A large-scale original paste-up work by Donk, framed and ready to hang. 970 x 970mm. One-of-a-kind. The butterfly has been a recurring presence in Donk's practice — a natural form...
A large-scale original paste-up work by Donk, framed and ready to hang. 970 x 970mm. One-of-a-kind.
The butterfly has been a recurring presence in Donk's practice — a natural form with its own long history of symbolic weight, here taken over entirely by the visual language of the street. The wings are rendered in detailed black, their structure precise and naturalistic, while the lower section becomes the site of collision: vivid graffiti patterns in bold colour sweep across the surface, interrupted by white paint drips running freely downward against the warm tan ground. The two halves of the image hold their tension rather than resolving it — the natural form and the urban mark each asserting themselves, neither winning.
This is original paste-up work: the process Donk has been developing since he first placed work onto the streets of London in 2008. He combines original photography, printmaking and hand finishing techniques, working across a timeline of his own making that references past and contemporary simultaneously. The Graffiti Butterfly exists as a limited edition screen print at £120 — this is the original, at a scale and with a material presence that the edition cannot replicate.
Donk is a street artist working within the paste-up tradition whose images are often inhabited by his family and friends, taking on various roles within evocative and anachronistic compositions. His work makes playful connections between universal themes of human strength, vulnerability and the passage of time. Framed and ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Our guide to investing in original artwork is worth reading at this price. Signed. £1,800.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Donk
Donk is a street artist working within the paste-up tradition. He combines original photography, printmaking and hand finishing techniques.
He has been placing his work onto the streets of London and elsewhere since 2008.
His images are often inhabited by his family & friends who take on the various roles within his work. The strongly evocative and anachronistic images also remix urban history and culture, across a time line of his own making, at once referencing the past and the contemporary to make playful connections between universal themes of human strength, vulnerability and the passage of time.