God Kills XL Diamond Dust Edition
Alex Bucklee
2020
Alex Bucklee is an English artist and designer who lives and works in London. His work is characterized by minimalism, typography and critical and thought-provoking messages. Certainly, there is a certain amount of humor in his works, but through it he raises problematic issues. This artwork depicts a completely ordinary Marlboro cigarette pack, but the warning text Smoking kills has been replaced with the text God kills. It is witty, but it is also a sharp message that places the artwork among many death related artworks in Pop art.
Alex Bucklee on Inglismaa kunstnik ja disainer, kes elab ja töötab Londonis. Tema loomingule on iseloomulikud minimalism, tüpograafia ning kriitilised ja mõtlemapanevad sõnumid. Kindlasti on tema teostes teatav kogus huumorit, kuid selle läbi toob ta esile probleemseid küsimusi. Antud teos kujutab täiesti tavalist Marlboro sigaretipakki, kuid hoiatav tekst Suitsetamine tapab on asendatud tekstiga God kills. Ühtpidi vaimukas, kuid teisalt terav sõnum asetab teose paljude popkunsti surma teemaliste teoste hulka.
