Art Auction | Bhopal Medical Appeal
FEATURING BHOPAL POTS BY ANISH KAPOOR, ANTONY GORMLEY, BARRY REIGATE, CONRAD SHAWCROSS, GARY HUME, GAVIN TURK, HARLAND MILLER, JASON BROOKS, LANGLANDS, BELL, MARC QUINN, MAT COLLISHAW, MONA HATOUM, PATRICK HUGHES, POLLY MORGAN, SIMON PERITON, SIR PETER BLAKE, STEPHEN WEBSTER, SUBODH GUPTA, THE CHAPMAN BROTHERS, TIM NOBLE, SUE WEBSTER, TRACEY EMIN, YINKA SHONIBARE MBE AND PURE EVILPhillips de Pury & Company are delighted to be hosting a charity auction in conjunction with Tatler magazine and Hamish McAlpine on the 11th October to raise awareness and funds for the Bhopal Medical Appeal.To commemorate the passing of 25 years since the World’s worst-ever industrial disaster, The Bhopal Medical Appeal, has invited 25 of the World’s finest contemporary artists to contribute to a high profile exhibition and auction in London on 11th October.
Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Barry Reigate, Conrad Shawcross, Gary Hume, Gavin Turk, Harland Miller, Jason Brooks, Langlands, Bell, Marc Quinn , Mat Collishaw ,Mona Hatoum, Patrick Hughes, Polly Morgan, Simon Periton, Sir Peter Blake , Stephen Webster, Subodh Gupta, The Chapman Brothers, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Tracey Emin, Yinka Shonibare MBE and Pure Evil have all decorated a traditional water carrying pot, still used by many people for their daily collection of water. These will be auctioned to raise funds for the Sambhavna Clinic, an award-winning clinic which provides healthcare and support for the Bhopal victims and the surrounding communities and is entirely dependent on donations. The pots are particularly symbolic as they highlight the ‘hidden’ second disaster of Bhopal’s toxic drinking water which continues to poison tens of thousands of people who have to drink it daily.Commenting on the disaster, leading British Artist, Tracey Emin said, “It was an atrocity that left so many people with so many unanswered questions.”
The Bhopal Chemical Gas DisasterThe Bhopal Chemical Gas Disaster of December 3rd 1984 is the World’s worst ever industrial disaster. Highly toxic Methyl Isocyanate, used in the manufacture of the insecticide Sevin, leaked from a badly maintained American owned Union Carbide factory, late in the night of the 2nd December, killing at least 8,000 people and injuring hundreds of thousands more.Important safety systems that would have prevented the disaster had been switched off to save money.Nearly 25 years later, over 30,000 people have died and 120,000 chronically ill survivors are in desperate need of medical attention. Children are regularly born with terrible birth defectsThe Union Carbide site (now owned by Dow) remains seriously contaminated with chemical waste continuing to poison people living near the abandoned factory.
The Bhopal Chemical Gas DisasterThe Bhopal Chemical Gas Disaster of December 3rd 1984 is the World’s worst ever industrial disaster. Highly toxic Methyl Isocyanate, used in the manufacture of the insecticide Sevin, leaked from a badly maintained American owned Union Carbide factory, late in the night of the 2nd December, killing at least 8,000 people and injuring hundreds of thousands more.Important safety systems that would have prevented the disaster had been switched off to save money.Nearly 25 years later, over 30,000 people have died and 120,000 chronically ill survivors are in desperate need of medical attention. Children are regularly born with terrible birth defectsThe Union Carbide site (now owned by Dow) remains seriously contaminated with chemical waste continuing to poison people living near the abandoned factory.