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Prefab77

PREFAB77 a.k.a. Peter Manning is a UK based artist who's origins and influences are in England, California and New York.

His early training as a printmaker and designer for Her Majesty in the British Army was fundamental in influencing his early Untied Kingdom subject matter, going on to New York to work in fashion and branding which influences his current. His fascination with portraiture and the female form stems from this period and is central to his imagery.

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. On his doorstep and adding to this heady visual mix, art from Swoon, Faile, Obey, WK Interact started to appear, it was an epiphany and a calling that became an obsession.

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.

The style is fast, hard edged and stripped down, a dark world of Gangs, Goddesses and Groupies, woven into a pure, rock and rebellion. A luxurious mixture of print, acrylic, spraypaint, wheatpaste and varnish.

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Prefab77


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Prefab77

P.U.N.K III

Archival print with hand painted Indian Ink on 290gsm Somerset paper

76 x 56 cm

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Prefab77

Never Half Hearted II

Screen print, acrylic, stencil and enamel paint on laser-cut wood in a laser-cut recessed wood frame

78 x 180 x 25 cm

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Prefab77

Loyal To None

Mixed media on aluminium

100 x 70 cm

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Prefab77

Dreams Never End

Stencil and spray-paint, acrylic, metallic paint and screen print on custom wooden canvas

120 x 60 cm

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Prefab77

Fire Face

Mixed media on aluminium

100 x 70 cm

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Prefab77

The Banshee

Archival print with hand painted Indian Ink on 290gsm Somerset paper

76 x 56 cm

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MUL & Prefab77

Mash Up III (Gold)

Individually hand-painted screenprint on fabriano paper

75 x 54 cm

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MUL & Prefab77

Mash Up IX

Individually hand-painted screenprint on fabriano paper

75 x 54 cm

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Prefab77

Heist IV

Mixed media on board

100 x 52 x 1.5 cm

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Prefab77

Native Love II

15 colour screen print on 350gsm hand-finished on Somerset fine art paper

76 x 56 cm

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Prefab77

Mexicana

Stencil and spray-paint, acrylic, metallic paint and screen print on custom wooden canvas

120 x 60 cm

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Prefab77

Heist V

Mixed media on board

100 x 52 x 1.5 cm

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PREFAB77 a.k.a. Peter Manning is a UK based artist who's origins and influences are in England, California and New York.

His early training as a printmaker and designer for Her Majesty in the British Army was fundamental in influencing his early Untied Kingdom subject matter, going on to New York to work in fashion and branding which influences his current. His fascination with portraiture and the female form stems from this period and is central to his imagery.

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. On his doorstep and adding to this heady visual mix, art from Swoon, Faile, Obey, WK Interact started to appear, it was an epiphany and a calling that became an obsession.

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.

The style is fast, hard edged and stripped down, a dark world of Gangs, Goddesses and Groupies, woven into a pure, rock and rebellion. A luxurious mixture of print, acrylic, spraypaint, wheatpaste and varnish.

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