As an artist who draws hugely on social interaction and the immense lack of that as the lockdowns continued, I turned to social media and news, but the more I did, the worse I felt, and it seemed to me everyone else was feeling this. I wanted to find a way to capture this moment in time and sum this feeling up. No matter where I looked or listened it seemed everything was grating on us! As with many of my ideas, the moment I have that internal thought, a rush of ideas trigger off each other to form an image almost instantly Grate Britain!
Much of my work is drawn from the world around me, picking up on social commentary, trending phrases etc and applying them to objects or repurposing objects to convey the idea in an interesting, appealing way
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Giclée print on 300gsm Somerset Photo Satin paper
Size: This artwork is signed and numbered by the artist
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Antony lives and works in Southend-on-Sea, UK, and works in various media including oil paint, acrylic, and eco-solvent based products.
Antony lives and works in Southend-on-Sea, UK, and works in various media including oil paint, acrylic, and eco-solvent based products.
Of his methods, he has said, “Once I have an idea, the medium is secondary, I just set to work with what suits the end result I’m after.” Inspired by iconic objects, we love the way each artwork is a true conversation between the paint and canvas, paired together to create lifelike artworks that are often surprising and humorous. Antony studied graphics at college and went on to partner with Pez before becoming a prominent artist of the 1980s rave scene. He was later commissioned for murals and large-scale paintings before working in the television world at BBC and Pinewood Studios. He worked for various clients including Sony, LG, Phllips, Panasonic, and Pimms. Additionally, he has exhibited in shows across the UK. On the question of why he makes art, Antony states: “I have always had a fascination for the iconic object. Something that has the power to evoke an emotion, a memory, a visual time stamp, things that compel us to covet them.” We’ve been working with Antony since 2016.
Inspired by iconic objects, we love the way each of Antony's works are a true conversation between the paint and canvas. This dynamic relationship results in the creation of artworks that are often surprising and humorous. On the question of why he makes art, Antony states: “I have always had a fascination for the iconic object. Something that has the power to evoke an emotion, a memory, a visual time stamp, things that compel us to covet them.”
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Giclée (/ʒiːˈkleɪ/ zhee-KLAY) is a neologism, ultimately derived from the French word gicleur, coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne for fine art digital prints made using inkjet printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980s. It has since been used widely to mean any fine-art printing, usually archival, printed by inkjet. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops for their high quality printing, but is also used generically for art printing of any quality.
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