I've always liked the expression 'To Gild the Lily.' It comes from the derivation of Shakespeare's verse, and expresses the very human impulse to over embellish or improve something unnecessarily. I think we've all been there! "To gild refined Gold, to paint the Lily, to throw perfume on the Violet, to smooth Ice, or add another hue to the Rainbow."
60 x 60cm Print
Screen print with hand laid Gold Leaf
Edition Gold of 200
Onto cream 310 gsm acid free stock.
All prints come Signed, numbered & embossed.
Framed option has a small white mount and reverse scoop painted black moulding.
About the artist:
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 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.
