Title: Pure Evil (English 1968) Purple ‘Jackie Kennedy In Tears’, Screenprint, Signed Numbered Limited Ed
Description: PURE EVIL, Graffiti and Stencil  by Pure Evil, Charles Uzzell-Edwards

JFK’s Nightmare  or Jackie Onassis, daughter of the Greek shipping tycoon finds herself as Americas the First Lady in Purple. 
With bright red lips the purple colour-way typifies luxury and is distinctive. Exploring the darker side of JFK’s Nightmare, Onassis was with Kennedy in an open car in Dallas. Shots fired and America’s sense of itself  changed - along with Jackie Onassis and here iconic dripping tear 

Title: JFK’s Nightmare – The First Lady in PurpleLimited edition: Print, numbered 6/100. Medium: A four coloured hand pulled Silk Screen Print on heavy wove paperPrinted: Screenprint-printed on 330gsm Fedrigoni paper.Signed: With Pure Evils ‘vampire bunny’ Moniker in pencil and marked as 6/100,Framed: Unframed,Dimensions: 70 x 85 cm,Limited Edition: 6/100Condition: In Very good Stored Condition for age, please look at the images closely as these form part of the description.Provenance: There is a small amount of historical paperwork included in the sale to build up your provenanceGenre: See my other street, subversive, Graffiti and popular modern Brit PoP Art pieces.

About the Art and the Artist:‘JACKIE KENNEDY’ with her iconic Pure Evil dripping tear is for the loss of John F Kennedy, her husband and President of America. 

Charles Uzzell-Edwards iconic USP and artistic interpretation of her loss, is a four coloured hand pulled Silk Screen Print with aqua, red, purple, black and sheen black dripping tear accents.

The style of Pure Evil is certainly distinctive, leading to the growth of his brand worldwide. Using primarily graffiti and stencil, the work of Pure Evil is often bright and colourful, while including satirical and political overtones that mock popular culture.

Jackie Kennedy (1929-94), born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, later Jackie Onassis, worked as a photographer before marrying ambitious Democratic politician JFK in 1953. She became the nation’s most celebrated First Lady when Kennedy was elected US president in 1961. On November 21 1963 she was with Kennedy in an open car crossing Dealey Plaza in Dallas when the shots were fired that changed America’s sense of itself, breeding paranoia and countless conspiracy theories.

Pure Evil is the moniker for Welsh born Street artist, Charles Uzzell-Edwards, who studied fashion and graphics in London. Moving to the West Coast of the US in the early 90’s, he found inspiration in the graffiti and skate culture and became heavily involved in the electronic music scene. Pure Evil’s first street works were in California, where he would paint anti Bush slogans on roadsides and Murderers on gun stores.

Returning to London, his street work continued with a new graffiti tag that was to become his iconic signature. Pure Evil’s infamous Vampire Bunny is the result of a recurring childhood nightmare (nightmares also being a major theme in his work). 

Pure Evil soon fell in with the people behind Banksy’s Santa’s Ghetto and started to produce new prints and paintings alongside his street work. 

Pure evil explores the darker side of pop culture - alongside his iconic dripping tear that features on most of his paintings bringing an uncomfortable edge to even the most cheerful of images 

His subjects also often focus on the unsung or troubled aspect of celebrities - you’ll find Sharon Tate - famously murdered by Charles Manson, alongside Audrey Hepburn celebrated for her work against the Nazis in WW2 and members of the infamous 27 club such as the Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, who tragically was found dead in a swimming pool in 1969.

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Condition: Used
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Location: NG2
Category: Art