Jeff Gillette
RUINED SIGN (EMBELLISHED ROAMCOACH COLLAB)
2021

Name: RUINED SIGN (EMBELLISHED ROAMCOACH COLLAB)
Brand: Jeff Gillette
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Screen print on Hahnemuhle 308gsm cotton rag paper with hand embellished elements by Jeff Gillette. Titled 'Blue 2.' Each hand embellished screen print is uniquely titled with unique embellishments. Hand signed by Jeff Gillette and Roamcouch. AP (artist proof) edition. Artwork is in excellent condition. Bottle Neck Gallery certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artists: Jeff Gillette is known for his paintings that juxtapose Disney characters with dystopian landscapes rife with landfills and slums. His works blend 20th-century cartoon illustration and traditional European oil painting techniques while highlighting the global economic disparities caused by 21st-century capitalism. Gillette’s subversive style was crystalized in the 2010 solo exhibition “Dismayland,” widely credited as the inspiration for Banksy’s 2015 apocalyptic theme park installation “Dismaland.” The infamous street artist used Gillette’s painting Minnie Hiroshima (2015) as the official poster for “Dismaland” and invited him to participate in an exhibition at the so-called bemusement park alongside artists like Damien Hirst and Jenny Holzer. Gillette draws inspiration from his travels throughout India and Nepal as a Peace Corps volunteer. His works have been exhibited in Los Angeles, London, and Singapore. Ryo Ogawa, better known as RoamCouch was born in Gifu, Japan in 1976. He is a street artist and Ukiyo-e painter. He began to draw in his childhood, influenced by Japanese comics and started working as a designer at the age of 18. Afterwards, he was diagnosed with a serious illness, which made him rethink his life and career and he subsequently made up his mind to become an artist. In 2011, now dubbed “RoamCouch”, he began his transition into a full-time artist. He produces his exquisite and romantic works of art by using over fifty different layers of the hand-cut stencil and has been showcased at solo and group exhibitions both within and outside Japan. His detailed and rich stencil paintings redefined the stereotypical image of stencil art. In 2014, he opened his first solo show titled “A Beautiful Life” in New York and achieved an amazing feat of selling out the entire collection. RoamCouch started a project named “Emotional Bridge Project” in 2014 and has painted murals voluntarily to revitalize his hometown. His aim is to attract art fans to his hometown by publicly exhibiting his works of art. Calling his new style “Neo Ukiyo-e”, RoamCouch works on art pieces to clearly indicate Ukiyo-e of modern times by blending stencil art with Japanese handmade paper “Mino washi”.

Creator:

Jeff Gillette (1959, American)

Creation Year:

2021

Dimensions:

Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 34 in (86.36 cm)

Medium:

Screen,Paper

Movement & Style:

Street Art

Period:

2010-