MORE PUNK THAN YOU PUNK ORANGE QUEEN D*FACE SIGNED

This original silk screen, numbered 9/50 and personally hand-signed by the artist, is titled, More Punk Than You Punk (Orange). It is the portrait of a famous person in England, not readily recognizable because of her shaved head and her punk jewelry -  an earring made from a razor blade, a chunky metal chain hanging from her neck, a dotted line (maybe a tattoo) drawn around her neck with scissors cutting through it, and of course a nose ring.  Sprouting from the sides of her shaved head are a pair of wings.

Dean Stockton (b. 1978), better known in the art world as D*Face, is the English multimedia street artist who created this portrait.  He grew up in London, and early in his career he developed an interest in graffiti art and punk culture.  A contemporary of noted street artist Banksy, D*Face was influenced by American artist Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant art campaign, by the skateboard art of Jim Philips, by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and by others in the street art and graffiti art worlds.

D*Face first used wings in his portraits more than twenty years ago when he created  D*Dog, which was a circle with triangular slits for eyes; an open mouth full of teeth with a tongue hanging out; and wings above his ears.  He used this D*Dog design in stickers, toys and graffiti art, and it became identified with his art.  He realized that the wings by themselves had also become an identifiable shape associated with his art, so he began using them throughout his art as a common thread connecting his work.

So, have you guessed who this famous person is? If you said Queen Elizabeth, you are a very perceptive art critic.

D*Face did other portraits of Queen Elizabeth in which her tongue hangs out, just like D*Dog's, and titled those, Dog Save the Queen. 

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