Kevin Tong's new art print series 'Unfamiliar Objects' is now available for pre-order!
Here is a detailed look at all of the new prints...
Photographic Memories
This print is called Twenty Five Cent Treasure. It's a 4 colour screen print on
18 x 24" Off White Cover Paper. Edition of 200. This print is called Reaching For Love. It's a 4 colour screen print on 18 x 24"
Off White Cover Paper. Edition of 200. Anthem is a 3 colour screen print on 18 x 24" Black Cover Paper. Edition of 30. THIS PRINT IS A FLOOD GALLERY EXCLUSIVE! Kevin on this print... Capsule is a 3 colour screen print on 18 x 24" Black Cover Paper. Edition of 30. THIS PRINT IS A FLOOD GALLERY EXCLUSIVE! This print is called Capsule. It's a 3 colour screen print on 18 x 24 inch Dark Blue Cover Paper. Edition of 30. Kevin on this print... To pre-order this print for £60 - click here All these prints will be on show at the 'Introducting: Kevin Tong & John Vogl' exhibition at the Flood Gallery from October 13-17th. We are launching the exhibition with an opening party from 7pm on the evening of October 13th. A chance to come
along and be the first to see all of the work featured in the show.
Kevin will be in attendance and prints will be available for sale over the counter for
the first time. Our neighbours at Hola Paella will be open for the evening and
food and drink will be available. Filming for the
up coming Scout Shannon directed gig poster documentary 'Just Like Being There' staring Kevin will also take place on the night. Alongside the new print series we will also have some of Kevin’s highly sought after work
available to buy throughout the duration of the show.
"The
idea of recording an entire life on film has always had a profound
effect on me. Perhaps at the end, there would be millions of photos.
What if I could only put them onto a single roll of film? What
parameters would I use to decide which moments to discard, which to
keep? The very thought turns my mind into a lifeboat on the ocean, so I
chose the simple life of a butterfly as my test subject."
"Gum
Balls were one of many things I loved as a kid. The bright color and
candy flavor clashed with the reality that soon my cherished treasure
would be a hard and flavorless chunk of rubber in my mouth. On a long
enough timeline and when you stand back far enough, all treasured
moments are essentially a Gum Ball, so fleeting and so small, they might
not have even happened. Despite this, these Gum Ball moments still mean
something to us. They happen and they pass. We could choose to save the
Gum Ball by never chewing on it and keep it forever, but then we'd
never experience it either."
"There isn't a whole lot to say about this one, the idea is clear."
"Being
a person living in a modern metropolis is wonderful, but something gets
lost. With so many cars, signs, buildings, streets, lights, schedules,
phone calls, jobs, meetings, and other distractions, we all become
background noise. Often, I wonder just how much gets lost in the rush to
gain progress and momentum. Truly listening to someone these days means
adjusting one's antenna and tuning the knobs to get the right frequency
for the clearest sound. It means turning off the record player and TV
and computer and anything else that makes noise other than the Radio.
Even when the antenna and knobs are just right, the act of being near
the Radio can cause static."
"This
print builds on the same idea that "Photographic Memories" does. The
View-Master was a staple of my childhood. To my dismay, the only paper
disks I had were store-bought photo synopses of Disney films. I used to
pretend that I could see my future in the View-Master, that each click
would give me a view of a moment farther into things yet to happen. How
nice would that be? Imagine, before beginning your life, to have a
variety of paper disk futures to view which depict choice moments of
different versions of your life, then to choose a favourable version?"
"It's
an art print version of a poster I did for the Ayn Rand novel,
"Anthem". Books and reading have been the primary sculptor of my
ideas, the ideas in this series are no exception. I remember reading Ayn
Rand years ago and while I don't completely agree with her
philosophies, I can't argue that they pushed me to question things."
"It's an art print version of a poster I did for the Aldous Huxley
novel, "Brave New World". Books and reading have been the primary
sculptor of my ideas, the ideas in this series are no exception. The
book, despite being fictional, solidified within me the need to be
independent and to formulate my own ideas. I think it is extremely
appropriate because the city inside the capsule contains elements of
London, as the story of "Brave New World" takes place in London."
Also... just a reminder