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Sweet Lord
James Talon, Nov 26 - Dec 23, 2021

Sweet Lord: James Talon

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James Talon 1984 Paperback , 2021 Paper and Giclee print 65 x 50 cm 25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in Limited Edition of 20
James Talon
1984 Paperback , 2021
Paper and Giclee print
65 x 50 cm
25 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
Limited Edition of 20
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On the way to illegal raves in the 90s we would play music on cassettes in the car, roll spliffs using Rizla and chew gum whilst on speed. We carried condoms in case we got lucky and we ate breakfast at greasy spoons where we loaded on the sauce from sachets. Then we went home, ate sweets and played computer games until the Es wore off.

The Old Bank Vault is proud to present James Talon’s new exhibition Sweet Lord 

 

Talon’s new exhibition; Sweet Lord, is an extension of his previous work cataloguing his life in consumer items. Taking the small everyday objects from his past and blowing them up into the iconic cultural tokens that represent him and by extension many others of his generation. “I like to transform the ordinary, making people renew how they see an object so that it goes from unnoticed to thrilling.”

 

Each piece represents a part of the story that makes up Talon’s life. “On the way to illegal raves in the 90s we would play music on cassettes in the car, roll spliffs using Rizla and chew gum whilst on speed. We carried condoms in case we got lucky and we ate breakfast at greasy spoons where we loaded on the sauce from sachets. Then we went home, ate sweets and played computer games until the Es wore off.”

 

The bright colours and bold graphics of these everyday brands reignite Talon’s memories of these defining times. While the objects were clearly poignant to Talon, they certainly draw a lot of attention from passers by who stop to admire them and take a moment to reminisce and consider their own associations, little pieces of a bygone era supersized and framed, icons to be idolised and a piece of nostalgia turned into a large scale, three-dimensional graphic sculpture encapsulating a culture and framing them like the icons they are.

 

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