Goan artist Hazel Gomez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has more of her illustrations coming up for auction at Christies in South Kensington, on Tuesday, September 18, 2008 in the Christies Interiors 20th Century Edition.
It will be part of Auction No 5340. Lots No 294 & 299. Says she: "These are my Illustrations for French Vogue and the French Elle. This work can be viewed online now at www.christies.com (search under South Kensington.Interiors 20th Century Edition Auction No 5340 lots No294 & Lot No 299). >From an earlier posting: Gomes was herself born and raised in Goa. Her maternal home is at Buinca, Cuncolim with Navelim being her paternal village. She lived and worked in Europe as an artist for 30 years, and her work has been acknowledged in the Sunday Navhind Times (March 12, 1989) and the Herald in 2000. Born in 1949, she studied at Sir J.J.School of Applied Arts, Bombay between 1967-1971 and worked in advertising for a year at ASP located at Churchgate, Bombay under Art Director Eustace Fernandes. Gomes recalls: "By the way, Shyam Benegal (now a world-famous film-director) was there too doing the advertising jingles." Gomes left for the West in 1972, joined St. Martins School Of Art, London and was there in 1973-1974. She started working as an illustrator immediately, exhibited at Mode-Kieren-Mode 1979 (Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art) Amsterdam Holland, and worked in Florence as fashion designer for Roberto Cavalli. She then moved to live and work in Paris. In 1980-1986, she worked for Yves St. Laurent designing jewellery and textiles. -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn
