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Kamikaze

Peter Blake, 1965

© DACS, London 2007

This painting of a wrestler is from an ongoing series by the British Pop artist. Kamikaze is a figure of fantasy, an imaginary masked Japanese-American wrestler. The work features signature elements inspired by popular culture and childhood nostalgia including collaged photographs, magazine images and collected objects such as a toy plane. It is a significant early work and was first shown in the seminal Robert Fraser Gallery exhibition of 1965.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Kamikaze, 1965

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Cryla & collage on board

Dimensions

78.74 x 48.26 x 6.35 cm

Grant

40000

Total cost

215000

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