerson

Biography: Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Black in Scotland. Storm’s work extended Storm Thorgerson is the artist behind Sabbath, 10cc, Paul McCartney, and into documentaries, such as the two- images synonymous with identifying Peter Gabriel amongst many others. part “Art of Tripping” for Channel 4 in the pop culture of the 70’s throughout Applying his creativity to moving 1993 which explored the connections and into the 80’s, 90’s and the images, Storm formed Green Back between artists and drugs and an hour Millennium. Creating visually beautiful Films with Aubrey Powell and Peter long science documentary “Rubber and interesting art, Storm’s work has Christopherson in 1983. Despite Universe” for Equinox. The following featured on a variety of singles, album producing numerous music videos for year, Storm directed for Pink Floyd six and CD covers, as well as posters. He the likes of Paul Young, Nik Kershaw, short films to be screened through the is the author of several books including Robert Plant, Big Country and others, duration of their world tour. “Mind over Matter”, “Walk Away the company was not to last and Storm Thorgerson continues t Renee”, “Album Cover Album” series, imploded in 1985. o create album covers for Pink Floyd, “Eye of the Storm” and “ 100 Best Anthrax, Alan Parsons, Ian Drury, Album Covers”. In 1985, undeterred, Storm went solo Cranberries, Ween, Catherine Wheel, and continued directing music videos. Phish and many more. In 1968, Storm and Aubrey Powell His direction for the Pink Floyd video formed “Hipgnosis”, a graphic “Learning to Fly” won the best director design studio specialising in creative award at the American Billboard photography. This creative company Awards. Branching out, Storm began predominately worked within the music directing commercials too. His direction business designing the album covers for the Tennants’ commercial “One for rock ‘n’ roll bands such as Pink Great Thing” won The Golden Rose Elephant no.240

28 Lot 10

The Lion King on Stage Sacha Jafri

Inspiration: ‘The Renaissance Man who is set to artist in the history of art to be offered Inspired from The Lion King on Stage seduce us away from conceptual art a 10 year retrospective at the age of and celebrating the pioneering and with his passion for painting’, he is 31. This museum based World Tour will extraordinary achievements of this leading a revival of painting through his see over 26 cities of over 16 countries magical production. The work aims genre - ‘Magical Realism.’ over the next three years. to highlight the unique experience of human, puppet and animal and how His past accolades include sell-out these elements are bought to life with shows in London, New York, Hong empathy, passion and precision. The Kong, Miami, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, journey, the escapism, the lesson, Austria, , Cannes and Frankfurt the story, the imagery, the poetry, the and he has single handedly raised over sounds, the excitement, the music and 5.5 million pounds for charity in the the song – a homage to the bright and last 5 years. Sacha’s paintings now beautiful world of Disney. regularly fetch from between £75,000 to £300,000 with recent works going Biography: for as much as $900,000, now with an Having graduated from the Ruskin, ever increasing following of collectors, Oxford University, with a first in private and corporate investors, painting, Sacha Jafri is now considered museum collections, royal commissions one of the most exciting British painters and houses of modern art acquisitions. on the contemporary art scene. Hailed by the BBC London News as Sacha has become the youngest living Elephant no.218

30 Lot 11

Untitled (Gajaraja) Jitish Kallat

Biography: in Korea (2006). Jitish Kallat was born in Mumbai in 1974. He studied painting at the Sir Recent solo exhibitions have taken J.J. School of Art in Mumbai and has place with galleries in Beijing, London participated in numerous solo and and Mumbai. Kallat’s work is held group exhibitions internationally. in a number of important public and private collections internationally In addition to his inclusion in important including MOCA, Los Angeles, the museum exhibitions such as Indian Saatchi collection and the Frank Cohen Highway at the Serpentine Gallery, collection. London (2009), Chalo! Indua: A New Era of Indian Art at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2008), Thermocline of Art – New Asian Waves at the ZKM Museum in Karlsruhe (2007) and Century City at Tate Modern in London (2001), Kallat has participated widely in biennials and triennials, including The 3rd Guangzhou Triennial in China (2008), The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Australia (2006) and The 6th Gwangju Biennale Elephant no.126

