Portrait of The Queen given to the National Portrait Gallery by the people of Jersey
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[Art Daily]
The first ever lenticular portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Equanimity, has been presented to The National Portrait Gallery, London by the People of Jersey. The portrait, by artist Chris Levine and holographer Rob Munday, was commissioned in 2004 by the Jersey Heritage Trust to celebrate the island’s 800 year relationship with the monarchy. Lenticular images produce an illusion of spatial depth and movement, giving the appearance of three-dimensions. Equanimity will be on display as part of The Queen: Art and Image exhibition, opening at the Gallery on 17 May 2012. The work given to the Gallery is a new, more technically refined version of the original Equanimity, created in 2004 and will be seen for the first time at the Gallery. …
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