Love Supreme
Print
ca. 2004 (made)
ca. 2004 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Sickboy is a Bristol-based artist who works in a range of media, including canvases and clothing. His work can be found around Bristol, often in the form of a brightly coloured cartoonish minaret. This print, Love Supreme, pays homage to graffiti, suggesting that the spray can art form has the potential to make us happy. The joyful message is echoed in the simplified visual language.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Love Supreme (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint on paper |
| Brief description | 'Love Supreme', screenprint by Sickboy, British, ca. 2004. |
| Physical description | Screenprint showing a stylised spraycan spraying red hearts, one of which is broken. The can itself is dripping like paint at the bottom. The image is in orange with a white label and red cross motif, red outline decoration and some blue-grey abstract motifs, and is set against a grey background. |
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| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Object history | Displayed in the Link Corridor in Aug-Oct 2005 in the 'Street Art' display. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Sickboy is a Bristol-based artist who works in a range of media, including canvases and clothing. His work can be found around Bristol, often in the form of a brightly coloured cartoonish minaret. This print, Love Supreme, pays homage to graffiti, suggesting that the spray can art form has the potential to make us happy. The joyful message is echoed in the simplified visual language. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.382-2005 |
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| Record created | August 31, 2005 |
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