32 Lot 12

Heaven’s Haathi Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla

Inspiration: elegance are their trademark. They Lakme Fashion House, with Donatella India is the heart of South East Asia consider India their ultimate inspiration Versace, and The First Ladies, a chat and the elephant is her jewel. The and their work with chikankari, resham show with India’s foremost celebrity Majesty of the Divine Symbol is evoked and tharad embroidery is considered wives. not through paint alone but also akin to art. embedded in its very core through the Abu & Sandeep are committed to use of exquisite heritage embroideries. The Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla label giving back. “We have been infinitely has steadily worked its way into the blessed to achieve so much. It is a Biography: global arena and the mid-nineties saw privilege to contribute towards helping Abu and Sandeep met in August, them diversify into interior design, others achieve their dreams”. They are 1986 and instantly decided to join with the creation of their architectural passionate supporters of philanthropic forces. Two men with a singular collection of furniture. Abu Jani and activities in the areas of health, dream; “to create the finest.” Today, Sandeep Khosla are pure artists who women’s empowerment and wildlife. Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla is India’s straddle the dual worlds of fashion and Their relationship with Elephant Family premier couture label. Neither of them architecture with consummate ease. is one to which they are fully dedicated. possesses any formal qualifications in Their unique sense of aesthetics is fashion or design, and their success firmly rooted and does not bow to the is testament to the fact that creativity dictates of fashion. Design is more is innate. The Abu Sandeep brand than a profession and they instead is coveted for its classical appeal. see the regeneration of beauty as Impossibly exquisite embroideries, something of a religion. They have luxurious fabrics and effortless also hosted two television shows, Elephant no.50

34 Lot 13

Kingdom Rebecca Campbell

Inspiration: helped by the fact her mother was reputation as a main stream player in Strutting peacocks, prowling tigers, a keen gardener. But it was her the field of decorative arts. dancing cranes and even dung beetles three months in India that fired her going about their daily business. imagination, in particular for Mughal In more recent years, Rebecca has ‘Kingdom’ is a celebration of some of miniatures with their rich earth colours had several solo shows including one the birds, plants and animals that share and bold designs. This influence in America at the Chelsea Art Gallery, the Asian elephant’s domain. remains the bedrock of much of her Palo Alto, California and in Mexico City. work. She was also invited by the Chairman Biography: of the English National Opera to take Rebecca Campbell’s delightful, In 1991 she started a business part in the Discerning Eye Exhibition at enigmatic and highly imaginative producing hand painted furniture and the Mall Galleries where she won the paintings evoke a world of plants and murals, for which she found a ready Discerning Eye Purchase Prize. animals that appear to be happily market, but she felt it too restrictive confined within the boundaries of their for her artistic talents and turned her own contented universe. Add a vivid attention to full time painting, though sense of design that instantly captures she undertakes commissions for the eye and you have paintings that murals. In 2002 she held her first solo project immense appeal. London exhibition at the Park Walk Gallery followed by a second in 2004 She was born in Stamford and grew with the delightful title, The Enchanted up in Ireland where as a child she was Garden. All of Rebecca’s exhibitions surrounded by gardens and animals, are successful and established her Elephant no.208

36 Lot 14

The Paul Smith Elephant Sir Paul Smith

Inspiration: Warhol, Kokoshka, David Bailey and love of tradition and the classics. This multi stripe design is synonymous listened to the Rolling Stones, Miles Paul Smith is global - the collection is with me and so it seemed like a natural Davis and much more. It was then Paul wholesaled to 75 countries and has 17 design to use to support this extremely knew he wanted to be a part of this shops in England. worthy cause and of course it’s full colourful world of ideas of optimism. and excitement. Paul continues to be an integral part of the company; he is both designer and Biography: Within two years, Paul was managing chairman. Continually involved in every Paul Smith’s introduction into fashion his first boutique in Nottingham and aspect of the business, as a result, was completely accidental. At the with a small amount of savings, opened Paul Smith Limited retains a personal age of 16, with no career plans or a tiny shop in 1970. By 1976 Paul touch often lost in companies of a qualifications, Paul was propelled showed his first menswear collection in similar size. by his father into a menial job at the Paris under the Paul Smith label. local clothing warehouse in his native Nottingham. However his real passion In business for over 30 years Paul was sport and his ambition was to Smith had established himself as the become a professional racing cyclist, pre-eminent British designer. He has until aged 17 years when cycling-mad an ability to anticipate, and even spark Paul was in a terrible accident. off trends not only fashion but in the wider context of popular culture. He During his time in hospital, Paul made manages to transmit a genuine sense new friends. They talked of Mondrian, of humour and mischief mixed with his Elephant no.173

