'Prince Print' by Pure Evil, 2020
Diamonds and Pearls variant.
From Pure Evil's 'Nightmare Series' - an homage to art legend Andy Warhol.
33.5 x 27.5 Inches
85 x 70 Centimeters
2-color screen print on 330gsm Fedrigoni fine art paper.
Limited Edition of 200 (#62/200)
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist in pencil.
ARTIST BIO
Pure Evil is a UK based graffiti artist and all round creative force in the community and culture.
Pure Evil isĀ Charles Uzzell-Edwards.Ā Born in South Wales in 1968 ā the son of the prolific painterĀ John Uzzell Edwards.Ā After spending the nineties in California where graffiti had a huge influence on his streetwear designs before he started music recording in San Francisco.
Pure Evil returned to the UK with spray can in hand to haunt the streets with theĀ bunny that haunted himĀ since childhood.
Without really planning too, in 2007 Pure Evil openedĀ a galleryĀ in Shoreditch which continues to be a thriving hub for emerging artists.
ABOUT THE ART
This 'Nightmare Series' of Pure Evil prints were inspired by an email he received from a ācopy villageā in China.
This e-mail listed the various famous artists paintings they could reproduce for him. Over to Pure Evil for the restā¦
āWarhol had 3 pieces in the list, a 'Jackie', a 'Liz' and an 'Electric Chair'. It seemed the kind of thing that Warhol would have been fascinated by.
His whole output had been distilled to three beautiful dark images. In a way the ānightmareā series takes this a step further.
I am making myself a kind of ācopy villageā celebrating the dark side of celebrity worship.ā - Pure Evil