A new foundation for emerging art has been launched
Corinthian Contemporary Art Partnership
In October 2022, an art foundation was launched in London with the aim of supporting emerging art - Corinthian Contemporary Art Partnership (CCAP). The foundation is a collaboration between art critic Anda Kļaviņa and financier Charles Bromley & partners. As the first works of art for its collection the foundation has acquired drawings and paintings by the young Irish artist Richard Magee and a sculpture by Daiga Grantiņa.
Potential partnership members (mainly with the City of London background) and arts professionals were invited to the launch of CCAP at the famous Reform Club. At the opening, founding partner Charles Bromley expressed his belief that in the current crisis investment in emerging art is needed more than ever.
Richard Magee: Channel Tunnel ’94, 2021–22, oil, acrylic, plaster, dispersion and homemade pigment from soil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, Corinthian Contemporary Art Partnership collection
By participating in the partnership, its members fund the creation of a professionally curated collection that resides in members' homes during the creation period. CCAP undertakes to proactively promote the further career development of the artists in the collection by cooperating with galleries, museums, curators and the art press.
Richard Magee: Studio visit, 2022 / CCAP
“Our focus is on art that reflects its time, challenging the boundaries of art media,” Anda Kļaviņa summed up the focus of the collection. The opening event featured a film about the work of painter Richard Magee “Studio Visit.” “Magee reflects contemporary conditions through paintings that balance on the border of objects. His source material is ‘found information’ from his year of birth - 1994.” CCAP owns Magee’s “Channel Tunnel ’94.”
Richard Magee: Channel Tunnel ’94, 2021–22, oil, acrylic, plaster, dispersion and homemade pigment from soil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, Corinthian Contemporary Art Partnership collection
“Daiga Grantiņa, however, is one of the most important voices in contemporary sculpture. When visiting the exhibitions of young authors, it quickly becomes clear how deeply Daiga’s sculptural search in the properties of light and color has influenced the next generation.” At the art market Frieze, CCAP bought the sculpture “Lake Orta (Venta)” by Daiga Grantiņa, in which the artist studied the qualities of the mountain lake.
Anda Kļaviņa and Olga Temnikova
“Collecting art is a civic duty,” said Leopold Thun, co-founder of the gallery Emalin, which represents Daiga Grantiņa and Augusta Serapinas, in his address to the guests of the evening. According to his observations, an artist’s career develops fastest when his/her work becomes an important part or even a symbol of a subculture. As an example, he cited Basquiat’s connection to hip-hop and the symbolism of Alvaro Barrington’s work in the context of minority cultures.
CCAP also plans to establish an art residency in Ibiza and support art projects related to the collection’s artists. The first of them was the group exhibition “Ruins” in Sicily with the participation of Inga Meldere, Ilga Leimanis and Richard Magee.
“It has always been my professional mission, to help the art of Latvia and the Baltic region in the international scene. This is a great opportunity to support the integration of the art of Latvia and the Baltic region on the international scene,” said Anda Kļaviņa.
You can find out more about the CCAP foundation at www.corinthiancontemporary.art.
