Peter Blake

'Matchboxes' - A signed,
limited edition 22 colour silkscreen print with glazes by Sir Peter
Blake. The companion piece to 'Matchboxes II' (2012).

Blake’s
lifelong hoarding mania comes to the fore in this silkscreen of a
selection of matchboxes he has collected over the years. Turning this
collection into a piece of fine art harks back to the core of Blake’s
pop art principles: that outsider art, folk art, commercial art and
everyday objects should be viewed with a fresh perspective; should be
viewed as valuable and beautiful. Here Blake has gathered a group of
vintage matchboxes from around the world (including examples from
France, Canada, America, El Salvador, Russia, Portugal, Sweden, the
Czech Republic, China and India) creating a composition of surprising
visual diversity that evokes a by-gone era.