British sculptor and creator of the Alternative Miss World, Andrew Logan, has created a unique rainbow wearable art piece, in his signature style in mirror, to fundraise for the mental health charity MindOut. This will be raffled after the 5 July 2020, entries are £5 and are via the Just Giving website.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/andrewloganrainbowheart
The sculpture is a heart made with coloured mirror glass and features all seven colours of the rainbow, inlaid into resin and hung from a string of pearl beads. This special piece can be worn as a necklace or displayed as an Objet d’art as a possible wall hanging, window decoration or mobile. As with all of Logan’s creations, this is a one-off kind, handcrafted piece of art. This is the first piece Logan has made during lockdown. Logan wanted to create a work to help raise funds for a charity, inspired by the symbolism of rainbows in support of Key Workers during the Covid pandemic he created “Peace” . Aware of the impact the pandemic has had on the nation’s mental health, Andrew has decided to raise funds for an LGBTQ+ mental health charity Mind Out.
CEO of Mind Out, Helen Jones commented,
“The heart is beautiful and a very generous donation from Andrew. All the money raised through the auction will go directly to support LGBTQ+ people who experience mental health issues. We are really concerned about the rise in mental health issues during the current pandemic and how much of an impact this is having on LGBTQ people. Many of us are dealing with losing our previous support, living in inadequate and hostile situations and losing our livelihoods. Many people are experiencing a mental health crisis for the first time.”
The Rainbow Heart will be offered as a raffle prize in exchange for donations to MindOut, each £5 donation until 8pm on 5 July 2020 earning one ticket entry into the raffle. Details are:
Mind out
MindOut charity is a mental health service run by and for LGBTQ people. They work to improve the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQ communities and to make mental health a community concern. www.mindout.org.uk
Andrew Logan
Sculptor Andrew Logan now lives in Wales after 40 years in London, most notably The Glasshouse in Bermondsey. He has been creating sculptures, jewellery, mirror portraits and performances for over 50 years. Best known for his ‘living sculpture’ event, the Alternative Miss World, which he created in 1972.
As an artist Andrew Logan has work within various international collections, most notably his portrait of the Fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In 1991 the Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture in Berriew was open, which was the first museum in Europe to be dedicated exclusively to the work of one living artist. He and his partner, Michael Davis, also remodelled Berriew’s Lion Hotel –which is now an art hotel with Andrew Logan themed rooms.
