DEBORAH BELL

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Deborah Bell Unearthed III at the Gloria Steinem Foundation, New York City

April 26, 2024

American journalist and social activist, Gloria Steinem, celebrated her 90th birthday with the launch of the Gloria Steinem Foundation in New York City. Steinem describes the Foundation as “an incubator for activism.”

Deborah Bell’s Unearthed III bronze figure sits in the heart of the Foundation’s newly renovated gardens. Following Steinem’s first encounter with the sculpture a decade ago in South Africa, friends and colleagues worked behind the scenes to find and bring the sculpture to NYC to mark this milestone.

NBC New York profiled the launch of the Foundation and the unveiling of the sculpture in a news reel available to view here.

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Masterpiece Online 2021 | Deborah Bell's Return of the Gods: The Ancient Ones (2015)

June 23, 2021

Return of the Gods: The Ancient Ones (2015)

‘I don’t know if I summoned these figures, or they summoned me to make them. They just developed this enormous presence and I started thinking about the notion of the gods in Western society and how we view them as either myth or fantasy or new age. For me, these five figures are absolutely benevolent. I view them as forefathers. I believe that we are all gods, we have just forgotten, and we are stuck down here repeating old patterns and habitual addictions. The Ancient Ones are memories of what we were.’

‘I am often asked about the small figures emerging from the crown of their heads. I have begun to realise that for me they represent the revealing of the spiritual self. The fact that these sculptures have fully realised figures with whole bodies shows that they are spiritually evolved beings. The men have female figures on their heads and the women have male figures on their heads. So, they also represent a marriage of the masculine and feminine and an owning of the full self, the complete self.’

‘It took me years to realise that I was interested in art that can change the world. That intent and creation can alter one’s reality. And I believe that is what art was used for in many cultures. We just don’t see it that way in contemporary Western culture. For me, every single artwork is more of a spiritual discipline about inner transformation. My work is about spiritual transformation. I like to believe that other people will feel that as well. I cannot force it, but if it happens for me then I like to believe that it can happen for others too.’

Interview with Tim Leibbrandt, Artthrob, 2016

Return of the Gods: The Ancient Ones (2015) is part of Masterpiece Online 2021

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CATALOGUE: Deborah Bell | Sentinels (2020), 3 September - 3 October

September 3, 2020

Deborah Bell | Sentinels (2020)

3 September - 3 October

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PRESS: Deborah Bell is interviewed by Bob Chaundy on an episode of the podcast Considering Art

September 1, 2020 - Bob Chaundy

Deborah Bell, on the occassion of Deborah Bell | Sentinels (2020) at Everard Read London, is interviewed by Bob Chaundy on an episode of the podcast Considering Art.

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PRESS: Deborah Bell is the subject of an interview feature with Daniel Gauss on Wall Street International

August 28, 2020

Deborah Bell, on the occasion of Deborah Bell | Sentinels (2020) at Everard Read London, is the subject of an interview feature with Daniel Gauss on Wall Street International.

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PRESS: Deborah Bell | Sentinels (2020) is previewed by Chris Jenkins on Arts & Collections

August 24, 2020 - Chris Jenkins

Deborah Bell | Sentinels (2020) at Everard Read London is previewed by Chris Jenkins on Arts & Collections

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Everard Read present at FNB Art Joburg

September 13, 2019

Everard Read present at FNB Art Joburg

13 September - 15 September 2019

Everard Read presents over 20 artist from South Africa and Europe. Artist include Brett MurrayDeborah BellBeth Diane ArmstrongBlessing NgobeniCaryn Scrimgoeour, Lionel SmitAngus TaylorNigel MullinsLucinda Mudge, Turiya MagadlelaNorman CatherineGuy Ferrer, Phillemon HlungwaniLady SkollieAndrzej Urbanski, Daniel Naudé and Olivié Keck.

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Everard Read London artists participate in first London Art Angels Charity Auction

May 12, 2017

Art Angels Africa brought their annual charity auction to London for the first time this month, auctioning works by top South African artists. Several Everard Read artists donated works for the auction, including Beezy Bailey, Deborah Bell, Phillemon Hlungwani, Angus Taylor, Rina Stutzer, Lionel Smit, Colbert Mashile, Dylan Lewis and Nic Bladen, along with Sam Nhlengethwa and Marco Cianfanelli. 

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