Fountain no.1

An installation of snapshot-size giclée prints made from original acrylic ink and gouache drawings. Originally shown as part of Fuck the Giclée, a group show curated by Patrick Adam Jones at Solaris Gallery.

The word giclée was first applied to ink-jet printing in 1991 by Jack Duganne (a printmaker working for Nash Editions in Manhattan Beach, CA) who figured the name would give the method some Euro allure. He derived it from the French word gicler, meaning “to spray,” as well as — he later discovered — “to cum” in French slang. 

In addition to some splattered trackies etc, this piece also includes references to the martyrdom of St Paul whose head caused three fountains to gush forth as it bounced across the ground at the sight of his decapitation in Rome.

The prints are available as a limited edition set via Solaris and the original drawings can be bought here.