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The work of contemporary artist Joe Webb sees a return to 'analogue methods' in retro style. Opting for painstakingly crafted collage techniques, Webb's work is reminiscent of early Paolozzi, layering together found images and photographs from vintage magazines, to create surreal and often esoteric prints. The horizon of the world drifts into view, as a tiny astronaut hovers over his earthly domain in the black abyss of outer space. In the foreground, a super-system of blinking buttons and flashing switches is manned by two overseers - the retro control panel, guiding the flight path into the future. Capturing 1960s aesthetics, tinged with a contemporary consciousness, Webb's print is a powerful reminder of our precarious relationship to fast-fading mother-earth.The work of contemporary artist Joe Webb sees a return to 'analogue methods' in retro style. Opting for painstakingly crafted collage techniques, Webb's work is reminiscent of early Paolozzi, layering together found images and photographs from vintage magazines, to create surreal and often esoteric prints. The horizon of the world drifts into view, as a tiny astronaut hovers over his earthly domain in the black abyss of outer space. In the foreground, a super-system of blinking buttons and flashing switches is manned by two overseers - the retro control panel, guiding the flight path into the future. Capturing 1960s aesthetics, tinged with a contemporary consciousness, Webb's print is a powerful reminder of our precarious relationship to fast-fading mother-earth.
The world can seem so chaotic and unpredictable at times. Looking at Earth from the vacuum of space you can’t help but be in awe of its beauty.
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Screenprint on Somerset Satin Tub Sized Radiant White 410gsm Paper
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Joe Webb lives and works in the UK, and is known for hand-made collages with bold messages. Joe Webb’s art is composed of found imagery that the artist alters and edits in order to provoke the viewer. The collages deal with pertinent issues including war, inequality and the environment.
Joe Webb lives and works in the UK, and is known for hand-made collages with bold messages. Joe Webb’s art is composed of found imagery that the artist alters and edits in order to provoke the viewer. The collages deal with pertinent issues including war, inequality and the environment.
Webb sources his imagery from shops and charity shops in Brighton and Lewes, Sussex. The found images are usually from the 1950s, a period that Webb is particularly inspired by, but are combined with contemporary sources that grant his characters the ability to travel through time, and space. Webb’s desire to follow his instinct when looking for imagery is influenced by Robert Rauschenberg, the American collage artist who created artworks from materials found around on the streets around his studio. Webb has said of his artistic practice: “I started making collages as a sort of luddite reaction to working on computers for years. I like the limitations of it… using found imagery and a pair of scissors, there’s no googling for material and no Photoshop to resize, adjust or undo. There’s an element of serendipity in finding images that work together that can’t be replicated in the digital world.” Webb is passionate about the need to notice what is going on in the world, and his imagined landscapes are nostalgic but light-hearted. Webb’s artwork has been exhibited internationally and can be found in the Saatchi Gallery, 45 Park Lane and in the private collections of Coldplay, Eric Cantona, Janelle Monae, and The Madden Brothers, who Webb also created an album cover for.
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Giclée (/ʒiːˈkleɪ/ zhee-KLAY) is a neologism, ultimately derived from the French word gicleur, coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne for fine art digital prints made using inkjet printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980s. It has since been used widely to mean any fine-art printing, usually archival, printed by inkjet. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops for their high quality printing, but is also used generically for art printing of any quality.
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