Unicef- Bottoms up for Brosnan

[Ace]

Irish Independent: Bottoms up for Brosnan

Sunday April 3rd 2005

I ALWAYS believed a wonderful actor like Pierce Brosnan made a complete arse of himself taking on the 007 role. And Kevin Sharkey's new painting of the Navan born superstar appears to confirm my worst fears.

Together with Jeff Koons and Damien Hirsch, Sharkey was asked by UNICEF recently to produce a portrait of Brosnan for a charity auction. Presumably James Bond will be shaken but not stirred when he sees the painting is, says the openly gay Sharkey with a cheeky grin, "not of his face. Pierce Brosnan's bottom (for so it is) coming under the hammer should cause a homoerotic frisson at the auction."

Kevin is in Ibiza busily painting, he says, for the biggest exhibition of his career: 'The Gresham Show' June 16-19, 2005 at the Gresham Hotel (Six paintings by Sharkey/O Malley/Le Brouquey/Crozir/Vallely). "Not bad company eh?"

'Sin', his summer exhibition opened on Friday at L, Aisha Galleria, Via Punica, Ibiza. RTE have been over to Spain to film him for an upcoming documentary about his work. This is especially good since his last RTE outing was on Celebrity Farm. "It's very flattering and it's nice to feel loved while I am alive and have all my own teeth." Kevin clearly knows the value of not biting the hand that feeds.

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And the clarification on the misplaced quote:

Gremlin who's shaken not stirred

Indeed it was very much a case of the gremlins when I wrote about Kevin Sharkey's painting of a certain part of Pierce Brosnan's anatomy for a forthcoming Unicef charity do. My line about Brosnan's derriere "coming under the hammer, so to speak, certain to cause something of a homoerotic frisson" ended up in quotation marks for reasons best known to myself. I was obviously wearing oven gloves when I typed in that story.

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So where do we bid on this painitng and I'd like to see what I'm bidding for.

Ace

[Yuliya]

I also need to know if PB posed for the painting himself or a double was used.

[Ace]

I doubt he posed for it since the article implies he will be shaken and not stirred when he sees what it is. But there's more than enough filmic and photographic evidence to make one from though.

Ace

[Yuliya]

Ah, but that's not quite the same... On film we may still hope, but knowing the artist wasn't in the presence of the original article... Nope, not quite the same...

[Ace]

They banned it! How close minded. Hurumph.

Hmmm, I wonder where he displays it?

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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Colourful Sharkey exhibits his ‘Love’ in Newport

Kevin Sharkey, one of Ireland's most successful and respected artists, is to cap off a phenomenally successful year with 'LOVE', an exhibition of his new work at the recently opened Kevin Sharkey Gallery in Newport.

During 2005, Sharkey had a string of hugely successful exhibitions (including a sellout show with legends of the Irish art-world, Louis Le Brocquy, the late great Tony O'Malley and William Crozier at The Gresham in Dublin), opened a gallery in Ibiza, was the subject of a major RTE documentary (on his life and work), installed a major painting at Inchydonny Spa, created paintings for and redesigned La Stampa Hotel in Dublin (where he was Artist in Residence), installed permanent paintings in the penthouse suites at The Gresham Hotel in Dublin and created the controversial 'Pierce Brosnan's Arse' (sensationally banned by UNICEF).

In September, Sharkey and gallery proprietors Debbie and Mark Rooney opened The Kevin Sharkey Gallery, at Main Street, in Newport, Co.Mayo, exclusively featuring the artist's work.
The gallery has been a runaway success within its first few months of exhibiting, with the artist's stunning 'THE SUN, THE MOON & THE STARS' exhibition proving hugely popular with the flood of fans who have visited in search of his distinctively bold, pulsating and deeply personal
His painting 'Oro' (Gold) was the star attraction at a charity auction recently for St. Dominic's at Hotel Newport.

The Kevin Sharkey gallery recently introduced Sharkey's brand new range of signed prints of an outstanding selection of the artist's recent paintings.

'Sharkey Classics' like 'The Washerwoman', 'Stations of the Cross' and 'Matador' feature alongside more recent work from his La Stampa Collection including 'Into the Night' and 'Little Miss Muffet'.

The gallery also now has a range of Sharkey designed gift tokens available.
Gallery opening hours: Friday 6pm - 9pm & Saturday 10am - 6pm or by appointment. For further info: tel: [phone] / mob: [phone] or email [e-mail].

[Barbara]

"Arse not what Brosnan can do for you, Arse what you can do for Brosnan."

OK...I still want to know. Donde esta la pictura?

Love...B

PS: For all concerned, I know the Spanish above is missing some accents and the first question mark.

[sparklingblue]

Does banned mean I won't get to see it? Hpmff!

Can't they put it up on piercebrosnan.com under "fanart"?

[Yuliya]

Why not just put up a photograph of the real thing, then?

[sparklingblue]

Or both, to compare. ;D

[Yuliya]

My very thoughts. ;D