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Antony ‘H’ Haylock knows how to have a little fun with art. His work centres around iconic, inanimate objects which, as he says, contain “the power to evoke an emotion, a memory, a visual time stamp.” H’s prints artfully blend high impact compositional technique with tongue in cheek wit, to produce an appealing aesthetic. The ‘Defence of the Inanimate’ series inspired by a childhood book in which inanimate objects come to life deftly showcases H’s artistic approach, blending pop art themes and styles with fine art skills and a penchant for word play. ‘Defence of the Inanimate Pepsi Can’ the third in the series interacts with H’s Coke can image, emblazoned with the slogan “I’m glad I ain’t a Pepsi.” After completing the print, H balanced out the series, producing the flip side from the Pepsi can’s perspective the iconic blue and silver can sits against an off white background with the aspirational slogan ‘I wish I was a Coke’ printed underneath its logo. The final result is not only beautiful, with its bold pop art aesthetic, but enduringly witty an imaginative take on art’s relationship to consumerism for the twenty first century.
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