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Peter Blake

World Tour: Paris, Duel Giant Pig, 2010

World Tour: Paris- Duel, Giant Pig is a signed, limited edition 24 colour silkscreen print with glosses and glazes by British pop art legend Sir Peter Blake. Available individually or as part of the set of ten World Tour images.

In this the most bizarre and appealing of all the World Tour images, Blake juxtaposes the Arc de Triomphe and a giant pig. Both can be seen as symbols of France; the Arc representing France's history and culture, the pig representing the French art of gastronomy. In front of the pig are placed a seemingly disparate group of people that are in fact linked by a theme of childhood innocence, or the loss of it. The pair of duellists face each other, one armed with a musket, the other raising his hand in the shape of a gun- reminiscent of childhood games. This sentiment is reinforced by the group of young boys that shadow the combative pair. In the foreground is Alexandre Dumas' man in the iron mask; a political prisoner ripped away from his mother as a baby, the poignancy of this reinforced by the proximity of the mother and child on the left.

Size (cm): 37.2 x 49.4

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    Signed: Yes
    Medium: Silkscreen, Print
    Edition Type: Limited Edition
    Edition Size: 100
    Size (cm): 37.2 x 49.4
    Image Size (cm): 22 x 30
    SKU: EG22243
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    About the artist
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    Heralded as the ‘Godfather of Pop Art’, Sir Peter Blake was knighted in 2002 for his invaluable contribution to contemporary art.

    Blake began his career creating collages from photographs, cigarette packets and matchboxes. This new approach to the creation of visual art – taking found imagery from Pop culture – was spearheaded in Britain by Blake and continues to inspire contemporary artists today.

    Best known for creating the iconic cover to the Beatles’ 1967 album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, Blake continues to produce work that draws extensively on elements from popular cultures around the world.