Annual Pride Exhibition: Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance opening was very good. Very well attended by a good mix of city and arty people.
The speeches, one by someone from Clifford Chance (whose name I missed) and Michael Petry’s, really brought home how significant such a show is. For Clifford Chance it is a very visible and public demonstration of their commitment to their LGBT staff and clients. And for Michael it is an opportunity to show “museum quality” art and artists who are out and proud, and who do not conform to many (or any) of the stereotypes of ‘gay art’.
I have to applaud Clifford Chance for putting on such a show, not least because their clients and peers as well as their own staff will see the exhibition. The exhibition is throughout the corporate entertaining and meeting floor.
I’m incredibly flattered that Michael invited me to show; I really appreciate the support, interest and friendship he has given me in the three years since I met him when I bumoed in to him at his London Gallery. It’s a great boost to my confidence, as were all the positive reactions I got on Wednesday.
It’s all good preparation for my Swedish ‘sabbatical’.