38 Lot 15

Untitled Marc Quinn

Inspiration: highlighting how the conflict between bloom by being plunged into sub-zero The flower on the back of the elephant the ‘natural’ and ‘cultural’ has a silicone. is the new hope for the Asian elephant grip on the contemporary psyche. In in India, from the work of 1999, Quinn began a series of marble Quinn has also explored the potential Elephant Family. sculptures of amputees as a way of artistic uses of DNA, making a portrait re-reading the aspirations of Greek and of a sitter by extracting strands of DNA Biography: Roman statuary and their depictions and placing it in a test-tube. DNA Marc Quinn’s wide-ranging oeuvre of an idealised whole. One such work Garden (2001), contains the DNA displays a preoccupation with the depicted Alison Lapper, a woman who of over 75 plant species as well as 2 mutability of the body and the dualisms was born without arms, when she was humans: a re-enactment of the Garden that define human life: spiritual and heavily pregnant. Quinn subsequently of Eden on a cellular level. physical, surface and depth, cerebral enlarged this work to make it a major and sexual. Using an uncompromising piece of public art for the fourth plinth Quinn’s diverse and poetic work array of materials, from ice and of Trafalgar Square. meditates on our attempts to blood to glass, marble or lead, Quinn understand or overcome the transience develops these paradoxes into Other key themes in his work include of human life through scientific experimental, conceptual works that genetic modification and hybridism. knowledge and artistic expression. are mostly figurative in form. Garden (2000), for instance, is a Marc Quinn has exhibited in many walk-through installation of impossibly important group and solo exhibitions Quinn’s sculpture, paintings and beautiful flowers that will never decay, internationally. drawings often deal with the distanced or his ‘Eternal Spring’ sculptures, relationship we have with our bodies, featuring flowers preserved in perfect Elephant no.165

Photo: Herman Poort 40 Lot 16

Jewel-ele Tarun Tahiliani

Inspiration: signature designs are synonymous with Tarun Tahiliani and Ensemble stores Elephants are the jewels of the ecology high fashion and impeccable refined in Mumbai. of our subcontinent. sensibility, with style, craftsmanship, quality and refinement as the defining Biography: symbols. The Tarun Tahiliani Studio was something that evolved by chance - Tarun has shown collections around a fun circuitous route motivated by the world including London, Moscow, Tarun’s love of design -of anything Milan, Durban and Johannesburg beautiful. The Design Studio creates Fashion Weeks and in 2006, the Italian couture, diffusion, prêt-a-porter and Ministry of Foreign Affairs conferred accessories, which are Indian in the prestigious award ‘Order of the construct yet international in appeal. Star of Italian Solidarity’ on him. ‘F’ The collections embody an international Awards voted Tarun Tahiliani Studio to look, which is contemporary, chic and be the best Women’s Wear Couture personifies grace with élan. and he was also awarded the Life Time

Achievement Award. Tarun Tahiliani’s talent has transformed traditional Indian drapes, textiles and Tarun has dressed many of the world’s techniques into modern, innovative, most beautiful women and Naomi structured forms that translate into an Campbell, Goldie Hawn and Elizabeth international contemporary look. His Hurley have been known to shop at the Elephant no.244

42 Lot 17

Topographant Solange Azagury-Partridge

Inspiration: Partridge started by working with new generation talismanic ornaments, The map and topography of the costume jeweller, Nicky Butler of Butler layered with cultural depths, their elephant in contour lines, showing the & Wilson, and then with decorative arts designs poised between pop art and valleys and hills of the elephant’s body. dealer, Gordon Watson, where she ancient mysticism, irreverent and discovered great masterpieces of 20th iconoclastic. Her huge, expressive Biography: century jewellery. It was her decision in power rings, alive with colour, touched “There comes a day in every woman’s 1987 to design her own engagement with playful fantasy, and rich in gems life when she wakes up wanting ring, set with a rough diamond, and and enamels, were, and are still, the diamonds,” believes Solange Azagury- much-admired, that propelled Solange creations most closely associated with Partridge, the designer who woke up to into her creative adventure as a fine Solange’s dynamic design. Through her diamonds and jewels earlier than most. jewellery designer. In 1990, she set up rings, Solange heralded the rediscovery Her passion for design, her acute and her own company, and in 1995 opened of jewellery as the most powerful, unconventional sense of beauty, and her first shop, in London’s Notting personal expression of individual style. her instinctive understanding of the Hill, a luscious velvet-dark jewel-box meaning and roles of jewellery have led of a boutique that quickly drew an Solange Azagury-Partridge has stores her, from an early age, to her position international clientele of design-driven in London and New York and more today as the leading, trailblazing devotees, including rock-stars and to come worldwide. Solange’s pieces designer-jeweller of her generation. movie-moguls, all searching for a totally are part of the jewellery permanent new and relevant creative expression collection of the Musee des Arts With no formal jewellery training, for precious jewellery. Decoratifs in Paris and V&A in London. and no prejudices or preconceptions, Moroccan born Solange Azagury- Solange led the way forward with Elephant no.233

