Collage Peter Blake Art

At the time already a renowned pop artist peter blake designed the front of the lp which included a colorful collage featuring the beatles in costume as the sgt.

Collage peter blake art. Arguably the most famous collage ever created by sir peter blake was the sleeve he created for sgt. Blake was interested in the performative camp nature of wrestling matches and sought to depict this. Pepper s lonely hearts club band and for two of the who s albums. Pepper s lonely hearts club band standing with a group of life sized cardboard cut outs of famous people including actors sportsmen.

Drawing on his collage practice blake added real objects to his painting including a model of a mercedes a horse and a cigarette holder. Pepper s lonely hearts club band he considers painting to be central to his oeuvre. His work crosses all generational divides and inspires great respect from younger artists such as damien hirst gavin turk pure evil and tracey emin. Follow widely regarded as the godfather of british pop art and the young british artists movement peter blake creates paintings collages and prints that blend modernity and nostalgia.

1 10 emphasizes the fact that i don t always work in one style. Though best known for designing the album cover for the beatles sgt. Pepper s lonely hearts club band the eighth studio album by the beatles released in 1967. His other best known works include the cover of the band aid single do they know it s christmas and the live aid concert poster.

Follow widely regarded as the godfather of british pop art and the young british artists movement peter blake creates paintings collages and prints that blend modernity and nostalgia. Though best known for designing the album cover for the beatles sgt. Artist page for peter blake born 1932 sir peter thomas blake born 25 june 1932 is an english pop artist best known for co creating the sleeve design for the beatles album sgt. Pepper s lonely hearts club band he considers painting to be central to his oeuvre.