ca. 2000 (made)
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Sara Fanelli was both the Overall Winner and the First Prize Winner (Book Cover and Jacket Illustration) at the V&A Illustration Awards in 2004. This invitation is a more ephemeral object but it demonstrates Fanelli’s typically idiosyncratic style, complete with the use of collage, bright colours and surreal characters. It is also a good example of contemporary illustration and the way that the visual arts are advertised and marketed. The V&A print collection also holds prints and an artist’s book by Fanelli.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Digital print on paper |
| Brief description | Private view invitation designed by Sara Fanelli, cut paper with surreal characters, cathedral and pink text, ca. 2000, probably made in Italy. |
| Physical description | Invitation with surreal characters on either side, with cut paper. The front is orange, the back stripy with an image of a cathedral at the centre. Text inside in neon pink. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'design/illustration: sara fanelli / 2 floors' |
| Production | The designer is Italian working in Britain; the invitation is for an event in Milan. |
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| Summary | Sara Fanelli was both the Overall Winner and the First Prize Winner (Book Cover and Jacket Illustration) at the V&A Illustration Awards in 2004. This invitation is a more ephemeral object but it demonstrates Fanelli’s typically idiosyncratic style, complete with the use of collage, bright colours and surreal characters. It is also a good example of contemporary illustration and the way that the visual arts are advertised and marketed. The V&A print collection also holds prints and an artist’s book by Fanelli. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.711-2005 |
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| Record created | December 13, 2005 |
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