44 Lot 18

Looking Me In The Eye Rina Banerjee

Inspiration: Banerjee was born in Kolkata in 1963 global all seeking vision. This love of The third eye defines the myth of and moved with her family to the UK substance, fabric and texture manifests creation and destruction. That is what and then to USA. She completed a itself in her multi-media works in which this elephant project is all about. Bachelor of Science degree in Polymer disparate objects such as taxidermy Engineering at Case Western University alligators and wooden cots, fish bone, Biography: in 1993 after took a job as a polymer ostrich eggs and light bulbs, amber The Indian born, based research chemist consulting for Dow vials are strung up or nestled in with artist Rina Banerjee has a love of Chemical, Nasa, etc at Pennsylvania feathers and umbrellas, souveniers of materials, heritage textiles, fashion, State University. After a few years low culture and high culture, antique colonial objects and furnishings, abandoned the sciences to pursue her furnishings, icons of different faiths and historical architecture, and their ability art, she completed the MFA degree plumes of fabric. to disguise, animate, locate their program at Yale University School of inherent meanings in her art work. Art in the area of Painting in 1995, where she won prestigious awards for Whilst sculptures and drawings, Drawing and Painting, Sckowhegan - paintings and videos, which are a Yale Painting scholarship and Norfolk- fusion of cultures and an explosion Yale summer program Drawing award. of imagination, she says her work explores “specific colonial moments Rina Banerjee’s experience growing up that reinvent place and identity as in urban cites and in communities of complex diasporic experiences.” mixed cultural/racial locations provides a content in her work that delivers a Elephant no.212

46 Lot 19

Seymour Emma Elizabeth Kemp

Inspiration: animals, (and sometimes humans and “The greatest joy in nature is the other humans) or simply comment on absence of man” – Bliss Carman the struggle of man to find place and meaning in the world. Biography: Emma is a second year student of Her work is non-medium specific, Fine Art studying at Central Saint taking the form of painting, Martins, the prestigious College of the photography or text pieces. Other Arts nestled in the centre of London, works include a flock of tiny wax birds, which has provided her with a culturally cast from beeswax and hung at varying diverse environment in which to agitate lengths over naked flames; causing current issues and provide creative the birds to slowly contort and melt responses. until they fall from their position to the floor; and a large Spanish pumpkin Emma’s personal practice is infected with tropical fly larvae which underpinned by a strong sense of was encased in a transparent glass narrative, primarily concerning the box; over time moisture began to fog futility in the search for the sublime and the glass as the fruit respired, evidence subsequent tragedy of such a quest; of its breath, and eventually the larvae often saddened by mans impact on started hatching until the box was filled nature, many of her pieces address with swarming flies. the imbalance between humans and Elephant no.98

48 Lot 20

Phoolan Carrie Reichardt aka The Baroness & Nick Reynolds

Inspiration: the revolution will be ceramicised and well-known faces, including Grace CR – My inspiration came from the she can surely be labelled as one of Jones, Ronnie Biggs and Howard David Attenborough quote, “the England’s true anarchist ceramicists. Marks. The last death mask he made question is, are we happy to suppose She works from her amazing mosaic was that of an executed prisoner that our grand-children may never be covered studios ‘The Treatment in Texas is to be featured in a new able to see an elephant except in a Rooms’ in London, a building that documentary. He also plays in Alabama picture book?” occupies an important place in the 3 and has recorded with other artists hearts of its locals. ‘The Treatment including Zodiac Mindwarp, Seal and NR – My inspiration is the horror and Rooms’ must be one of the country’s Lily Allen, to name but a few. sickness I feel when I see pictures of most complete and important display of elephants killed by poachers, farmers mosaics on public view, and is featured and landmines. in books on the world’s great murals and art pieces. Biography: Carrie Reichardt aka The Baroness Nick Reynolds has experienced life has been a leader in the area of on both sides of the law, from being subversive ceramics for many years. on the run with his Great Train Robber As Kate Mikhail states in a recent father, to serving in the Navy during the write up in The Observer: “Is she a Falklands War. He specialises in the visionary muralist? A craftivist? An ancient art of making death masks and anarchic artist? Reichardt is not one for he also runs the UK’s only company labels...” The truth is Reichardt believes that makes them. He has cast many Elephant no.66

50 Lot 21

Tommy Hilfiger Red Elephant Tommy Hilfiger

Inspiration: Biography: Inspired by popular culture, I combined For 25 years, Tommy Hilfiger has red and green pop colours to design brought classic, cool, American apparel a high gloss elephant with a Mohawk to consumers around the world. His planter effect. This elephant is unique designs give these time-honored as it continues to evolve throughout the classics a fresh look, and his discerning Parade, while juxtaposing nature with taste has provided the foundation for the unexpected. the growth of a global brand. Under Hilfiger’s guidance, vision and leadership as Principal Designer, the Tommy Hilfiger Group has become one of the very few globally recognised designer brands offering a wide range of American-inspired apparel and accessories.

