Marcel Duchamp's World Tour- DC Thomson Reunion at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool
By: Peter Blake
Published: 2016
Image Size: 535 mm X 675 mm
Paper Size: 750 mm X 900 mm
Edition Size: 100
£2,450.00
Produced at Coriander Studio and The Curwen Studio, published by CCA Galleries.
Making a trio with The Animals' Fancy Dress Ball and New Year's Eve Parade, Peter Blake completes his imagined narrative of Marcel Duchamp visiting The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool while on a tour of England. Each edition is made using a combination of silkscreen and lithography; the first time Blake has combined these two mediums.
In the early 2000s Blake made a series of paintings under the title Marcel Duchamp's World Tour, these large works centred on the idea of Marcel Duchamp finding himself in unexpected situations: playing chess with Tracey Emin, or on a tour bus with the Spice Girls. The Tower Ballroom prints are an extension of this playful concept; a further incident on Duchamps's tour of the world. Blake includes the figure of Duchamp in each piece, it is for the viewer to seek him out. The three works imagine three different and fantastical events that Duchamp attends during his stay in Blackpool. On this occasion Duchamp is an honoured guest at a reunion of DC Thomson characters,
'I saw Beano and Dandy as a child in the 1940s and the characters stayed in my memory, especially Lord Snooty and the gang. I thought it would be nice for Marcel Duchamp to meet the animals and all my chums from DC Thomson.'
Peter Blake
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