Please note: this piece comes with an ex-display black float frame — very good condition but may have minor marks or imperfections. The drawing itself is unaffected. If you have...
Please note: this piece comes with an ex-display black float frame — very good condition but may have minor marks or imperfections. The drawing itself is unaffected. If you have questions about the frame before purchasing, contact Print Club London directly.
Introducing a fresh collection of explorative drawings by artist Kay — his first original artwork drop of the year. These vibrant, eccentric, and detail-packed pieces emerge from Kay's creative process, offering a glimpse into the foundations of his larger expressive paintings. Each drawing is a snapshot of the cultural and narrative themes he explores, weaving together mythology, history, and everyday life. In Kay's own words: "I'm into stories, myths, all the minutiae that contribute to the tapestry of life, stuff init."
Bad News Mail Box — the container for news that nobody wants, the object that announces what has already happened somewhere else. Kay Gasei's titles often work this way: naming an object or situation that implies a story without explaining it, the specificity of the image inviting the viewer into the narrative logic of his practice. His work uses mystery and a haunting quality to draw the audience in, each element gradually coalescing into meaning.
Gasei was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1991, studied Illustration at Oxford Brookes University (graduating 2014) and is London-based. Original drawing, black float frame included free. Signed. £400.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kay Gasei
Kay Gasei was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1991, moved to England shortly after his birth and studied Illustration at Oxford Brookes University, graduating in 2014. He is a mixed media artist, illustrator and designer based in London whose practice explores culture, mythology and history — Greek mythology, African folktales and Asian narratives — through symbolism, recurring motifs and nondescript characters who act out these stories in abstract spaces. He cites Goya and Hogarth as influences for their narrative precision and meticulous detail. His recurring characters include Od (a protagonist developed during his university years), pilgrim-like faceless figures, and the black figure that emerged from a 2016 BLM commission — a starkly different presence from his earlier white-line hedonist figures, representing acute consciousness and connection to suffering. In his own words: “I’m into stories, myths, all the minutiae that contribute to the tapestry of life, stuff init.”
