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NEW POP ART

PEACH & LOVE

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Created

2024

Dimensions

86X66X10 cm (framed) 80 x 60 x 2 cm (unframed)

Materials

Wood/Shellac/Original Collage

This tongue-in-cheek pop art piece, titled “Peach & Love,” plays on the iconic phrase “Peace & Love” with a playful twist. The artwork focuses on the words “Peach & Love” in bold, outlined letters, with each letter revealing a collage of cheerful, colorful images related to peaches and symbols of happiness. The background is filled with illustrations, retro images, and vintage graphics that evoke a sense of nostalgia and fantasy, overlaid in shades of yellow, orange, and warm earthy tones.

The use of a peach as the central symbol adds humor and irony to the piece, replacing the idealistic message of “peace” with something more cheerful and fruity. This substitution suggests a playful critique of the commercialization and simplification of once-radical ideas like “peace and love,” reducing them to an accessible, marketable aesthetic, much like the fruit itself.

The piece is framed in a clean white frame, providing a minimalist contrast to the vibrant and detailed collage within. This framing emphasizes the irony of the artwork by treating the phrase with a level of reverence, while the actual content is cheeky and playful. By fusing familiar cultural icons with lighthearted symbols, this artwork embodies the spirit of New Pop Art, blending irony, humor, and nostalgia to comment on how the deepest ideals can be transformed into products of pop culture.