MARK DREW [AUS]
X-tra Hype
Time-released Hand pulled screenprint.
Portrait print: 420 mm x 297 mm
Maximum edition size: 35
Print technology: Hand-pulled screen print
Stock: 240GSM black stock
Signed and numbered by the artist
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
It's a torn up and rearranged "Parental Advisory" style warning label from the front of an Ice-T album. He (alongside Jello Biafra) was one of the first artists to speak out about being stuck with the label and had his version redesigned as a tongue in cheek reaction - the text reading "X-TRA HYPE" and "inappropriate for squares and suckers". It really struck a chord with me when I was younger, realising that he was forced to have a warning on the front, but could still flip it into a statement like that.
~ Mark Drew
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