'The Lord Mayor's Show 2024' - A signed, limited edition mixed media with lithography & woodcut application by Adam Dant for the Lord
Mayor's Show 2024. Printed at Worton Hall Studio, published by CCA
Galleries.

*CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT A SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE FOR THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW*

The city of London is a significant point of inspiration for Adam Dant, whose artworks chronicle the history, customs and characters of the world's greatest mercantile capital. With the myths of London's origins often appearing in his work, The Lord Mayor's Show 2024 was inspired by the artist's fascination with the wickerwork figures of the giants Gog and Magog. These figures have been part of City processions for centuries and represent the mighty guardians of The Guildhall and The City of London. "Theirs is an especially reassuring presence in our turbulent modern age, embodying the crucial role The City of London has played throughout history as a bulwark of stability, security and positive growth, not only for the Square Mile but for the nation. I’ve depicted them smiling, which they only do once a year."

Speaking further about the print, Dant elucidates his inspiration from the Society of Antiquaries collection at Burlington House. "Chroniclers of old would have known these sources well, drawing on all strange and extravagantly fanciful tales that inform our capital’s culture and ceremonies. While Gog and Magog protect the procession, Boudica and her daughters are sculptural guardians outside the House of Commons and the Tower of London’s ravens are still said to protect the Crown."

"Superstition has it that the day they fly away the Crown and Britain will fall. These myths and beliefs provide a colourful backdrop to our London life and I’m delighted to celebrate them in my works of art for the Lord Mayor’s Show, while spotlighting the importance of the Society of Antiquaries and the role it plays preserving and making sense of our extraordinary mythic history."