Melody Maker 1977
Tony Dennis aka Tape Deck Art is a British contemporary artist with a passion for music and design, who paints and creates giant 3D pin badges.
Here, Tape Deck celebrates Melody Maker – one of the world’s first weekly magazines dedicated to music. The piece incorporates badge designs for the bands making headlines in 1977 - one of the most important years for music.
The artwork includes big name bands like Talking Heads, The Ramones and The Jam, alongside lesser-known, but equally important acts from 1977, Wire and Richard Hell.
To make this signed original piece, Tape Deck wraps each badge design onto 16 bespoke 150mm hand-spun aluminium badges and resin to finish. The badges are then mounted onto a bespoke Melody Maker acrylic board to resemble the front cover of this iconic music newspaper.
Size (cm): 103 x 73
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Specifications
Framed: Yes
Hand Finished: Yes
Medium: Mixed Media
Edition Type: Original
Edition Size: 1
Size (cm): 103 x 73
SKU: EG20096
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About the artist
Tony Dennis aka Tape Deck Art is a self-taught British contemporary artist with a passion for music and design. He is known for giant 3D versions of vintage pin badges designed to celebrate iconic bands.
Tape Deck first came up with the idea for his 3D badges back in 2016. When he found himself called to create an artwork that was eye-catching, tactile and totally different, he looked to his collection of vintage punk badges from the 1970s and decided to merge the two. After nearly 9 months of research and countless prototypes, Tony painted his first badge in early 2017 and now sells them in galleries around the world.
Tape Deck has enjoyed several high-profile collaborations with the likes of French graffiti artist, Invader, the Hard Rock Hotel chain, and The Prodigy. His works are in the private art collections of Noel Gallagher, Jean Paul Gaultier, Paddy Considine and Taron Egerton.
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