New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday
Amy Winehouse, Jk Rowling, Noel Gallagher, Mick Jagger and the Monty Python foot to feature in update of 1967 original
British pop artist Sir Peter Blake has taken inspiration from his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures he most admires as he marks his 80th birthday.
Twiggy, Amy Winehouse, Grayson Perry, Jk Rowling and even Monty Python's emblematic foot all feature in a reworked version of the 1967 cover created for his birthday celebrations.
Blake, often called the godfather of the British pop art scene, said: "I've chosen people I admire, great people and some who are dear friends.
"I had a very long list of people who I wanted to go in but couldn't fit everyone in – I think that shows how strong British culture and its legacy of the last six decades is."
Singer Noel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis,...
British pop artist Sir Peter Blake has taken inspiration from his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures he most admires as he marks his 80th birthday.
Twiggy, Amy Winehouse, Grayson Perry, Jk Rowling and even Monty Python's emblematic foot all feature in a reworked version of the 1967 cover created for his birthday celebrations.
Blake, often called the godfather of the British pop art scene, said: "I've chosen people I admire, great people and some who are dear friends.
"I had a very long list of people who I wanted to go in but couldn't fit everyone in – I think that shows how strong British culture and its legacy of the last six decades is."
Singer Noel Gallagher, formerly of Oasis,...
- 4/2/2012
- by Caroline Davies
- The Guardian - Film News
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