In Canary Wharf's Weekly Financial Newspaper- The Wharf, GGGallery's Partner Geza Toth - Feher is interviewed about his reasons for opening GGGallery.
“I'm also obsessed....by Max Wiedemann, an ad exec-turned-artist who has celebrities flocking to be immortalized by him. I was lucky enough to have him paint me, graffiti-style, on a six foot canvas that looked as if I was on the cover of a magazine, for a project during London Fashion Weekend. His latest muse is Elle MacPherson, and if you're curious to check out his wares, head to the GG Gallery on Blenheim Crescent, Notting Hill, before July 1st” Louise Roe
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Max Wiedemann was commissioned for March 17th's Big Issue to paint Elle Mac Pherson. In the interview inside Elle said "I'm a big fan of Max's work... Max and I have similar approaches in appealing to the masses."
Max Wiedemann's paintings of Leona Lewis, Miley Cyrus, Adele, Jordin Sparkes and other mega stars, with his signature and name, was featured full page in the giant USA glossy - USA Weekly!
Maximilian Wiedemann - www.agallery.co.uk/gallery.php?cat=13415
Max Wiedemann's art was featured on the world's most hated gossip site - Perez Hilton - perezhilton.com/2009-08-28-baby-divas
Maximilian Wiedemann - www.agallery.co.uk/gallery.php?cat=13415
The Biggest Band of 2007, according to NME, The Killers, commissioned Paul Normansell to do the artwork for their album "Day and Age" and single "Human" after seeing our article in GQ magazine. The Killers loved the paintings Paul did for them so much that they based their video for "Human" around his work which has been seen by tens of millions of people!
Rolling Stone called it The Best Album Art of 2008.
The Wikipedia on the album and single are here:
Day and Age: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_&_Age
Human: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_(The_Killers_song)
And you can see the video on The Killers site: www.thekillers.co.uk
(copyright info: This image is copyright of Universal Music and can only be used to illustrate a discussion of the music or art itself)
GQ Magazine, the largest mens magazine in England, put DORMICE in the coolest 100 things in the world in their 20th Anniversary issue - December 2008. They said:
The art of fashion.
Painting in praise of fashion, or ambiguous art for anti fashionistas? What's clear is that DORMICE - Tuscany based Heinrich Nicolaus and Sawan Yawnghwe - are causing a stir among the sytle elite. In vividly luminescent colours they comment on the poses and compositions of fashion photography, often subverting the concious sexiness by daubing slogans atop. Controversioal, compelling, and downright erotic.
The clincher: Leonardo Di Caprio, Roberto Cavelli and Versace are all fans.
VH1 put images of Max Wiedemann's paintings on mega posters on Rodeo Drive and Sunset blvd - seen by hundreds of thousands of people in Hollywood, VH1 definitely chose the right artist to get them attention and street cred.
Maximilian Wiedemann - www.agallery.co.uk/gallery.php?cat=13415
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, the lead stars from the biggest movie of 2009, came into Wanted Gallery on 16th October 2009 and agreed to Paul Harvey doing a painting of them. If they like what he paints they will own the painting and sign some limited edition prints (GG Gallery will donate 10 of those to a charity that helps literacy in India.)
It was a lovely co-incidence because the title of Paul Harvey's show which opens on 21st October is "Famous Doubles" and Freida and Dev are the most famous double in the world in 2009!
To see the art in "Famous Doubles" click this link: www.agallery.co.uk/gallery.php?cat=7698
(Image taken by João Sá E Sousa)
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