Jasper Goodall is one of the most celebrated graphic artists of our time, from his genre defining work for The Face in the early part of this decade to selling commissions to the likes of Sprite for the likes of £25 thousand pounds and even being approached by Gucci to design a pack of cards (regrettably the fashion house were too ‘traditional’ to run with his work). Through selling his prints online (shifting around 20 highly limited editions in the space of a week) he has managed to make the transition from being a commercial illustrator to a genuine artist, and this months decidedly risqué ‘Poster Girl’ exhibition at the Electric Blue Gallery in London, his first solo show in a gallery environment, only serves to confirm his true arrival on the art scene.
I liked the idea that I could corrupt Bambi, a modern day symbol of innocence and turn her ‘bad’ thus re creating the nun cliche in a new way.
Jasper Goodall
Exploring Goodall’s regular themes of eroticism, fetishism and fantasy, Poster Girl is a collection of images which show illustrated bodies being held up in front of real models, the resulting photographs are both fantasy and reality, illustration and photography. One of the highlights is sure to be his image of a black latex clad model holding up an image of a Bambi-like character, a symbol of fallen innocence.
The show will run from the 6th February till the beginning of March 2009 at the Electric Blue Gallery in London.
Words By;
James Davidson; Editor in Chief
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