12 ч 27 июл 2021 г. - PANTHEON ART
Johnny Depp
Collection
'V' ORIGINAL
Artwork & Video
Charity
Описание:
Johnny Depp 'V' New art has been developed with Johnny Depp as a prelude to the “Character Beyond Celebrity” collection.
Johnny’s collaboration with Pantheon Art was revealed 27 July 2021. Titled “V” (and stylised as “卌” by Johnny), the unique painting was created by the British artist Preston Jones, who has worked several times with Johnny to raise awareness and funds for major charities. Although not much information is known, it was created in 2020 and described as being an acrylic on canvas, embellished and signed by Johnny. The canvas size 1000mm x 1000mm.
Personalised by Johnny.
The art was specially decorated by Johnny himself using blue, green, red and white markers over the original piece. A video was released showing the behind the scenes of the creation with Johnny and the Hollywood Vampires’ “Heroes” as background song. Although it’s unknown where it was filmed, it seems to have happened sometime in April 2021 sometime after/before Johnny travel to Barcelona for the the Spanish premiere of “Minamata”.
Although Johnny has his own meaning behind the “V” (or 5/five in Roman numerals), his stylised “ 卌”, is named Tally Marks (or Hash Marks) which are most useful in counting or tallying ongoing results, and mostly known for being used in prisons to count days.
Meaning: Why five?
The amount of years Johnny has been suffering with Ms. Heard hoax: 5 years (2016 - 2021)
Original Version and Original Photo
The current painting was slightly altered in its colours from the original version, which is based on a photo from the photoshoot of “Dior” in 2015.
Charity
Johnny chose to donate his entire proceeds from the sale of these artworks to charity (which starts at £2,000) to two institutions: The “Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity”, the hospital Johnny is forever thankful for saving Lily-Rose’s life in 2007 when she was hospitalised after contracting an E. Coli infection that caused kidney failure, and to the “Los Angeles Children’s Hospital”, the hospital that Johnny has been making charitable donations for a long time.
Character Beyond Celebrity Collection
Certain stars have been embraced by the world because of their personal character, beyond their roles and celebrity status. These stars have typically made a mark in many fields – not just acting or music, but also sport and business – and have a depth of character that their audience engages with.
The “Character Beyond Celebrity” series focuses on these iconic stars and portrays them in a series of artworks that captures their true personality. Pantheon are working closely with these subjects to create a world class series of original, unique silkscreen portraits that are often hand embellished by the celebrity and endorsed with their signature.
Pantheon Art
The Pantheon Art website no longer has a page dedicated to this launch and the videos released at the time have been deleted from YouTube. The video attached herewith is one taken from Facebook dated 27 July 2021.
Johnny is donating all proceeds to GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital) and CHLA (The Children's Hospital of LA)