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Warrior Bird

Screenprint
2006 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lucy McLauchlan (b. 1978) is street artist based in Birmingham. Her urban outdoor projects have included painting giant birds on the exterior walls of Birmingham Central Library. She has a strong distinctive graphic style, predominantly black and white, with recurring motifs of faces and birds, which reference historic styles such as Art Nouveau and 1960s pyschedelia. In 2010 she was one of the artists invited to contribute a work to a display which complemented the V&A's touring show Street Art: Contemporary Prints from the V&A at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleWarrior Bird (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint on paper
Brief description
Screenprint, 'Warrior Bird' by Lucy McLauchlan, 2007.
Physical description
Screenprint.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.7cm
  • Width: 61.3cm
Copy number
Artist's Proof
Marks and inscriptions
A/P Lucy McLauchlan 2006 (Artist's proof; signature; date; all in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subjects depicted
Summary
Lucy McLauchlan (b. 1978) is street artist based in Birmingham. Her urban outdoor projects have included painting giant birds on the exterior walls of Birmingham Central Library. She has a strong distinctive graphic style, predominantly black and white, with recurring motifs of faces and birds, which reference historic styles such as Art Nouveau and 1960s pyschedelia. In 2010 she was one of the artists invited to contribute a work to a display which complemented the V&A's touring show Street Art: Contemporary Prints from the V&A at the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.
Collection
Accession number
E.283-2011

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Record createdApril 11, 2011
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