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Pizza Island

By  Lesley Guy 2011

Lesley Guy

Dimensions
29cm x 12cm

The work comes out of a growing fascination for using found imagery, particularly those to which we are exposed everyday. Fliers and leaflets are a surface of existing forms, which serve as starting points for semi-abstract ramblings. These are doodles, not made out of boredom, but in response to the absurdity of advertisements and the quantity (and quality) of information we constantly have to deal with. By defacing this kind of material I'm attempting to express these frustrations in a humorous way as well as transform it into something new albeit equally meaningless. This could be seen as appropriating images of Capitalism as a new space for reverie or fantasy. As a project in development this is something I'm keen to explore.

Lesley Guy

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Farrah Fawcett (detail)

Designs for the 2015 Tetley's Collection

Ingrid Pitt

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