Artist Unveils The World's Largest Painting of Diana
Written by Joanne Leyland
Thursday, 05 April 2007
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She was one of the most photographed women of our time.
Now, almost a decade since her tragic death, Diana, Princess of Wales has been immortalised once more, this time in the form of the world's largest painting of the Princess whose face continues to adorn newspapers and magazines worldwide.
While thousands flocked to the gates of Kensington Palace to lay flowers following the Paris crash which killed the Princess, Dodi Al Fayed and Henri Paul on August 31st 1997, inside a studio in London a young artist was getting to work on his own very unique tribute, one which may possibly find its way into the record books as the largest ever royal portrait.
Titled Diana 36 Times in honour of each year of the Princess's all-too-short life, the dimensions of Rush Ounvises's work, which took 12 days to complete, are a staggering 3.6 metres by 1.2 metres.
However, the dimensions of the artwork have raised one significant problem for the artist-run Moso Arthouse gallery, as Ms Meldrum admits: "We are also looking for a new permanent home for her, as our gallery is simply too small to accommodate its sheer size."
According to Anni Meldrum, the Director of the Islington
gallery which is displaying the Diana tribute as part of a one-day
street art festival in Islington this Easter weekend: "We are hoping to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of her death by showing this wonderful
piece directly to the public after it had been hidden for almost a
decade."
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