Elephant no.247

52 Lot 22

Layla Faiza Butt

Inspiration: Faiza joined the Slade School of Art Faiza has always created meaningful Layla refers to the romantic Arabian in 1992 and completed her MA in work. Her elaborate drawings are tale of ‘layla/mujnoon’. I created a Painting with a distinction award. obsessively crafted with passion and modern version of it using a pink/black She was awarded a merit award for rigour and create surfaces that hover lingerie colour scheme. Making a fun, outstanding student from UCL and somewhere between a photograph festive version of the dark tragic heroin was then invited to teach at the Slade. and embroidery. of ancient times, it was great fun giving She also did her further education the blank canvas of an elephant teaching certificate from the Institute Born in a family of five sisters, feminist a gender. of Education London and is a qualified themes have remained close to her teacher. Faiza holds extensive heart. Her recent show at Vadhera Art Biography: experience in art teaching at primary, Gallery, Delhi was very well received Faiza was born in Lahore in 1972. She secondary and higher education level. and serves as a step towards improving studied at Kinnaird High School from Faiza was awarded UNESCO- Indo-Pak relationship through cultural 1977-1987 and her further education ASHBERG bursary award in 1995. connections. was taken at Queen Mary College, where she received the Roll of Honour She was an artist-in-residence with Her works have been exhibited at in her final result. She did her B.F.A at BARTEL arts trust in Durban for three various art fairs. She has exhibited in the National College of Arts in 1993 months. During this time she held U.S.A, Europe, the Middle East and with Honours and was awarded the workshops with women from shanty south Asia extensively. Her works are Berger Gold medal for ‘Outstanding towns and talks at various museums in private and public collections. Student of the Year’. and galleries, and produced a solo show at the BAT centre. Elephant no.101

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The Singing Butler Rides Again Jack Vettriano

Inspiration: the three paintings, which he entered raising project for Sports Relief, the I created a now well known painting for the prestigious Summer Exhibition experience of which was captured in called The Singing Butler and I thought at London’s Royal Academy and his a documentary broadcast on BBC1 it would be fun to feature him once new life as an artist began from that in March 2008. In March 2010, more. The Elephant is also a tribute point on. Over the last twenty years, Vettriano’s exhibition, Days Of Wine to the incredible founding Patron of interest in Vettriano’s work has grown And Roses opened in his hometown of Elephant Family, the late HH Rajmata consistently. There have been sell-out in Scotland. The exhibition of Jaipur. solo exhibitions in , London, received over 50,000 visitors in six and New York. weeks. The exhibition will now tour to Biography: London and Rome. Born in , Scotland in 1951, Jack 2004 was an exceptional year in Vettriano left school at sixteen to Vettriano’s career; his best known become a mining engineer. For his painting, The Singing Butler was sold twenty-first birthday, a girlfriend gave at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; him a set of watercolour paints and, he was awarded an OBE for Services from then on, he spent much of his to the Visual Arts and was the subject spare time teaching himself to paint. of a South Bank Show documentary, In 1989, he submitted two paintings to entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s the Royal Scottish Academy’s annual Painter’. exhibition; both were accepted and sold on the first day. The following year, an Vettriano painted a portrait of Zara equally enthusiastic reaction greeted Phillips as part of a charity fund- Elephant no.120

