RAARR by various artists

Raarr (pronounced RAAARRGHHH!) is an exhibition consisting of collaborative zoological drawings. However, ordinary collaborations they are not. The involved artists are in fact a whole generation apart.

Twenty two illustrators have been specially commissioned to draw a reptile, bird, mammal, amphibian, fish or insect of their choosing… sans-head or face. Upon completion these headless wonders will be passed onto the real talent: twenty two eager school children who will receive the baton from the illustrators and complete the drawings; adding features, colour, limbs, even names, whilst not forgetting the all important heads.

Most of the younger collaborators will be friends and relatives of their “bigger-kid” counterparts. However some of the participating illustrators are from distant corners of the world, so the help of local primary schools has been enlisted to contribute to the project. As half of the work is by children it was thought only fair that all of the profits made from the show will be donated to the NSPCC, a UK children’s charity based a stones throw from The Book Club.

Thursday 19th January saw the launch of the exhibition where guests will be able to pick up one of the limited edition prints hand customised by the younger artists and listen to Hung Drawn & Quartered (NTS family) providing an auditory backdrop to the evening.

Screen and risograph printing courtesy of James Ari King, It Drew Itself and Ditto Press. Exhibition concept and curation by Jason Kerely . Exhibition directed by Liat Chen and assisted by Tigana Sari.

Contributing illustrators and their chosen creatures:

Mike Bertino: Babbon

Jon Boam: Bat

James Clapham: Ostrich

Kristina collantes: Ring Tailed Lemur

Jay Cover (Nous Vous): Crocodile

Kristian Hammerstad: Pig

Jason Kerley: Shark

James Ari King: Bear

Micah Lidberg: Horse

Antonio Ladrillo: Worm

Miss Lotion: Wild Boar