So Far, So Close: Charity Lot For Ukraine
A Message from Tate Ward:
Tate Ward is honoured to have had the opportunity to offer this one of one artwork by @pejac_art in our Tate Ward x Artsy online only auction. All proceeds will be donated to NGO's: Voices of Children and Acted in support of the ongoning crisis in Ukraine. We are very grateful to see how people are helping in this crisis.
We are so thankful to @pejac_art for creating and offering this artwork, as well as all the bidders and everyone who shared this artwork. What a fantastic result, for such an important cause.
This artwork sold for £40,000 inc buyers premium.
The Artwork:
On the 23rd of February Pejac released his latest print: So Far, So Close, dealing with the indiscriminate and senseless loss that comes with war, not knowing that the very next day Russian forces would invade Ukraine. It is a striking image that depicts an infinite circular trench embedded in a desolate landscape, as soldiers burst over the top into battle. This artwork challenges the simplistic duality with which the war is too often described, as the artist himself puts it “sometimes perceiving someone as a friend or a foe is just a matter of perspective”.
Trying to offer some help in this painful situation, the artist is offering a totally unique print proof of So Far, So Close at a charity auction. All 100% of the proceeds will be given to the NGOs Voices of Children, focused on helping children who have suffered as a result of military operations to recover psychologically and psychosocially, and Acted, a French NGO that works to provide basic necessities to the population as well as helping in evacuation and crisis management training.
The print itself measures 110 x 80 cm, and is the result of a painstaking multiphase production process that adds a novel feature to Pejac’s print-making practice: the use of the monotype technique. To this one of one print proof, with the edition number #10/15, the artist has also hand-drawn in the finishing details of two plumes of blue and yellow coloured smoke, aswell as different shades of acrylic and coloured pencils to different areas of the print.
Please visit: www.pejac.es, for more infomation on this piece and a variety of other artwork offered by Pejac.
Technical Details:
So Far, So Close - Artist’s Proof Print
110 x 80 cm (43.3 x 31.5 inch)
Single-coloured hand-pulled photopolymer on hand-coloured monotype
Okawara paper on Velin d’Arches cotton paper 300 gsm
Hand-finished by the artist by use of acrylic paint and pencil
Signed and numbered by the artist
A certificate of authenticity will be issued six months after the purchase
Packed and delivered in a custom-made wooden crate featuring a laser-engraved image of one scene of the artwork
So Far, So Close - Postcard Lottery Ticket
21 x 14.8 cm (8.27 x 5.83 inch)
High-quality digital print in colour
Finesse Premium Silk 350 gsm paper mounted on 2.25 mm grey cardboard
Hand-finished by the artist by use of acrylic paint
Signed by the artist