Alex Daw 'HALO' JESUS, Hand pulled 5 colour silkscreen Print, Limited Edition, Hang Up Gallery, 2009
Halo Jesus dark but sophisticated, from the small limited edition run of 11, from Londons, Hang Up Gallery 2009. This hard-to-find limited edition print and originals from the leading artists in this scene are not often available to the market.
Kolaj as the new medium is called in this relentless digital age Daws draws on the timeless skills of decoupage, Kurt Schwitters 1930, and other 1970s POP artists Richard Hamilton and Jasper Johns.
Mocking, mimicking and worshipping the cult society that society idolises, also satirising the clinical, surgical lengths to which a growing number of celebrities take their obsessive compulsion to alter their physical self.
Artist: Alex Daw
Title: Halo Jesus
Published: Hang Up Gallery
Medium: Hand pulled 5 colour silk screen press on 310 gsm Arches wove art paper
Limited Edition: 9 0f 11
Year: 2009 - from A Sold Out Gallery Edition
Signed: Alex Daws l.r
Blind Stamp: Hang Up Gallery
Size: 420mm x 595mm
Framed: No
Condition: Near excellent
ABOUT the ART and the ARTIST:
Halo Jesus, collage screen print of many ideas and thoughts, in this relentlessly digital age, old-school style, creates a 'real-life' experience.
The resulting work is a series of sexy, glossy objects, at once mocking, mimicking and worshipping the cult society they are idolising, also satirising the clinical, surgical lengths to which a growing number of celebrities take their obsessive compulsion to alter their physical self.
Daws warped view of the world of fashion, status and advertising via his ongoing series of compelling contemporary mementos of modern life. He utilises anything at his disposal – he cuts and paints on a number of surfaces. Culling fragments of pop culture, fashion and art history, Daws' obsessive nature to critique and de-construct objects, results in cut up magazines, and paintings on canvas and glass pieces.
This nearly unique, collage art excites conversation when displayed.
His work has been exhibited extensively in exhibitions such as “The Impossible Heap” at Galerie8 London, The Santorini Bienalle 2012, The Other Art Fair at the Barge House in Southbank, London, and “Paper” at Pertwee Anderson & Gold gallery in 2011, among others.
Daw’s work has been featured in publications such as Cut & Paste (21st Century Collage), published by Lawrence King Publishing, London, and numerous online Publications.
