Cure3 brings the art world to Bonhams to raise awareness on Parkinson’s disease

Cure Parkinson’s in association with Bonhams in London and Artwise announces the fourth edition of Cure3, a fundraising exhibition dedicated to the awareness and research of Parkinson’s disease. The art exhibition brings together almost 100 internationally renowned artists, including returning ‘cubists’, Ron Arad, Rana Begum, Conrad Shawcross, Idris Khan, Mona Hatoum and Polly Morgan and is joined by one of the UK’s most iconic artists, Tracey Emin this year. Furthermore two-dimensional, 20 x20 cm works by artists including Sir Frank Bowling will be shown alongside the traditional Cure3 format of original artworks created in or on 20 cubic cm perspex boxes. The 2023 edition also presents Cure3 on the digital platform, metaverse with specially commissioned NFTs, working with generative artists minting NFTs and experts in the field, Foteini Valeonti and Alex Estorick.

Talking about Cure3 2023, Susie Allen and Laura Culpan of Artwise said: “The creativity of our ‘cubists’ never ceases to amaze us and each response has been unique, original and different from the next one - now with our fourth edition of Cure3, we felt it was a good time to push the concept and literally think outside of the box. We are delighted to announce two entirely new approaches to the familiar ‘cube’ concept. Artists have been offered a choice between a 3D cube Perspex box space or a 2D square panel and it’s been exciting to see sculptors, as well as painters, use the square as part of their work in inventive and innovative ways. We are also excited to announce the addition of specially commissioned NFTs for Cure3 2023, trialling a new format of charitable giving in cryptocurrency.”

In the art exhibition are Frank Bowling’s Lying Down One, Tracey Emin’s And You Kissed Me, Idris Khan’s Stamps, Bouke de Vries’ Parkinson Memory Vessel, Chantal Joffe’s Angry Self-Portrait and Anna Boggon’s Of the hand is a working, to name a few. In the statement about his work, Love Song in a Cube, which appears to draw on the lines of his earlier sculptures and installations from the Love Song Series, Ron Arad shares, “What if? Is often the driving force behind creating new artwork. Yes, you can try and guess what an outcome might be, you can try and imagine what will happen if you do something like, for example, forcing a reflective LoveSong into a transparent cube, trying to interfere, trying to control - but the best is to get something you could not totally predict, something better than you deserve!” Narrating the concept of her work, No. 1188 Mesh, which reminds one of her solo show 'Dappled Light' in London, Rana Begum states, “Developed from an ongoing series of spray paintings, these mesh sculptures indicate a departure for Begum as she moves away from the language of minimalist geometry and towards something more organic and amorphous. This body of work is a sculptural reimagining of paint layering on a canvas, creating planes of transparent colour that merge and blend.”

“Space is a constant challenge in the studio. Like most sculptors, I want to use every inch available," shares Olivia Bax. On being tasked with making a sculpture for a manageable-sized cube, she shares, "I wanted the work to test the limits of the dimensions. Inspired by the expression ‘full to the brim," I allowed the work to expand. It has bent, stooped, snaked and snuggled into the cube, hence the title: Coorie is a Scots word for nestling." For Cure3, Walid Siti has created a piece titled Mountains can meet! an ironic take on the common phrase ‘Mountains can’t meet but people do’.

“I search for intriguing objects to use as a springboard for my ceramic works. Delightful finds have ranged from the extraordinary such as the arm of a chandelier and an old-style breast pump, and the ordinary and overlooked such as my collection of unusually shaped sticks. These objects fuel my interest in the relationships between disharmony and ambiguity on the one hand and stillness and calm on the other. I use bone china in pastel-coloured shades to transform my objects into miniature ceramic sculptures. I cast and hand-build them occasionally combining other materials and small-scale objects. I present them together as contemporary still-life assemblages. Currently, I am creating islands - stand-alone forms, some fixed, some floating. I am inventing imaginary worlds achieved with unlikely mixes of surface, colour and scale,” says Anna Gibbs about her Island.

Among the may artists presenting exceptional pieces at the exhibition are Hurvin Anderson, Michelangelo Bastiani, Emily Buck, Clare Burnett, Ben Johnson, Debbie Lawson, Jennifer Lee, Chris Levine, Katie McGuire, Victoria Morton, Zara Ramsay, Yinka Shonibare, Amy Stephens and Hugo Wilson.

Furthermore, generative artists, minting NFTs including Anna Carreras, Anna Lucia, Lunarean, Marcelo Soria Rodriquez, Nat Sarkissian, Iskra Velitchkova, Yazid, Zancan will also be a part of the fourth edition.

“It’s wonderful to be announcing the fourth iteration of Cure3, now a well-established feature in the calendar for art aficionados and collectors, as well as an important funding source for Cure Parkinson’s research programme. We’re extremely grateful to all the artists who have contributed their time, talent and work to the event, and excited to see that the Cure3 cube format has continued to stimulate and inspire original, beautiful and witty pieces, even as it continues to develop and extend. We’re greatly looking forward to being able to see the full exhibition on display at Bonhams in January,” shares Charles Kirwan-Taylor, Chair of the Cure3 committee.

Cure3 exhibition will take place at Bonhams London from January 13, 2023, to January 17, 2023.