Peter Blake

‘Paris Suite Set’ - A
signed, limited edition set of twenty silkscreen prints with gloss and
glaze by British pop artist Sir Peter Blake. Prints available
individually or as a set.

Following
his Venice Suite of 2009, Blake continued on his tour of the great
cities of the world by bringing his unique vision to the City of Light
in the Paris Suite. Once again Blake has taken inspiration from an
antique souvenir postcard set of the city, using these as the basis for
each packed collage composition. Blake creates hugely complex and
humorous scenarios filled by characters and objects found in his
personal collection of printed materials. The series contains several
classic Blake motifs such as the circus, magic crowds, dancing and
butterflies, and showcases the sophistry of his compositional skills.
Blake’s careful balance and soft application of colour throughout the
series, render the works reminiscent of old-fashioned aquatints; they
could almost be illustrations to a story book from yesteryear- he leaves
it to the viewer to create the story. Collage has been a medium that
has fascinated Blake since his first experiments at the Royal College of
Art in 1955. He took inspiration from artists such as Kurt Schwitters
and Max Ernst to create collages that were surreal and comic visual
stories bringing together many disparate and strange elements.

The
Paris Suite is comprised of ‘Paris- 10 Man Upright’, ‘Paris-Aquarium’,
‘Paris- Butterflies I’, ‘Paris- Butterflies II’, ‘Paris- Charabanc
Outing’, ‘Paris- Chicken Art’, ‘Paris- Circus I’, ‘Paris- Circus II’,
‘Paris- Confucius’, ‘Paris- Dancing’, ‘Paris- Elephants’, ‘Paris- Girl’,
‘Paris- Lowering Elephants’, ‘Paris- Men with their Pets’, ‘Paris-
Monkeys’, ‘Paris- The Day the Apes Escaped’, ‘Paris- The Day the Seine
Froze Over’, ‘Paris- The Kiss’, ‘Paris- Women with their Pets’, ‘Paris-
Working Elephants’, and is presented in a museum quality binding-box.
Each artwork is a signed limited edition silkscreen print on paper with
glazes.