PRESS RELEASE
Hello, I want to thank you for coming today. My name is Chris Greenwood and I am the Founder of Red Line Art Works. We are based in Bath (U.K).
Red Line Art Works is a global arts project. Of course, art can be many different things - we love all of its variety and diversity. But Humanity faces big global issues today that no previous generations of artists have faced.
So, we look for artists who reflect these big global concerns in their art works ( for example : climate change, inequality, war, enverimental destruction, poverty, corrupt power, patriarchy, bad government and bad leaders, failure of justice, etc);
But Red Line Art Works is not a political campaign - we are a global arts project. We are open to all art forms - worldwide. For example : painting, drawing, illustration, graphic design, printmaking, land art, ceramics, literature,music, songs and sounds, cartoons, eco art, film and video, murals, installations, sculpture, animation, graffiti, fabrics, performance of all kinds, etc.
On our website you can see art from 25 countries including : Australia, Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, England, Germany, India, Italy, Latvia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Romania, Rwanda, Scotland, Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden, Ukraine ans USA (This list is expanding).
Each year we give only two awards. One is for a single pieces of art work. The other for a series of art works. We are here today to present Gabriella with the award for her series "Brave New Old Worlds".It includes over 50 paintings and a 120-page book.
Gabriella's brillant paintings draw attention to the millions of victims of the (never-ending) "War on Terror" and other conflicts. For example the recent conflits in Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, Chechnya, Libya, Mali, Ukraine, Syria, Yemen - and failures in some parts in Europe (for example in my own country) to help refugees.
Gabriella paintings heve been exhibited around Europe, they speak in all languages to the whole world, they say important things and we recommend het high quality work for everyone.
So now I ask Gabriella to receive this Award. Many congratulations to you Gabriellla.