Peter Blake

The volume is dedicated to the English artist Peter Blake (Dartford 1932), counted among the founders of British Pop art. In his work, in which the collage technique recurs, even in an abstract key - there are frequent images taken from the world of circus and amusement parks, boxing and wrestling, sometimes with historical references with a nostalgic flavour, which convey a sense of humor irreverent, absurdist yet not unsympathetic, "nonsense", a very English kind of humour. The volume includes an extensive critical text by Jonathan Watkins which retraces his artistic parable, in light of the events - particularly in the difficult years of childhood - which marked his life.