Original artwork description:

Popiconic moments No.1: "Die" in colour (on an Urbox)

Urban Pop art in your own home by cult artist Sly.

Iconic moments from pop music. Here Roger Daltrey of the Who is stuttering My Generation in I965. The painting is a stencil from the exact moment he says “die” in the phrase “Hope I die before I get old”. He is not hoping for an early death but expressing the hope that he doesn't get “old” in attitude like the older generation he sees about him. He doesn't mind getting old but wants to retain some of the enthusiasm for life that youth naturally has. At this moment the younger generation no longer wanted to emulate the older generation as had always been the case, but create their own aspirations and heroes.
The colours are a retina-scratching colour pairing


These are not prints, as each is individually painted and signed to order and consequently will vary slightly from the illustrated picture. These paintings are sprayed onto a handmade "Urbox,” or urban box, covered in newspaper cuttings and are handmade by people who wish to work to supplement their income. The boxes measure 590x760x45 mm, look really cool, have an urban feel, and are ready to hang, so there is no need to buy an expensive frame.

(Also available on The Daily Telegraph, watercolour paper or plain paper at various prices if you search elsewhere.)

Juan Sly is likely the biggest seller of original artwork in the UK. An artist exhibiting in spray stencils, newspaper and oils, he has exhibited at the Saatchi (a proper gallery with pillars and everything!) alongside the likes of Banksy, Terry O'Neil, Tracy Emin and Vic Reeves, and has permanent collections in Ireland, Detroit and England, alongside Damien Hirst and some other artists you might have heard of, plus private collections around the globe. His works rock from humour to anti-war, sex to surreal. He is particularly fond of the stencil medium as it allows him to respond quickly to events and ideas and gives his works a gritty, illegal look. The stencils naturally allow the works to be resprayed, and consequently become affordable and disposable. He likes the fact that people can buy art which they like, and not to show off how much they can afford. You can find them in bedsits, legal offices in the Temple or stuck to a fence in Bristol.

Spiel by Steeve.

Materials used:

Spray on box 59x76x4cm

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