About The Work
Junk by Keith Coventry, is a portfolio of nine new prints, five etchings and four lithographs. The series depicts highly detailed segments of the McDonald’s logo—the etchings in minimalist colours of yellow, red and blue, and the lithographs in black and white. Fragments of the crumpled remnants of McDonald’s wrappers are cropped and positioned within the rectangle of the print in such a way that they become iconic Constructivist compositions. In these prints, he conveys an enduring interest in the dark side of idealism: urban decay and mass consumerism. Coventry says of the series, “I have always been interested in hard, clear, and repeatable images, rather than an atmospheric quality. The color is provided by the McDonald’s logo, and the white or blank space represents a purity, edging out the commercial image in favor of a more abstract composition.”
Courtesy of Paul Stolper
About Keith Coventry
Set of nine prints 1-5: Etching on Somerset White 300gsm and mounted in museum archival board 6-9: Lithograph on Somerset White 300gsm and mounted in museum archival board
This work is signed, numbered, and mounted.
About The Work
Junk by Keith Coventry, is a portfolio of nine new prints, five etchings and four lithographs. The series depicts highly detailed segments of the McDonald’s logo—the etchings in minimalist colours of yellow, red and blue, and the lithographs in black and white. Fragments of the crumpled remnants of McDonald’s wrappers are cropped and positioned within the rectangle of the print in such a way that they become iconic Constructivist compositions. In these prints, he conveys an enduring interest in the dark side of idealism: urban decay and mass consumerism. Coventry says of the series, “I have always been interested in hard, clear, and repeatable images, rather than an atmospheric quality. The color is provided by the McDonald’s logo, and the white or blank space represents a purity, edging out the commercial image in favor of a more abstract composition.”
Courtesy of Paul Stolper
About Keith Coventry
- Sheet size: 51.4 x 45 cm each Portfolio box: 59 x 50 x 5.3 cm
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