Pistols Pop n Dada
date
:
2012
medium
:
giclée.
edition
:
33
signed
numbered
and
titled
by
the
artist.
paper
:
Hahnemuhle
265gm
100%
cotton
rag.
price
:
£350
notes
:
A
secret
history
tracing
the
development
of
what
was
to
manifest
itself
as
‘Punk
graphics’
in
late
twentieth
century
Britain,
back
through
Pop
Art,
John
Heartfield,
and
ultimately
to
Dada.
The
work
is
a
psychogeographical
journey
through
place,
person,
and
time,
to
a
soundtrack
of
bombs,
Be-Bop,
and
Beat,
complete
with
lines
of
influence,
development
lines,
and
secret
passages.
It
is
equally
an
overview
of
one
hundred
years
of
montage
and
collage.
The
legend
in
the
lower
left
corner
alludes
to
the
S.I.
exhibition
held
at
the
I.C.A.
(London)
in
1989.
comment
:
“I've
had
this
piece
in
my
head
for
years;
the
information
is
based
on
the
research
that
I
did
for
an
(as
yet)
unpublished
book
of
the
same
name.
Then
I
got
invited
to
make
a
map
for
the
‘Maps
Only’
exhibition
in
San
Francisco.
A
map?
Perfect
opportunity
to
develop
the
idea
and
matured
sketch.
Every
path,
dot,
and
name-plate
were
cut
and
placed
by
hand.
It
felt
appropriate
to
use
collage
for
the
original
piece
in
honour
of
all
those
names
that
history
has
forgotten.
A
map,
a
journey,
a
timeline,
a
tree
of
life
(or
family),
a
web,
an
interpretation,
a
circuit
board,
an
imaginary
city,
my
theory.”