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Candy Isaac Mizrahi

Inspiration: including a special award in 1996 books entitled The Adventures of I was inspired by this incredible print I for the groundbreaking documentary Sandee the Supermodel and he has developed for my Spa 2010 collection, “UNZIPPED.” His ready-to-wear appeared in films and television shows which I called ‘Candy Store’. It’s full of collection is available at high-end including “Sex & the City,” “Ugly Betty” bright, bright, bright colours. retailers and specialty boutiques and “Celebrity Jeopardy.” Isaac won globally. Isaac’s designs are a favorite rave reviews in 1999 for his one- Biography: among celebrities and frequently seen man, off-Broadway show Les Mizrahi. Born in Brooklyn, New York Isaac on the red carpet. Television audiences have come to love Mizrahi’s passion for design and Isaac as the host of his own series on performance began at early age. Isaac has created costumes for both the Oxygen Network and the Style As the son of a children’s clothing movies, theatre, dance and opera in Network and on Bravo’s “The Fashion manufacturer and a fashion-obsessed collaboration with Mark Morris, Twyla Show.” mother, Isaac was always encouraged Tharp, Mikhail Baryshnikov and The to express his artistic talent. After a Roundabout Theatre Company among youth spent staging puppet shows in others. In 2002 Isaac received the his backyard and creating clothes for Drama Desk Award for his costume his mum’s friends, Isaac studied acting designs for The Women. Most recently, at the High School of Performing Arts he made his costume design debut at and fashion design at Parsons. the New York Metropolitan Opera with As a leader in the design business Orfeo ed Euridice. for more than twenty years, Isaac has been awarded four CFDA awards, In 1997 Isaac wrote a series of comic Elephant no.118

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Less is Morvi Nicholas Haslam

Inspiration: he was made Art Director of “Show” dress designer Bellville-Sassoon, and It seems entirely surreal that a world magazine, a forerunner of “Vanity the Emanuels when they were making without elephants could be a possibility Fair”. At this time he starred with Lady Diana’s wedding dress. He has so I was inspired by surrealists like Baby Jane Holzer in ’s also designed parties for The Prince Christian Berard. Since my interior film “Kiss”. Throughout this period, he of Wales, Lord Rothschild, Simon and design work is also close to my heart, was decorating his own and friends’ Jennifer Murray, Sir Evelyn and Lady I worked an interior rendering over the apartments. In 1965, he collaborated de Rothschild, and Simon and Laura form of the elephant in an effort to with Richard Avedon on a unique issue Weinstock. make people smile. of Harper’s Bazaar. NH Design operates worldwide, Biography: In London in 1972, Nicky was asked and as well as recently publishing Born September 27,1939 and to design and decorate a townhouse his memoirs, Nicky is also writing educated at Private School and Eton for Lord Hesketh. This led to many his autobiography. He is a frequent College, Nicky attended Corsham further commissions, and necessitated columnist for publications such as the Court Art School before training at the setting up of a fully-fledged London Evening Standard and Sunday various newspapers and British Vogue. architectural and design practice, NH Telegraph, The World of Interiors and In 1961 Nicky went to New York with Design, of which diverse clients have The Spectator. Nicky Haslam has been photographer David Bailey and the included, among many, Rod Stewart, a contributing editor of British Vogue model Jean Shrimpton, and was hired Rupert Everett, Bryan Ferry, Ringo and Tatler for many years. by American Vogue as assistant to Starr and Barbara Bach, a restaurant the Art Director during the editorship on the King’s Road and a nightclub in of Diana Vreeland. Two years later the Dorchester Hotel, salons for the Elephant no.185

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A Penny For Your Thoughts Jane Morgan

Inspiration: in London. She studied at The Sir John editorial immediacy, providing the The ideology for the Elephant Parade Cass School of Art, graduating with viewer with a thematic for discussion project, borrows from the age-old a First Class Honours degree, before and elucidation. adage of exchanging a penny for a achieving an MA in Fine Art. thought. An elephant, it is said, never Jane’s photographic images were forgets and by using this concept, we As a conceptual artist, Jane selected for Bloomberg New in turn should not forget the elephant. is recognised for her narrative Contemporaries as part of the Liverpool photographic interpretations, Biennial. Her work was also included To examine this broad thematic, the diversifying with installation works. at The Royal College of Art, Lilly elephant is resplendent, gilded entirely Each project is approached as a Oncology Exhibition, before travelling to in thousands of one penny copper separate entity, allowing flexibility The Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. coins. The gleaming coins attract a across a spectrum of media. The She was also a successful participant natural curiosity, acting as a catalyst for versatility of her chosen projects, at The Royal Academy’s 2008 Summer a wider public debate on conservation. challenge the boundaries of Exhibition. The message is to encourage a greater conventional imagery, evoking an sense of societal responsibility, leading intriguing understanding between the viewer to consider the fragility of presentation and context. Her large- the planet and the plight of the Asian scale works, acknowledged as elephant. allegories, are indexical of the narrative text she chooses to illustrate. Jane’s Biography: methodology is consistent and highly Jane Morgan is a British artist, based expressive; her technique is one of Elephant no.123

