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Sir Peter Blake to show at ink_d to celebrate the gallery’s 1st birthday with new show
Sir Peter Blake, Godfather of British Pop Art, will have a month long exhibition this April at the small independent Brighton art gallery and printing studio Ink_d. The show, ‘Pop Art on Paper‘, will run from Friday 4 April to Saturday, 3 May and will coincide with the young gallery’s first birthday. There will be new, updated prints taken from his 1960s period. This was a very important time in the artist’s life during which this retiring, sexually naïve man began to paint simple, bold, but direct pieces – somewhat at odds in an era high on the possibilities of life and sexual excess.
Works such as ‘Piece of Marilyn Monroe’s Dressing Room Door’ and ‘Girly Door’ were originally painted on doors using household paints, enamel and his trademark collage. They show the iconic nature of Peter Blake’s oeuvre, the marriage of popular culture and fine art and ultimately his strength as a modern artist. The new prints to be shown at the gallery will all be a slightly different take on the original canvases.
