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Sir Peter Blake, Sarah Baker, Ian Monroe and Anthony Gross have been announced as 2007’s Art Car Commissions for Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, which is on this Sunday 8 July. Each artist has been asked to apply their creative ingenuity to the latest Vauxhall car models, and will also be selling their own work - from the boot of the car, of course.
But that’s just the tip of the artistic iceberg. Participating artists in the car boot sale include Gavin Turk, Tracey Emin, designer Vivienne Westwood, actor Rhys Ifans and even the local arts institution Bethnal Green Working Men's Club.
Arts Hub had a sneak peak behind the scenes and can reveal that Rose Blake is selling a limited edition T-shirt, VX Collective artist Daisuke Sakaguchi is flogging a Frida Kahlo t-shirt while Vanessa Fristedt has created some broad bean Princess Di cufflinks.
The Art Car Boot Fair is now in its fifth year. It began as a desire to pick up up on a 90s theme: Joshua Compston’s Fete Worse than Death and Gavin Turk’s Livestock Market and Articultural Shows - all of which re-introduced some summer fun and frivolity into a thriving but increasingly commercial London art scene.
The organisers aim for the Art Car Boot Fair to be a day when the artists let their hair down and for all-comers to engage with art in a totally informal way, and to pick up some real art bargains to boot! Sisters and co-curators Karen Ashton and Helen Hayward said “This year’s art car boot fair line-up is the best yet with stacks of witty and original artwares on offer and lots of surprises in store.”
The sale will have all the goodies that have made it famous: artists selling bargains out of the back of cars, boxes or tables.
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New to this year’s bigger and better Booty Stage will be a must-see line-up of acts, including the human Beatbox, thrills from burlesque star Lily White, Devlin Love from Alabama 3 and a Shirley Temple/Bing Crosby number from double act Sophie Parkin & Richard Dyer.
Get there early – there are 60 artists with pitches and a few more enterprising students and professionals who try to sneak in with a secret stash to sell.
The Art Car Boot Sale is at 146 Brick Lane, London E1, Sunday 8 July from 12-6pm. Entry is £2.
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