by He has dominated the past decade of British music with its ability to create earwig melodies that can become mass-singing alongs, but Ed Sheeran has exchanged its recording for the artist’s studio.
The singer who grew up in a household with two parents who worked in art works with Damien Hirst’s company Heni to sell prints by his Jackson Pollock-like paintings to collect money for his foundation.
The prints, which are sold for a little more than 900 pounds, are large screens that he created during the downtime after the tour and between the recording sessions.
Sheeran said: “I started at the end of my divide tour in 2019 and I have used as a creative outlet since then. When I grew up, my two parents worked in art, so of course I was always interested in it and I always enjoyed studying art at school.”
The colorful canvases, which are called paintings with the cosmic parking park, are created in an exhibition in the Heni gallery in the center of London from July 11th to August 1st.
“I was on tour last year and used a large part of my downtimes in Great Britain to paint. I would run to a disused parking lot in Soho every morning, paint and then run home and do it every day until I went on tour again,” added Sheeran.
While he does not want to be compared to other artists, the work should be “inspired by heavenly patterns and in accordance with his well-documented, expressionist splash maltil”.
The Ed Sheeran Foundation, which is dedicated to the support of music training in state schools and basic organizations across Great Britain, receives 50% from pressure sales.
The singer led a call from Keir Starrer to commit 250 million pounds for music training, which was supported by Elton John, Coldplay, Harry Styles, Stormzy and Central CEE.
In an open letter to the Prime Minister, which was signed by more than 500 music numbers, Sheeran wrote: “As an industry, we bring £ 7.6 billion into the British economy, but the next generation is not there to take over the reins. Last year in over 20 years without a British top -10 single or an album in the charts.”
He asked the government to set up a task force to work together to ensure that music training remains high on the agenda.
The letter states: “Time to act is now. State schools in which 93% of the country’s children were taught have a reduction in music supply by 21%.
“This spring we ask together a musical music package of 250 million GBP to repair decades -long deposits of music. Music in and outside of school should be for everyone and not only a few.”
Sheeran donated works of art – including a painting of £ 40,000 – to collect money for charitable purposes. In 2021 he carried out a raffle to collect donations for the charity organization Cancer Campaign in Suffolk. The singer calculated £ 20 per ticket and the initiative brought more than £ 50,000.
The singer created the cover for some of his albums and EPS, including the work of art for his single after the glow of 2021. He used Hirt’s spinning wheel to create the artwork for his album divide.
When Sheeran appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2017, he discussed his love for the art and the influence of his father, who worked as a curator. “He always said that art is intended for pleasure,” he said. “You don’t acquire art as an investment.”
Sheeran has an art collection that includes Harland Miller’s work, which are known for placing provocative slogans on Penguin books. “I have pretty much the most provocative word in my house, he added.” My father said as long as you like art you never lose. “
The National Portrait Gallery has a portrait of Sheeran, painted by Colin Davidson in her collection.
The singer has eight No. 1 albums his name and was the most played artist in British air waves and in public spaces seven times.
His next album, Play, is to be released in September.
