Bäst

Sunday Afternoon

€1,500

Edition of 8082.0 (H) × 62.0 (W) cm

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Sunday Afternoon translates a classic Bäst portrait into a multi-layered silkscreen print.

Michael “Bäst” Polimeni was a linchpin of Brooklyn’s creative community. Making art for city streets, gallery walls and fashion runways alike, his inimitable mode of amalgamation made wry critique of life under capitalism.

Bäst picked Sunday Afternoon as the reference work for a collaboration before his passing in 2021. In the time since, we have worked closely with the artist’s estate and his longtime collaborator, Paul Insect, to complete the edition. The resulting prints capture the energetic absurdism which underscored Bäst’s label-dodging practice. Individually-cut appliqué layers nod to his literal and conceptual medium of choice – collage.

Framing

Prints can be ordered float-mounted in a wooden frame, painted black with visible grain and fitted with UV plexiglass for protection.

Medium

25-colour silkscreen on 500gsm Somerset Satin paper with painted acrylic glaze and 2 individually-cut appliqué layers – printed on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Satin paper and 350gsm Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper and attached using archival, double-sided tape.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Finishing

Individually stamped with the artist’s logo and signature.

Release date

November 04, 2022

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Person in red furry disguise sitting next to large abstract painting

Bäst1 collaborationWith his mixed media art, Bäst rebelled against Western capitalism. Prolific on the Brooklyn graffiti scene, he used the fabric of the city to collate his works. Found objects, food waste and advertisements – nothing was off limits. “For my sculptures, most of the material I find washes up on a certain beach by Coney Island. Broken plastic bottles, wood, random junk that gets bleached by the sun and torn apart by waves." He layered these objects with spray-paint, collage and stencils. He also innovated on wheat-paste techniques with street art duo, FAILE, and made bizarre ‘fly tip’ puppets with Paul Insect.

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