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Astoria art

Posted by Fred Pipes on Thu 27 May 2010

If you're passing the old Astoria cinema on the bus and wonder who was responsible for the Art Deco artwork adorning the boarded-up facade, well, it was me! With my artistic hat on (or should that be beret?). Two of them are based on existing screenprints and the other two are purely digital, created in Freehand. The Embassy Court one was my 2nd foray into giclee printing and the Astoria one was a council commission. All are available as giclee prints. By the way, the department that commissioned me was Environmental Improvements, who also look after road sweepers and toilet attendants - nothing to do with culture at all!. Incidentally, the huge boards were printed by an old client of mine, Doubledot in Henfield - I last did an illustration job for them in 1998, when they were based in Hove! More on my Art Blog.

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Curtis Tappenden
06 Jun 2010 – 10:45 AM

Fred goes Re-public more like. Who says Modernism is dead? This is a welcome change from all that old hat Impressionism which graced the Astoria walls before. Well done Fred. Well done Brighton and Hove Council for having the foresight to use such a fabulous local resource! I think that the Astoria image should cover the complete fascia of the old Astoria. Art that really forces more than a glance is what we need. Curtis