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Scott King (B. 1969)
Long Live Death

inkjet print
86¼ x 59in. (219 x 150cm.)
Executed in 2012, this work is number one from an edition of three plus one artist's proof
Provenance
Herald St, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
Exhibited
London, Herald St, Scott King, 2012.
Exeter, Spacex, Scott King: De-Regeneration, 2014 (another from the edition exhibited).
London, Saatchi Gallery, Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire, 2018-2019 (illustrated in colour, p. 53).
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Lot Essay

Formerly the artistic director of i-D magazine and creative director of Sleazenation magazine, Scott King’s artworks frequently reference his background in graphic design. Long Live Death belongs to a group of King’s pieces primarily concerned with the role of public art. Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North has been supplanted onto Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London, thus uniting two famed British artistic landmarks. Presented by King in a postcard-like format, they represent different historic eras and geographic regions, combining to form a humorous comment on the role of public art as a government-driven means of urban regeneration. The work’s title perhaps reveals the artist’s scepticism about the effectiveness of such practice.
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