Johnny Depp has painted the emotions of recent years into a self-portrait and is offering the result for sale as a time-limited edition.
The actor began working on the piece, titled “Five,” around 2021 in the midst of an explosive dispute with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, which played out in courtrooms on both sides of the Atlantic.
“I think this is the most personal piece he’s ever done,” said Ian Weatherby-Blythe, managing director of Castle Fine Art, which is handling the sale of “Five.” The gallery also oversaw Depp’s sold-out debut art collection, the series of portraits “Friends & Heroes.”
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“He revisited the eyes over and over and over again. And when you look at the piece, you know, it’s a beautiful portrait. But when you look at the eyes there...
The actor began working on the piece, titled “Five,” around 2021 in the midst of an explosive dispute with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, which played out in courtrooms on both sides of the Atlantic.
“I think this is the most personal piece he’s ever done,” said Ian Weatherby-Blythe, managing director of Castle Fine Art, which is handling the sale of “Five.” The gallery also oversaw Depp’s sold-out debut art collection, the series of portraits “Friends & Heroes.”
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“He revisited the eyes over and over and over again. And when you look at the piece, you know, it’s a beautiful portrait. But when you look at the eyes there...
- 7/20/2023
- by Divya Goyal
- ET Canada
Johnny Depp is selling a collection of silk-screen prints he has painted of public figures including Heath Ledger and Bob Marley through a London gallery for thousands of dollars.
Titled “Friends & Heroes II,” the entire four-piece collection, which comes signed by Depp, is available for £17,500 from Castle Fine Art and includes portraits of Ledger and Marley together with River Phoenix and Hunter S. Thompson.
The portraits were also made available individually for $5,400 each when they first went on sale two weeks ago but all 780 prints have now sold out.
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“Each image is an intimate reflection of their character in Johnny’s eyes; a portrayal of how they have revealed themselves to him,” reads the description on Castle Fine Art’s website. “Working from photographic references, each image has been stripped back to a simpler and iconic portrayal of the subject,...
Titled “Friends & Heroes II,” the entire four-piece collection, which comes signed by Depp, is available for £17,500 from Castle Fine Art and includes portraits of Ledger and Marley together with River Phoenix and Hunter S. Thompson.
The portraits were also made available individually for $5,400 each when they first went on sale two weeks ago but all 780 prints have now sold out.
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“Each image is an intimate reflection of their character in Johnny’s eyes; a portrayal of how they have revealed themselves to him,” reads the description on Castle Fine Art’s website. “Working from photographic references, each image has been stripped back to a simpler and iconic portrayal of the subject,...
- 3/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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