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Lover Jeff Rowland

Inspiration: Print Association). After exhibiting in end of the film, relationships The movies and love scenes. a Northumberland gallery, his artwork are ending, implied by the use of was taken to the London Affordable falling rain. Biography: Art Fair, where he had a sell out in one After studying art at North Tyneside day. Things began to snowball and Jeff I like to let the viewer of the painting College, Jeff became self employed has since exhibited in Edinburgh and in make their own mind up about what is as a professional artist in 1984. He Dublin with equal success. happening with the characters in the used this time to experiment with all composition. I like to add street signs mediums including glass engraving, Jeff has always been fascinated in two pointing in two different directions printing and painting, but always areas of art; the implicit meaning and suggesting that these two people are seemed to be drawn back to oil the inspiration. He says, “I was inspired coming together, or are they splitting paint. Even as a child he remembers to paint a rain soaked street through up? Maybe they are having an affair; his grandmother using oil paint in a films I saw at the cinema. I watched is their love a secret or are they simply paint by numbers set; this caught his The Bridges of Madison County, a going back to the bar where they first attention and he was fascinated with film about an accidental relationship met? This is also helped by composing the medium. between a man and woman. The film is the painting on a street corner. A view always shot in beautiful sunshine, until of two roads meeting or two paths In 2000 he did a HND in advertising/ the end, when the relationship has to crossing. In their relationship, has the illustration as a visualiser, studying at end and the rain really falls, giving an bar become ‘their bar’? The viewer has Newcastle. While there, he worked on implicit meaning that the relationship the answer.” many live briefs and was successful is being washed away. The Road to in winning a NEPA award (North East Perdition is another example. At the Elephant no.125

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Mammoth Metaphor Peter Beard

Inspiration: extension of his diaries, as a way to burned diaries, taxidermy, African An encapsulation of his life’s work, preserve and remember vacations and artifacts, books and personal Peter Beard, in his own unique and favorite things. In 1957 he entered Yale memorabilia at the International Center inimitable style spent two months University as a pre-medical student, but of Photography (his first one man creating a masterpiece out of a collage perceiving humans as the main disease show) in New York City. of ink drawings, blood and over 1500 soon switched to art history. photographs spanning fifty years of In addition to creating original artwork, documenting the tragedy of the African Trips to Africa in 1955 and 1960 Beard has befriended and collaborated elephant. Disturbing and graphic, piqued his interests and after on projects with many artists including quirky and cynical, Peter’s magnificent graduating from Yale, he returned to Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth, Richard elephant re -defines the word ‘original’ Kenya. In the early 60s he worked Lindner, Terry Southern, Truman and sends a clear message that not at Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, Capote, and Francis Bacon. In 1996, only is mankind destroying this most during which time he photographed shortly after he was skewered and iconic of species, but how closely both and documented the demise of over trampled by an elephant, his first major the African and Asian elephant’s fate is 35,000 elephants and 5000 Black retrospective opened at the Centre linked to man’s. Rhinos and published two The End of National de la Photographie in Paris, the Game books (1965 & 1977). followed by other exhibits in Berlin, Biography: His first exhibit was at the Blum London, Toronto, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo Born in 1938 in New York City, Peter Helman Gallery In New York in and Vienna. He now lives in New York Beard kept diaries at an early age. He 1975 and was followed in 1977 City, Montauk Point, and Kenya with took his first pictures at twelve and by the landmark installation of his his wife Nejma and daughter Zara. photography quickly evolved into an photographs, elephant carcasses, Elephant no.198

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Hathi Manish Arora

Inspiration: stores worldwide. adjudged him to be the Best Indian The elephant is a much revered and Fashion Designer and featured him adored animal in India so I wanted Awards include the best Women’s on the cover of its March 2006 issue. to make my elephant a colourful and Prêt Designer at the first ever Indian Collaborations include make up gentle mascot from India. Fashion Awards held in Bombay and and cosmetics giant MAC, Reebok, the designer’s choice for best collection Swatch, NIVEA, Good Earth and Biography: award at Miami Fashion Week. Crystallized Swarovski Elements and Manish Arora launched his Label Manish had a successful debut at the he has even hosted his own TV show “Manish Arora” and started retailing in London Fashion Week in September on Discovery Travel and Living. Most India in 1997. Since then he has been 2005 and received an overwhelming recent achievements include being a front runner in the fashion industry, response from the press as well as inducted into the Chambre Syndicale with many achievements including the buyers. He opened his flagship de la Prêt à Porter, France and invited representing India at Hong Kong store in December 2005 at Lodhi by the Ministry of Culture, France, Fashion Week and participating at the Colony Market in New Delhi. Manish to showcase a retrospective of his first ever India Fashion Week held in also exhibited some of his work at the designs at the Palais Royale in Paris. New Delhi. In 2001 Manish launched Victoria & Albert Museum, London for his Label “Fish Fry” and showed this an exhibition called “Global Local” in collection in six leading cities in India. association with the British Council, His first flagship store Manish Arora India. Fish Fry opened in New Delhi and he also has stored in Mumbai and New A coveted fashion jury in a leading Delhi. He is stocked at 75 well known Indian publication OUTLOOK Elephant no.164

