‘Live East die Young’ East London map

In July 2016 I went on a PURE EVIL PICKERS trip across the USA, visiting various cities and just drifting from state to state with my best friend.

Series of 3

90 x 100cm

Signed

Freehand PURE tags on original ordnance survey landranger series map 1982. . Sweet Pickings indeed.

Detournement can be defined as a variation on previous work, in which the newly created work has a meaning that is antagonistic or antithetical to the original. The original media work that is détourned must be somewhat familiar to the target audience, so that it can appreciate the opposition of the new message. The artist or commentator making the variation can reuse only some of the characteristic elements of the originating work.