"Bang Bang" by Margaret Calvert Print
£1,200.00
Product details
- Signed & Numbered by the artist, Bang Bang is being sold for the first time online via the Design Museum Shop with the original on display at the Design Museum as part of the Woman at Work display, now showing
- Limited edition of 25
- At the London Original Print Fair 2018 Jealous proudly exhibited the first screenprint created by Margaret Calvert OBE, entitled ‘Woman At Work’. The 16 colour screenprint was a big triumph and now forms part of the Victoria & Albert Permanent Print Collection, the Government Art Collection, the Royal College of Art Collection and many esteemed private collections. Following the success of this first print, Jealous worked with the design icon once again, on this innovative screenprint design inspired by her instantly recognisable road signage
- The concept behind the print began in 2015 when The Design Museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Calvert and Kinneir British road signage system. The exhibition included a free installation of new and original signs commissioned by Peter Blake, Julien Opie, Kenneth Grange and Jock Kinneir’s son Ross; as well as a special one-off sign created by Margaret Calvert. It is this special and very rare sign that inspired the screenprint
- The road sign signifies ‘No Vehicles Expect Bicycles Being Pushed’ and is a very uncommon sign, only being used in very specific circumstances and in odd locations across the UK. Margaret was given the sign, which she then organised to be shot 50 times by a friend - the number of bullet holes signifying the years passed since the standardisation of the British road network by Calvert and Kinnear. After the exhibition, the sign was returned to Margaret who lived with it for many years. It was only through a number of meetings with Jealous that Calvert suggested the recreation of this beautiful sign in screenprint format
- The print is a design and format never before attempted in screenprint! A double-sided print of an incredibly intricate nature, featuring layers of aluminium leaf and varnishing
- Dispatched within 7 working days of order placed
