'The Size of the Fight' by Faile, 2017
Show Print edition, shimmering silver variant.
18 x 24 Inches
45.7 x 61 Centimeters
5-color screen print with glitter finish on 260gsm French fine art paper.
Limited Edition of 100 (#77/100)
Hand-signed with the artist-duo's year of collaboration (1986) in pencil on front.
Stamped edition and hand-written edition number on reverse.
ARTIST BIO
FAILE (Pronounced "fail") is a Brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil (b. 1975, Edmonton, CA) and Patrick Miller (b. 1976, Minneapolis, MN). Since its inception in 1999, FAILE is known for their pioneering use of wheat-pasting and stenciling in the increasingly established arena of street art, and for their explorations of duality through a fragmented style of appropriation and collage.
During this time, FAILE adapted its signature mass culture-driven iconography to a wide array of media, from wooden boxes and window pallets to more traditional canvas, prints, sculptures, stencils, multimedia installation, and prayer wheels. While FAILE's work is constructed from found visual imagery, and blurs the line between “high” and “low” culture, recent exhibitions demonstrate an emphasis on audience participation, a critique of consumerism, and the incorporation of religious media and architecture into their work.