Artist James Cauty Title Queen of Mass Contamination. Handpulled four colour Silk screen print on 1200 micron grey pulp board. Signed by the artist in pencil limited edition numbered in pencil 40/250. Dimensions 62.23cm X 43.2cm. Great 40th birthday present for that KLF fan in your life. Cauty was, until mid-2005, part of art/music collective Blacksmoke. Together with James Fogarty. And manager Keir Jens-Smith. Cauty works with the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop. London which he explains “is not a gallery, it’s a support system, spiritual home and technical epicentre for a small group of artists”. Which includes Billy Childish. Cauty first worked in conjunction with L-13 on the Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice. Which tours historic riot sites around the world. L-13 continue to collaborate with Cauty and Drummond, running “dead perch merch”, official merchandise operatives to The JAMs. Following 2003 media speculation that Saddam Hussein could launch a poison chemical attack. On London, Cauty designed the Stamps of Mass Destruction for Blacksmoke. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd class stamps featuring the Queen. S head wearing a gas mask. Were released as limited edition prints and exhibited at Artrepublic Gallery, Brighton. In 2004, Cauty installed a gift shop, Blackoff, at the Aquarium Gallery, based on the UK government’s Preparing for Emergencies leaflet. The installation included “terror aware” items, such as terror tea towels. “, “attack hankies” and “bunker-buster jigsaw puzzles (the latter missing one piece). He commented, The gift shop becomes the place we can explore our branding ideas, Cash for trash – it represents the futility and the glory of it all. James Cauty artwork Operation Magic Kingdom bombed onto billboard in Old Street. In response to the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. Cauty developed Operation Magic Kingdom, a series of images showing US forces in Iraq wearing masks of lovable and friendly Disney. In Operation Magic Kingdom the rules of engagement have been changed to include’try and be more fun’ before firing. The images were launched at the Bayswater Road Sunday Art Exhibition, bombed onto billboards and fly-posted across London, as well as being released by The Aquarium. As limited edition prints and stamps. In June 2011 he held a public exhibition at L-13 entitled A Riot in a Jam Jar consisting of a series of scale. Depicting violent confrontations between British rioters and police, each contained within an inverted glass jar. In 2012, Cauty premiered his short film, Believe the Magic, starring Debbie Harry. Nick Lehan and Branko Tomovic. As part of the annual Merge festival. James Cauty Smiley Riot Shield, acrylic on appropriated ex-police riot shield, 2014. The ideas of A Riot in a Jam Jar evolved into the Aftermath Dislocation Principle, shown at the Hoxton Arches in October 2013. The 448-square-foot installation at 1:87 scale (representing approximately one square mile) details the desolate and charred aftermath of what appears to have been a devastating riot. Constructed by modifying components of traditional model railway kits, took approximately 8 months to complete includes nearly 3,000 police figures and a soundtrack. Pitched to match the 1:87 scale. The piece “makes a political statement about societal freedom and state control”. The Aftermath Dislocation principle then toured the Netherlands, being shown at Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven. Cultuurwerf, Vlissingen (April 2014), and Mediamatic, Amsterdam (July-August 2014). In 2015, the work was exhibited at Banksy. In 2014, Cauty released a series of limited edition Smiley Riot Shields. Each are all ex-police riot gear painted over with a yellow smiley face. He originally designed the shields in 2012 as a symbol of “non-violent direct action”. And as a practical self-protective measure for his step-daughter. During the Occupy St Paul’s. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “sweetetsolumchartathe13th” and is located in this country: GB. 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- Artist: James Cauty
- Originality: Limited Edition Print
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Date of Creation: Contemporary (1980-Now)
- Material: Serigraph & Silkscreen
- Subject: Military
- Print Surface: micron card
- Colour: Multi-Colour
- Type: Print
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Year of Production: 2020
- Width (Inches): 17
- Height (Inches): 24.5
- Style: Outsider Art
- Features: Signed
- Production Technique: silk screen