Catherine Mann at The RA 2008
Catherine Mann's print of Carbury Tower has been selected along with a few other artists to appear in this years Royal Acadmey Summer Exhibition 2008. The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world, drawing together a wide range of new work by both established and unknown living artists. Catherine's painting has since been sold.
Now in its 240th year, the exhibition includes around 1,200 works and the majority of works are for sale. This year’s exhibition coordinators are Royal Academicians Humphrey Ocean, Tony Cragg and Gordon Benson, and the theme is Man Made. Highlights of the show include a memorial gallery dedicated to the extraordinary artistic achievements of the late RB Kitaj, featuring some of Kitaj’s greatest works alongside recent paintings which are available for sale. Recently elected Academician Tracey Emin has curated a gallery, and the exhibition also includes a dedicated area for photographic works. Finally, the Academy's Courtyard plays host to a monumental sculpture by Sir Anthony Caro, titled Promenade. Once again the Academy is working closely with BBC2 on a special edition of The Culture Show which will celebrate Summer Exhibition 2008.
In 2006 Emma Knowles was selected to participate in the BBC TV series Star Portraits. The BBC 1 show, which is fronted by Rolf Harris CBE, using the format of a celebrity sitting for three portrait painters, whilst being informally 'interviewed' by Rolf Harris. Emma's showed involved Carry On and Eastenders star Barbara Windsor MBE. The two other artists selected for this show were Tom Wood, and Felicity Gill. All three portrait painters vastly different in how they both approach their work and deliver the final piece. Initially the artists were allowed a three hour sitting at hfh llg dljgl dfkj
since the late 19th century and this award is designed to redeem this gap in provision and to restore this important art form to its rightful place in a modern Wales. 