Print Club London
Artist: Alain Magallon
Title: Where's The Sugar
Year: 2009
Edition size: 50
Screen print Size: 50cm x 50cm
Number of Colors: 1
Artist signed: No
stamped: Embossed
Cost £20 (plus Post + Packaging)




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Part of the edition / power in numbers exhibition from Bodhi Art Gallery, Brick Lane (7th May - 27th of May) this is an amazing print from Alain Magallon who studied at the Beaux Arts of Montpellier in the south of France. He is a living legend having released a number of chart topping albums (in France) with his own band and art directing album covers and videos for plenty more. Recently he has been working with the " Moulin de Paris " a collective of artists, musicians and sculptors. Although he usually works in oil and acrylic on canvas he was kind enough to let us screenprint this seductive image for the show.

It came from a series of large scaled portraits that I originally painted in oil and acrylic, this series was based on morphing several images of the same person into one. In this particular picture, the multi armed floating character was inspired by the Hindu god Shiva who is "the One who is eternally pure". The apple symbolizes temptation, going back to the story of Adam and Eve, and its title " Where's the sugar " is derived from a Christian death track which deals with drug addiction. The picture highlights a parallel between different types of addiction whether it be chemical or spritual.

Hand pulled by James Hurst (Cure Studio) and Fred Higginson (Print Club London) in a limited edition of 50.

The print has been really well received both in the show and in the press.

The print is 50cm by 50cm and has been hand numbered and embossed as a mark of authenticity. It is a limited edition of 50. The paper is Heritage White which is an archival paper and printed in Neptune Inks (which gives this an amazing shine). It will be posted via registered post in a safety tube.