Michael Phelan
My my, Hey hey.
20 x 16 inches
Signed edition of 25
$200
Michael Phelan employs both art historical and mass media references to re-contextualize mundane & disparate icons of consumer culture. These two self-titled prints address the contemporary American landscape and the role language plays within a certain context. Recalling Neil Young's famous songs, 'Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)' and 'My My, Hey Hey (Into the Blue)' from his 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps, these prints are perfect individually or as a set. Inspired by the rise of punk and what Young viewed as his own growing irrelevance, the songs' iconic lyrics–"it's better to burn out than to fade away,"–became infamous after Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide note ended with the same line.
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