Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Portraiture has been prevalent in Peter Blake’s work since the late 1940s. From his images of pop culture icons to his imagined characters, the artist has always explored a diverse array of individuals. This is a new print to come from the studio, produced and published by Dark Matter Studio in a signed, limited edition of 75 (with 8 AP’s and 8 HC’s) and is sold unframed.  For ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ Blake has translated one of his watercolour paintings, featured in his recent exhibition ‘A Life in Drawings and Watercolours’ at the Waddington Custot Gallery, London, into a limited edition archival pigment print. The piece sees a return to the characteristically naive painterly style that defined Blake’s early career. Against a deep blue background a nude woman stands, her body entirely covered with fantastical tattoos: from George and the Dragon to Native Americans, from sketches and doodles, to American flags, Blake’s print is both visually arresting and conceptually provocative – the Godfather at his very best.