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Peter Blake
Found Art - Yellow Buttons, 2013
Digital Print
Published by CCA Galleries
Printed at Coriander Studios
Published by CCA Galleries
Printed at Coriander Studios
880mm x 1218mm x 2mm
Edition of 25
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'Found Art: Yellow Buttons' - A signed, limited edition digital print with silkscreen glazes by Sir Peter Blake. Printed at Coriander Studios, published by CCA Galleries. Blake continues to explore...
'Found Art: Yellow Buttons' - A signed, limited edition digital print with silkscreen glazes by Sir Peter Blake. Printed at Coriander Studios, published by CCA Galleries.
Blake continues to explore the beauty, elegance and simplicity of commercial design in Found Art: Yellow Buttons. This vintage button set from France is presented an object of beauty and interest beyond the brief glance we might give it if we were buying said buttons as a day-to-day domestic purchase. Blake urges us to re-assess the objects and design we see around us, to question the boundaries of what should be considered ‘fine art’. The regular layout of the buttons is reminiscent of the repeated images in Andy Warhol’s pop art prints, highlighting the relentless production of machine-made culture. The use of digital printing enables Blake to capture the texture of each thread binding the button to the card, and he texture of that card. By enlarging this run-of-the-mill object he makes it somehow alien, allowing us to assess it aesthetically rather than practically.
Blake continues to explore the beauty, elegance and simplicity of commercial design in Found Art: Yellow Buttons. This vintage button set from France is presented an object of beauty and interest beyond the brief glance we might give it if we were buying said buttons as a day-to-day domestic purchase. Blake urges us to re-assess the objects and design we see around us, to question the boundaries of what should be considered ‘fine art’. The regular layout of the buttons is reminiscent of the repeated images in Andy Warhol’s pop art prints, highlighting the relentless production of machine-made culture. The use of digital printing enables Blake to capture the texture of each thread binding the button to the card, and he texture of that card. By enlarging this run-of-the-mill object he makes it somehow alien, allowing us to assess it aesthetically rather than practically.