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LOVE ME DO
Silkscreen on bright white Colorplan 700 gsm paper with Diamond dust
2004
Edition 23/75
29 ½ x 22 ¾ inches (74.93 x 57.79 cm)
Signed bottom right
Total edition of 75, 20 A.P’s, 15 in Roman numerals, 5 numbered.
From the portfolio “Love”
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Among the most recognizable figures of the British Pop Art movement is renowned artist Peter Blake. His status as a leader among his contemporaries became recognized during the late 1950s, and was cemented several years later by his inclusion in the widely televised documentary Pop Goes the Easel (1962). His work during this period embodies the most recognizable characteristics of Pop Art. Drawing his imagery from the vocabulary of popular culture, primarily in the form of familiar commercial icons, media figures and even iconic works by fellow artists, Blake, like many of his colleagues working at that time, reappropriates the familiar and, through seemingly incongruous juxtapositions, gives it new life, as it is shown to the viewer through the eyes of the artist. It was during this time that Blake created the work for which he is perhaps best remembered: the cover for The Beatle's seminal album Sgt. Pepper. Later revealed as a revised draft of his original version, this album cover nevertheless secured Blake's immortality as an artist as surely as the contents of the album secured The Beatle's position in musical history. Blake made a brief departure from the traditional iconography of Pop between 1969 and 1978, during which time he had retired to the English countryside. However, his return to the life of metropolitan London in 1979 marked a return to the style of work for which he had become known. Love Me Do (2004) and I Love Paris (2005), both currently on view at Gallery Biba, are exquisite examples of Blake's greatest contribution to the history of Western art.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
| 1962 |
Portal Gallery, London |
| 1965 |
Robert Fraser Gallery, London |
| 1969 |
Leslie Waddington Prints, London City Art Gallery, Bristol Robert Fraser Gallery, London |
| 1970 |
Ashgate Gallery, Farnham |
| 1972 |
Waddington Galleries, London |
| 1973-1974 |
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; touring to Kunstverein, Hamburg; Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
| 1974 |
Natalie Stern Gallery, London |
| 1977 |
Waddington and Tooth Galleries, London |
| 1978 |
Waddington Graphics, London |
| 1979 |
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames |
| 1980 |
Galleria Documenta, Turin |
| 1983 |
Tate Gallery, London – Retrospective, touring to Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover |
| 1984 |
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris |
| 1986-1987 |
Watermans Art Centre, Brentford, Middlesex – Touring to Turnpike Gallery, Liegh |
| 1988 |
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1990 |
Waddington Galleries, London |
| 1992 |
Govinda Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
| 1993 |
The Tabernacle Cultural Centre, Machynlleth |
| 1995 |
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris |
| 1996-1997 |
Now We Are 64: Peter Blake at the National Gallery, National Gallery, London – Touring to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
| 1999 |
A Cabinet of Curiosities from the Collections of Peter Blake, Morley Gallery, London |
| 2000 |
Peter Blake: About Collage, Tate Liverpool |
| 2001 |
Alphabet, Touring exhibition (still touring 2006) |
| 2002 |
Sir Peter Blake/And Now We Are 70, Paul Morris Gallery, New York Over the Rainbow, Harley Gallery, Welbeck |
| 2003 |
Peter Blake, Artiscope (Zaira Mis), Brussels Peter Blake: Sculpture, The London Institute Gallery, London Peter Blake: Commerical Art, The London Institute Gallery, London |
| 2005 |
Peter Blake: 1-10 (Collages, Constructions, Drawings & Sculpture) & The Marcel Duchamp Paintings, Waddington Galleries, London |
| 2006 |
Peter Blake Prints and Sculpture, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck Peter Blake: 1975 – 2005, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm |
| 2007 |
Peter Blake: A Retrospective, Tate Liverpool |
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