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Airhead - Bone is an 8 layer silkscreen print by Shok-1. From a limited edition of 80 this artwork is signed, numbered and embossed by Shok-1 and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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Darkly humorous, the print depicts a human skull X-ray morphed into the shape of a balloon. The artist plays cunning games with composition - the character symbolically touches the top of the image area, evoking a party balloon stuck on the ceiling. The string cheekily invades the border creating a sense that the subject is floating in front of the print area. This print is based on the 2020 Airhead piece painted at London Mural Festival, where the artist pushed his peerless technique to a new level. The artwork was rendered in freehand spraypaint with no use of tape or masking, a virtuoso demonstration of skill developed over nearly 40 years of working in the medium. Highly technical silkscreen printing techniques have been employed by the master printers at Jealous Print here in London to beautifully reproduce every nuance and detail of the original work. Many translucent layers of ink were painstakingly built up over time to capture the complex tonal subtleties of the original mural.
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8 layer silkscreen print on Somerset Radiant White 410gsm paper
Size: Signed and numbered by the artist
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Shok-1 is a British artist based in London. Shok-1 holds a degree in Applied Chemistry and is known for spraypainting walls around the world with his X-ray designs. He presents a diagnosis of life in the 21st century, which varies from the glowingly healthy to the pathological.
Shok-1 is a British artist based in London. Shok-1 holds a degree in Applied Chemistry and is known for spraypainting walls around the world with his X-ray designs. He presents a diagnosis of life in the 21st century, which varies from the glowingly healthy to the pathological.
Shok-1’s artworks are a unique blend of street and science and resonate with a large number of people; from pop culture and street art fans to medical practitioners. X-rays are an extremely difficult subject for an artist to attempt to depict, with a multitude of layers of intricate detail. Shok-1 refrains from using tape or stencils, instead employing cutting-edge freehand techniques to create his X-ray aesthetic. Shok-1 is pro-science, championing Rationalism despite the rise of anti-intellectualism. After the explosion of street culture in the USA in the early 1980s, Shok-1 was one of the pioneers of the movement in Europe and over the course of his 40-year career, the artist has continued to reinvent his work and take risks.
