Antony Micallef | I Sh*t Diamonds
Giclée print with glitter, enamel gloss varnish, screen print, laser-cut appliqué stencils, and deep emboss
Hand-finished by the artist with Chanel Rouge Allure Number 99 lipstick
Edition of 40 signed and numbered by the artist
98cm x 96cm
£3000
Antony Micallef's I Shit Diamonds is the most opulent and ambitious print edition ever produced by Lazarides. It's a new release today: feast your jaded eyes on the work, its enormous level of detail, and the editioning process itself.
"I've genetically engineered her to fulfil consumer demand," says Antony Micallef of the ambisexual figure that dominates his modern masterpiece I Sh*t Diamonds. "She is the factory of desire – a production line of disposable happiness with an expiry date lasting no longer than a sugar hit."
I Sh*t Diamonds is inspired by the painting of the same name and entirely created at our dedicated Execution Dock studio. It was made using eight different processes including Giclée, emboss, and screen printing. It also boasts seven separate laser-cut appliqué stencils with astonishing detail, three different colours of glitter, and the artist himself applied extensive hand-finishing using both specially-selected lipstick and mark-making.
It goes without saying that Antony Micallef and the Lazarides galleries are enormously proud of this
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