Nationally renowned American artist Tom Hück first visited Peacock in 2018 to start the first block in a triptych of woodcuts, originally intended to be shown at the prestigious Fine Art Print Fair in New York 2020. Unfortunately for obvious reasons the production of the third and final part has been put on temporary hold. When he returned to Scotland in 2019 he brought a special run of screenprints produced at Evil Prints in St. Louis commemorating his visit. This print contains an excerpt from the first block from "A Monkey Mountain Chronicle: The Great American Turdburger Conspiracy" produced in 2018.
It’s all about bad healthcare, conspiracy theories, fast food and fat America, and the coming resulting apocalypse! Hück’s relationship with contemporary popular culture is complex. He is at once documenter, critic, and participant. Describing his work as a form of revenge, Hück’s inspiration focuses on the town of his youth, Potosi, and its citizens and histories. His art is concerned with issues of violence, racism, abuses of authority, and people who, as author William Gibson once put it, "don't know shit about anything and hate anybody who does." Muses of a mindset ready made to caricature, but synonymous with a deeper cultural malaise that has spread throughout America and her Western cousins.
Paper Size: 45.5 x 61 cm
Medium: Screenprint (produced at Evil Prints, St. Louis, USA)
Edition Size: Open
Year: 2019
It’s all about bad healthcare, conspiracy theories, fast food and fat America, and the coming resulting apocalypse! Hück’s relationship with contemporary popular culture is complex. He is at once documenter, critic, and participant. Describing his work as a form of revenge, Hück’s inspiration focuses on the town of his youth, Potosi, and its citizens and histories. His art is concerned with issues of violence, racism, abuses of authority, and people who, as author William Gibson once put it, "don't know shit about anything and hate anybody who does." Muses of a mindset ready made to caricature, but synonymous with a deeper cultural malaise that has spread throughout America and her Western cousins.
Paper Size: 45.5 x 61 cm
Medium: Screenprint (produced at Evil Prints, St. Louis, USA)
Edition Size: Open
Year: 2019