The latest work from the Godfather of British Pop Art, Peter Blake, will be arriving in the gallery in June so please get in touch if you’d like to pre-order and be one of the first to receive his new work. Please note that the images are of stage proofs and the final edition may vary slightly. We’re also excited to announce that we are finalising plans for an exhibition of his work in 2016.

Marcel Duchamp’s World Tour – New Year’s Eve Parade at the Tower Ballroom.
Signed limited edition silkscreen and lithograph by Peter Blake.

In the early 2000s Peter Blake made a series of paintings centred on the idea of Marchel Duchamp finding himself in unexpected situations; playing chess with Tracey Emin, or on a tour bus with the Spice Girls. His two new prints are an extension of this concept and here Marcel finds himself at Blackpool Tower Ballroom in some of the most Dadaist company you could image.

The Blackpool Tower Ballroom is an obvious choice for an artist who has always been fascinated by popular leisure activities. He populates the ballroom with a magic crowd. Each figure and animal painstakingly cut out from his personal collection of print ephemera. The choice of revellers includes clowns, wizards, mermaids, sailors and tribal warriors – mirroring the Dada principles of nonsense and irrationality.

Marcel Duchamp’s World Tour – The Animal’s Fancy Dress Ball at the Tower Ballroom.
Signed limited edition silkscreen and lithograph by Peter Blake.

Marcel Duchamp can be spotted in both of Peter Blake’s recent prints (In New Year’s Eve Parade he is in the guise of his female alter ego Rose Selavy). Blake’s homage to Duchamp is not surprising; he paved the way for many modern and contemporary art movements including Pop art, installation art and conceptual art, as well as influencing many of the YBAs (Hirst, Emin, Quinn, Turk – all of whom are friends of Blake). Duchamp’s mission statement that anything an artist did could be art, has certainly be central to Blake’s work and his philosophy of fine art.

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