Tag: Art

Sir Peter Blake sports shoes

What is it about artists and footwear? We saw the Pete McKee-designed Clarks boots a shirt while back, now we have some footwear from Sir Peter Blake – specifically The First Real Pop Shoe by Sir Peter Blake. It's available for pre-order now with a September delivery date, limited to […]

Paul Weller pop print by Simon Dixon

One for Weller fans – or soul fans if you read on – this Paul Weller pop print by Simon Dixon. Dixon takes classic imagery or photos from days gone by and recreates them with a pop art twist, as you can see from the Paul Weller Jam-era shot above. […]

Sir Peter Blake I Love London prints

First seen as rather cool wall signs, Sir Peter Blake’s I Love London and I Love Recycling design has been turned into large metal prints in very limited numbers – which could make them very shrewd investments. Printed onto recycled tin (to fit in with the theme), each one is […]

Sir Peter Blake at Christie's

Beware – I have lots of Sir Peter Blake-related stuff this week, but for sake of turning Modculture into an art site, I'm spinning it out, kikcing off with Peter Blake at Christie’s: 60 Years of Printmaking. Christie's has got together with Blake's main print publishers – Kip Gresham, Waddington […]

London Calling book by Barry Miles

Big thanks to Ed for flagging up a book that has passed us by – London Calling by Barry Miles. Described as 'a major and definitive history of the counterculture' by a 'pre-eminent chronicler of the cultural underground' (the author was indeed a leading light on the 60s underground scene), […]

Lord Dunsby in Barcelona

If you're lucky enough to be residing in or heading to Barcelona, you can check out the artwork of Lord Dunsby from tomorrow, 7th May 2010. We have featured LD's work before, indeed, you can check it out at his website www.lorddunsby.co.uk right now. But if you want to see […]

60s-style op art canvas at Next

Here's a piece of affordable wall art that screams the 1960s on the high street – with the Optical Illusion canvas actually available from the home section of Next. Very much in the style of/inspired by Bridget Riley or Victor Vasarely (not a million miles away from Riley's classic Movement […]

Sir Peter Blake does Penguin Decades

Penguin are celebrating 75 years of publishing with the Penguin Decades series. They've re-issued key novels from the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s which they claim 'helped shape modern Britain' and define the period they were released, throwing in some tasty new sleeves from iconic artists and designers for each […]