Her own description of this piece is hard to improve on: it's about relief and release, whether through the magic of meditation or escapism through a favourite poison. That tension...
Her own description of this piece is hard to improve on: it's about relief and release, whether through the magic of meditation or escapism through a favourite poison. That tension — the healthy and the less so, both being valid routes to the same place — is very much in the Bonnie and Clyde territory of treating human contradiction as material rather than something to resolve.
Taken from an original collage of the same name, Coffee and Cigarettes has been translated into a giclee print with screenprinted glosses on hand-torn Canson Rag paper — the Rag giving it a slightly different tactile quality from the Somerset and Arches papers used elsewhere in Bonnie and Clyde's catalogue, more absorbent, the tone of the paper itself warmer. £400.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde is an artist and printmaker who uses photography, paint, collage and print to construct graphic mixed media pieces. These deeply personal creations are born of a fascination with street photography, psychogeography, people and signage – and draw inspiration from her loves in life including music, film, typography and architecture.
Having studied 3D Design at Kingston University Bonnie and Clyde set up her own graphic design business in Manchester, producing everything from posters, tee-shirts and book sleeves to websites and full festival campaigns. With these design sensibilities under her belt she now lives and works in Brighton.
Bonnie and Clyde’s exhibits in a number of galleries in London and across the UK as well as internationally in cities including Brussels, Stockholm and Berlin.
She has had solo shows at Lawrence Alkin Gallery in Soho, London, Lilford Gallery in Canterbury and Leeds College of Art.
‘The Strip’ was used as catalogue image and for promotional material for the prestigious exhibition ‘Subterraneans’ exploring beat culture, showing alongside idols such as Richard Prince, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Yoko Ono.
