I Dream of Marilyn on Steel - Rust Never Sleeps
76cm x 72cm x 1cm
Stencil spray paint on 3 sheets of 2mm steel on MDF panel
2019
These pieces are made of 3 sheets of raw steel and are distressed and rough. These imperfections are part of the artwork and I think they make them beautiful. The artwork will age and that patina will give it more character.
It will get old and beautiful, just like you.
Pure Evil explains that a chance email from a Chinese “copy village” gave impetus to his “Nightmare Series.” The village offered, via email, a list of artists it could reproduce, including three Andy Warhol paintings. The idea of Warhol’s entire artistic output distilled right down to three small 64 x64 pixel thumbnails of Jackie Kennedy, Liz Taylor and an Electric Chair became the inspiration for these doomed and dripping celebrity portraits. Why are they crying ? “Its an illustration of the heartbreak and sadness we have all experienced in relationships in the past.”