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The work of Daniel Mernagh is fast becoming notorious in the contemporary art world. Merging street style with skilled digital techniques, Mernagh recreates iconic figures, past and present, in his own, inimitable aesthetic. ‘Prince’ depicts the late, great music icon, rendered in graphic, spay can style. Using a palette of soft pinks and deep violets, Mernagh creates rich contrasts and tonal harmony. Like an energetic Pollock painting, the image is awash with messy paint flecks, which merge to emphasise the compelling magnetism of Mernagh’s subject. A striking exercise in street meets canvas, ‘Prince’ turns icon into iconography, to unequivocal success.
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