Video: Onepenny portraits
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
If the British artist Adrian Firth falls into the hands of a thousand one-penny coins, you can be sure that none of them will be wasted. Or rather, it will not be spent at all. The artist will carefully and painstakingly collect and fold all the coins, creating realistic portraits of famous personalities.
Adrian Firth was born in 1975 in Chelmsford, Essex, but grew up and was raised in Doncaster, Yorkshire. He attended the Doncaster School of Art and Design and later studied graphics at the University of Wolverhampton. After graduation, he lives and works in London. The author claims that through his creativity he subverts the everyday importance of things that in fact are far from the main thing in life, or have no importance at all.
Living in large economically developed cities, many are exposed to the strong influence of consumerism, advertising, they are imposed the idea of what is fashionable and popular, and that all this needs to be acquired in order to keep up with the modern rhythm of life. The work of Briton Adrian Firth can be seen as a backlash to consumerism, and to the fact that people are taught to appreciate the little things and appreciate the things that don't really matter.
The ultimate goal of the author's creative process is to create beautiful, sensual works that evoke an emotional response and raise a number of questions about human qualities and real life values. You can find more details about the work of the British artist Adrian Firth on the website.
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