Pele - “Art Life Football”
Halcyon Gallery, Bond Street, London, from September to October 2015
National Football Museum, Manchester from May 2017 to March 2018.
The exhibition featured a series of 7 mixed media and neon artworks by Louis Sidoli entitled "Famous For 15 Centuries" which were co-signed by Pele himself and exhibited alongside Warhol's original portrait of Pele from 1978. The exhibition comprised of original paintings & sculpture by internationally acclaimed artists including Lorenzo Quinn, Pedro Paricio & Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones. The exhibition, which took 3 years of planning, attracted international press coverage and over 50,000 visitors.
“I was very honoured when Halcyon Gallery told me that they were going to create the Art, Life, Football exhibition to celebrate my 75th birthday in London. Art has played a big role in my life for many years and it has been a very humbling experience to have so many talented artists creating such beautiful work in my honour.”
Press + Media
CNN: Pele - My four greatest moments
Daily Telegraph: Pele as you have never seen him before
CNN: The footballer who seduced Warhol
Russia Today: Pele visits art exhibition in London (N/A)
Essence Magazine: Sporting Icon In Art
Soccer Bible: Art, Life, Football I Halcyon Gallery
Le Footichiste: Pelé, objet d’art
Halcyon gallery
National Football Museum, Manchester
A selection of the artwork from the "Pele: Art Life Football" exhibition originally presented at Halcyon Gallery in 2015, was exhibited at the National Football Museum in the Urbis Building, Manchester from Friday 19th May 2017 until 4th March 2018. The exhibition also featured iconic Pele related items from the museums own collection.
Several Louis Sidoli neon portraits of David Bowie are also installed in the ground floor reception of the Urbis building.
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