Keith Coventry: Junk Paintings - Couverture rigide

Keith Coventry

 
9781909406018: Keith Coventry: Junk Paintings
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1909406015 ISBN 13 : 9781909406018
Editeur : Pace London, 2012

Synopsis

In Junk Paintings, Coventry proposes a new visual language that focuses on elements of the instantly recognizable McDonald's logo. He first began to manipulate the American fast-food chain's logo in 2000, inspired by the discarded fast-food wrappers that accumulated outside his studio. Coventry noticed that the yellow, red, and blue of the company s visual identity mirrored his own palette, which was originally inspired by the Russian Constructivists. The trampled packaging naturally created compositions reminiscent of the work of artists from the Constructivist movement. 'Capitalist organisations have the ability to swallow everything, including aesthetics that have emerged from the Communist era,' said Coventry about his use of primary colours in this body of work. Coventry began to revisit the McDonald's concept a year ago, isolating and cropping parts of the logo to yield new paintings that link Minimalism, Modernism, and Pop Art with elements of mass-consumerism.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In Junk Paintings, Coventry proposes a new visual language that focuses on elements of the instantly recognizable McDonald's logo. He first began to manipulate the American fast-food chain's logo in 2000, inspired by the discarded fast-food wrappers that accumulated outside his studio. Coventry noticed that the yellow, red, and blue of the company s visual identity mirrored his own palette, which was originally inspired by the Russian Constructivists. The trampled packaging naturally created compositions reminiscent of the work of artists from the Constructivist movement. 'Capitalist organisations have the ability to swallow everything, including aesthetics that have emerged from the Communist era,' said Coventry about his use of primary colours in this body of work. Coventry began to revisit the McDonald's concept a year ago, isolating and cropping parts of the logo to yield new paintings that link Minimalism, Modernism, and Pop Art with elements of mass-consumerism.

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Éditeur
Pace London
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1909406015
ISBN 13 
9781909406018
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
52
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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