A new art exhibition exploring the greed of private space travel is inspired by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

Contemporary artist Lincoln Townley is famous for his distinctive portraits of Hollywood royalty.
Townley has just launched his new collection, Universe, which will exhibit in London’s Saatchi Gallery in September.
The galactic-themed collection is inspired by the age of private space travel, which Townley says is motivated by “greed, self-publicity, [and] a desire to do things that other people cannot do.”
Townley says that prominent tech figures collect his work in the US, and some collectors have already bought works from the Universe collection.
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Lincoln Townley is a prominent UK-based contemporary artist, known for his surrealist celebrity portraits of Hollywood royalty like Michael Sheen and Meryl Streep.

Townley quit PR to become an artist eight years ago and is a media regular thanks both to sales of his art and marriage to British soap actress Denise Welch.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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