From a limited edition of just 195, It Was All A Dream 2019 was released by artist Dirty Hans for the 80th anniversary of the Wizard of Oz film. It is printed using premium giclée inks on smooth cotton fine art paper and has been signed and numbered by the artist.
I have a highly creative mind that is always over-flowing with ideas and I enjoy the way that digital art allows me to rapidly explore these. It may take a few months to complete a fully finessed digital composition, with my prolonged editing process, working on different projects at any one time.
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Released to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Wizard of Oz film, It Was All A Dream is a digital collage by the artist Dirty Hans. Like much of the artist’s work, this piece is built around icons from twentieth century popular culture which are juxtaposed against recognisable objects from the modern world.
We love how Dirty Hans uses detail to imbue his artwork with humour and add new levels of meaning. In It Was All A Dream 2019, Dorothy is adorned with a tattoo featuring her famous catchphrase, ‘theres no place like home, while her ruby-red slippers have been replaced with a pair of Nike Air Max. These playful elements mean that the artwork reveals more to the viewer at each glance, making it the perfect statement piece.
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Born and raised in Liverpool, Dirty Hans is a self-taught painter and illustrator who finds inspiration in pop culture and the Urban Art movement. Drawing on 1950s culture movies, pulp literature, comic books and classic movies, Dirty Hans’ art is a playful take on pop culture icons and superheroes such as Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood and Spiderman.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Dirty Hans is a self-taught painter and illustrator who finds inspiration in pop culture and the Urban Art movement. Drawing on 1950s culture movies, pulp literature, comic books and classic movies, Dirty Hans’ art is a playful take on pop culture icons and superheroes such as Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood and Spiderman.
Dirty Hans began painting as a child on anything they could find, from Etch-A-Sketch to ceral boxes. This counteracted their self-confessed hyperactive tendencies, as they found the practice calming. As an adult, Dirty Hans travelled extensively throughout Europe before settling in Antwerp, Belgium for 7 years. Whilst living there the artist refined their style, drawing inspiration from the likes of Henri Tolouse-Latrec and Roy Lichtenstein. During times of experimentation, Dirty Hans' artworks have taken up to two months to complete. Dirty Hans has exhibited work worldwide in cities including Paris, Berlin, Miami, Antwerp, and extensively across the UK.
We love how Dirty Hans likes to play homage to pillars of pop culture through their art, creating digital collages that are littered with visual easter eggs that pay tribute to each individual subject. Drawing inspiration from 50's films, comic books and magazines, Dirty Hans flips these on their head, repurposing these vintage characters and giving them a new lease of life. Never one to shy away from detail, the artist packs a plethora of references into each composition; with Dirty Hans, more is certainly more.
What is Archival Giclée
Giclée (/ʒiːˈkleɪ/ zhee-KLAY) is a neologism, ultimately derived from the French word gicleur, coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne for fine art digital prints made using inkjet printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980s. It has since been used widely to mean any fine-art printing, usually archival, printed by inkjet. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops for their high quality printing, but is also used generically for art printing of any quality.
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