Crown & Country I
by Prefab77.

Limited Edition of 75
Print number #1

Prefab77 a.k.a. Peter Manning is a UK based artist.

His early training as a printmaker and designer for Her Majesty in the British Army was fundamental in influencing his early United Kingdom subject matter, going on to New York to work in fashion and branding which influences his current work.

Living on Elizabeth street in Nolita in the transitional '90's between rough and ready door dwellers to armed guarded jewellery stores, he fell in love with the layers of tags and posters that, over the years, created a neglected, urgent, idiosyncratic and incidental beauty.

His current work is a culmination of all his influences and obsessions. Weaving small pieces of popular culture; money, street, religious, musical and political affiliations, into visually beautiful allegorical portraits, they express an abstract idea or convey a meaning not explicitly set forth in the narrative. A modern fable, a story or a warning, often political, sometimes anti-establishment but always beautiful.

Crown & Country I is the first print of a series of IV.

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More Works
by Prefab77.

Crown & Country II.
Crown & Country III.
Crown & Country IV.

Listen UP
and I’ll Tell A Story.

The mythical cover of the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen, released during the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne in 1977, has left its mark on people's minds: Jamie Reid, who designed it, has come up with many variations since then. British and Nortern American artists have captured Elizabeth II in many ways: Prefab77's rather flattering, Jamie Reid's tortured, Jamie Cauty's denunciatory, Wefail's sarcastic, Magnus Gjoen’s darkly iconic, Chris Levine’s enlightening, …

It's a real national passion, an exercise in style in which each one proposes his or her perception of the monarchy.

Crown & Country I is a tribute to all of them.