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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

IS THIS A GENUINE FAN GOGH?


This painting was done in acrylics and ink, it was titled "THE ECSTASY and THE AGONY"-It shows an Arsenal fan(I used myself as the model)- by taking pictures of myself in both moods, joyful and then in despair). I planned the composition to reveal both moods but allowing the joyful mood to prevail. It was done in 2 days but took weeks and weeks of planning and thinking. The results came out today (1st of June, 2007) and a ManUtd fan won! You can see this on the Barclays Premiership website. I was one of the 5 runner-ups! All works submitted were not to be bigger than A4 size, mine was exactly A4 size.

Is this a genuine Fan Gogh?
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Adebanji Alade's image of a celebrating Arsenal fan
AN ARTIST and football fan has combined both his passions and landed himself in the finals of an international art competition.
Adebanji Alade, 35, of Waterfield Close, Belvedere, has made it onto a shortlist of 22 for the Barclays' Finding Fan Gogh football art competition.
The competition attracted more than 1,600 entries from 28 countries, including Australia, the USA and China.
Barclays, which sponsors the English Premiership, launched the competition in November last year.
Entries included photographs, computer generated images and collages as well as paintings and drawings.
A dedicated Arsenal fan, Mr Alade has been drawing pictures of Arsenal players since he was six. He is married with a two-year-old son, Joshua, who has inherited his passion for art.
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A panel of judges, including chairman of the Arts Council of England Sir Christopher Frayling, artist Sir Peter Blake, Barclays marketing director Jim Hytner and West Ham striker Terry Sheringham, will select the winner at the end of this week.
The winner will not only receive a £10,000 prize, but their artwork will also be displayed on a billboard outside their favourite Premiership ground.
Five runners-up will each receive £1,000.
8:48am Saturday 12th May 2007
Adebanji Alade

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