Peter Blake

Yesterday I went to the Walker Art Gallery liverpool to see the work of Peter Blake. He made some silkscreen pieces that show of typography. There are 26 separate pieces, one for each letter, which incorporate typography and imagery. Which is perfect for my typography and illustration poster. I think that although they are 26 separate pieces they all come together as a whole piece. I found all the different typefaces really interesting, the way the same letter could look completely different. I also enjoyed looking at the images that went with each letter. It was very child like, as the images evoked memories of learning the alphabet as a child and relating it to certain images. What was also very child-like was the collection of work by Henri Matisse (1869-1954), the Walker Art Gallery currently have some pieces of work from his art books. They are very child-like and colourful, they are also very collage like and interesting. This also links in with my typography and illustration poster, as the work I am currently working on myself is going in a child-like and colourful direction.