Mount Street Editions by Frieze Supports Women Artists and Women’s Charities

• Mount Street is collaborating with Frieze London to commission four leading UK-based female artists to produce limited edition prints

• A customised vehicle will pop-up on Mount Street during Frieze week,4-7 October, selling the exclusive artworks, with only one hundred prints available daily from Thursday to Sunday

• The initiative supports two charities which provide vital support to women across the UK and empowering them to achieve financial independence

Mount Street, on behalf of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland (‘Grosvenor’) is collaborating with Frieze London to commission four leading female artists who will create limited edition prints available to purchase from an exclusive customised vehicle positioned on the Mayfair street during Frieze Week [3rd -7th October]. The collaboration, Mount Street Editions by Frieze, is inspired by the international art fair’s new Social Work section, which this year celebrates artists who challenged the male-dominated art market of the 1980s.
The participating artists include Helen Cammock, winner of the 2018 MaxMara Prize for Women’s Art; France-Lise McGurn, whose epic wall painting was a standout of the recent Virginia Woolf exhibition at Tate St Ives; Renee So, acclaimed for her knitted and ceramic works investigating hybrid identities; and Zadie Xa, whose work is currently on view at MoMA PS1 and who will have a solo presentation at Frieze London 2018.

The prints will be released over four consecutive days (one day per artist), concurrent with Frieze London and Frieze Masters. Each unique, signed commission will be unveiled ahead of the pop-up, with the location and timings of the Mount Street Editions vehicle to be revealed on Frieze London’s social media channels in advance. Printed by Mount Street Printers, expert purveyors of luxury personalised stationary, the works will be released in an edition of 100, priced at £50 each.

All proceeds raised will be donated to two charities, Dress for Success and the Young Women’s Trust, which provide vital support to women in the UK. Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help them thrive; while the Young Women’s Trust supports women aged 16-30 struggling to live on low, or no, pay in England and Wales and who are at risk of being trapped in poverty.

Photo credits, courtesy of the artists Helen Cammock