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Ampersand Luca Boonkerd Kaewdee

Inspiration: Biography: I work a lot with iron and I like to use Born15th January 1975, Luca studied the parts I have lying around. This gave at Chiang Mai University and achieved me the idea to create the Ampersand a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Major elephant, a robotic elephant that would in Sculpture. His recent achievements never become extinct. include creating his own business, Luka Art Design.

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Ferrous Michael Howells

Inspiration: advertising campaigns, including those of additional projects ranging from Decay, urban, lost horizons. for Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior. producing Kate Moss’ 30th birthday ‘The Beautiful & The Damned’ to an Biography: Howells is equally acclaimed for his imaginative strand of the interior of A production designer and art director work in the performing arts. His career Comme des Garcons’ Dover Street working both in film and in fashion, in film boasts production design for Market to set design for a Gwen Michael Howells is credited with titles including ‘Bright Young Things’ Stefani’s ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby’ realising some of the most spectacular with Stephen Fry, ‘Shackleton’ with video. and ambitious sets in either field. Charles Sturridge, ‘About Time Too’ and ‘Miss Julie’ with Mike Figgis, Howells’ exhibitions include Closely aligned with many of the ‘An Ideal Husband’, ‘Emma’ starring Ferragamo’s Cinderella (1998) at highest-profile practitioners in fashion, Gwyneth Paltrow, and ‘Nanny McPhee’ the Florence Biennale and ‘Hats: An Howells has designed numerous starring Emma Thompson. Howells’ Anthology by Stephen Jones’ exhibition sets for Christian Dior and own theatre design credits include MSM/ at the V&A (2009). In 2007 Howells name fashion shows. Howells has DV8 Physical Theatre at The Royal won the Prix d’Excellence de la Mode also realised catwalk presentations Court, ‘Towards Poetry’ for The Royal in Paris and the first Isabella Blow for Lacroix and McQueen. Creative Ballet, ‘Derdemon’ for the Statsoper, award for Fashion Creator of the Year relationships with photographers Mario Berlin, ‘Julius Tomb’ for Mark Baldwin from the British Fashion Council. He Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Company and ‘Constant Speed’ is also the Associate Designer of the particularly a longstanding collaboration celebrating Einstein’s Centenary for Rambert Dance Compnay. with Nick Knight, have seen Howells the Rambert Ballet, 2005. Such create sets for many of the major diverse projects have led to an array Elephant no.49

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Life-size oil painting of Tara by Richard Symonds

Richard was born in 1969 Surrey, painting of an African bull elephant This stunning piece of work will be England. On leaving school he worked called “Tembo”. It sold for a staggering displayed and available to buy via extensively around the Middle East $100,000.00 to a private collector silent auction. and North America for the military with a large donation from the before returning to his Surrey home sale going directly to The Born to develop his skills in a completely Free Foundation. different field, Art and Conservation. Entirely self taught and pursuing This year, Richard has supported a string of commissions including Elephant Family by painting ‘Hope’, www.richardsymonds.com amongst others, Harley-Davidson, the his elephant for Elephant Parade London Philharmonic Orchestra and London 2010 and with conservation the BBC, he decided to concentrate being such a passion, Richard solely on painting and drawing wild approached Elephant Family with the animals in their natural habitat. offer of painting another extraordinary life-size elephant on canvas; Tara. His work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Tara is the Asian elephant who the world including New York, Los enchanted the charismatic travel Angeles, Kenya, Botswana, South writer Mark Shand, and inspired him Africa, Russia, Hong Kong and to help set up the charity, Elephant Poland. Richard’s enthusiasm and Family - the official charity of Elephant commitment to wildlife is vividly Parade worldwide. Tara, which means illustrated in his work, and he has a star in Hindi, is affectionately credited rare ability to capture the true essence as the original founder of Elephant of each animal he paints. Family and now lives happily at Kipling Camp, India, enjoying the affection In 2006 Richard hit the headlines in and attention of many delighted guests all the daily newspapers and radio each year. Painting measures approx.10.2 feet x 7.2 feet when he completed his life-size oil Sepia oil on canvas

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