Rock Gunslinger Pink and Red

Diamond dust and acrylic paint on canvas

Acrylic paint and diamond dust on canvas

Warhol

Celebrity

Elvis

Masks

Self-Portrait

Faces

Silkscreen

Rock Gunslinger Yellow and Green

Double Blue Elvis

Silkscreen ink and metallic paint on canvas

The artist as Elvis in blue and black on silver

Electric Elvis

The artist as Elvis in negative image with painted ground

Small Negative Elvis

The artist as Elvis in negative image with painted ground

The artist as Elvis in triple print in black on white

Elvis Triple

The artist as Elvis in triple print in black on white

Multiple Negative Elvis Silver

The artist as Elvis in black diamond dust on red ground

Black Diamond Elvis

Double Pop

Identity

Punk

A print of the artist as Elvis in black on mirror with chemical dissolve effect

Dorian Grey

Silkscreen and mirrored ink on glass

Mirrors

Flaneur

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in green on an ochre background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

Elvis Green and Ochre

Acrylic silkscreen on paper

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in green on an ochre background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A used screen printing screen with a washed out black image of the artist as Elvis.

Ghost Elvis

Faded screen ink, silkscreen & aluminium

A used screen printing screen with a washed out black image of the artist as Elvis.

A triple print of the piece Pop which showsthe artist as Sid Vicious in the pose of Andy Warhol's Elvis Presley, which imagined the be-quiffed star as a gunslinging cowboy - the original king of Pop as celebrated by the original &quot;king&quot; of Pop Art. A homage to both, Pop finds Turk adopting the same rebel snarl with the curled upper lip, not as the King of Pop but the dark Prince of punk. While Elvis was a sanitised icon of the music industry given a rebellious makeover by Warhol, Sid was a natural outsider who found himself somewhat accidentally at the heart of pop culture. Both came to untimely and sticky ends, sucked up and spat out by the same system, with a heavy dose of self-destruction thrown in for good measure. Certainly, there was nothing glossy or shiny or bright about the respective ends of these two nemeses. But if Pop is a comment on the nature of celebrity and the inbuilt self-destruction of the star system, which likes its martyrs young and damaged - with not a small nod at the martyrdom expected of artists should they ever hope to see their name up in lights, also - it is also a wry take on the commodification of culture, in which rebels and heroes, artists, art works and icons are reduced to products whose value is determined by the arbitrary randomness of the market. Removed from the mean streets of punk's DIY roots, this Sid Vicious is a reproducible multiple to be gazed upon at a safe distance. No longer a threat, this Sid Vicious may be pointing his gun, but the only things his piece is firing, are blanks. And what of The Artist? Once regarded as a outsider, has the market rendered Him an impotent and antiquated museum curiosity too? Has the gunslinger been relegated to the realm of cliche, no longer a threat but taken hostage by the very system he hoped to challenge? Is he now responsible for writing his own ransom note? Or is there still a possibility that he may yet lay claim to the mantra made famous twice, first by Frank Sinatra and then by Sid that, right to the end, glass vitrine and all, end, he did it &quot;My Way&quot;?

Gold Triple Pop

Icons

Sid Vicious

A triple print of the piece Pop which shows

Triple Pop

Blue Elvis

Union Elvis Red on Pink

Camouflage

Elvis Union Black on Silver

Silkscreen ink and diamond dust on paper

Flags

Elvis Union Brown on Orange

Elvis Union Black on Blue

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in white with diamond dust on a white background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

White Diamond Elvis

Silkscreen on canvas with diamond dust 

Appropriation

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in white with diamond dust on a white background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A double print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in black on a black background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

Black Double

A double print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in black on a black background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A used yellow screen printing screen with a washed out black image of the Artist as Elvis.This used screen, a by-product of the process of making images, is re-presented in the gallery as a finished artwork with the ghost of the artist as Elvis barely discernable. A residue of a previous artwork series, the process is brought to the forefront; the repetition fades away.

Faded Glory

A used yellow screen printing screen with a washed out black image of the Artist as Elvis.This used screen, a by-product of the process of making images, is re-presented in the gallery as a finished artwork with the ghost of the artist as Elvis barely discernable. A residue of a previous artwork series, the process is brought to the forefront; the repetition fades away.

A double print of the Artist as Elvis Presley, one side in grey on a white background, and the other in white on a black background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

Elvis Diptych

A double print of the Artist as Elvis Presley, one side in grey on a white background, and the other in white on a black background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A four panel print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in black on a cream and blue camouflage background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

Camouflage Elvis Cream

A four panel print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in black on a cream and blue camouflage background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in silver with diamond dust on a yellow background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

Diamond Yellow Elvis

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in silver with diamond dust on a yellow background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in silver on a sky blue background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

Silver on Sky Blue Elvis

A print of the Artist as Elvis Presley in silver on a sky blue background. Printed in the style of an Andy Warhol silkscreen.

A poster of Elvis Presley with a check background painted in by the Artist.

The Pebble (Chequered Background)

Acrylic on poster

Artist

Collages

Work on paper

A poster of Elvis Presley with bum style newspaper shoes painted over his feet by the Artist.

DIY Shoes (Elvis in Newspaper Shoes) (2)

Acrylic ink on printed paper

A poster of Elvis Presley with bum style newspaper shoes painted over his feet by the Artist.

Homeless

DIY Shoes (Elvis in Newspaper Shoes)

A life size waxwork of Che Guevara in the pose of Warhol’s Elvis and dressed in army fatigues and a beret pointing a revolver.

Waxwork in brass, wood and glass vitrine

A life size waxwork of Che Guevara in the pose of Warhol’s Elvis and dressed in army fatigues and a beret pointing a revolver.