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Linda King (British, b.1958), A Pair of Mixed-Media Collages, 'Louis Blows Up a Storm' and 'Bathnight for Venus!' (Signed)
A pair of framed mixed-media collages on paper by Linda King. The first work, titled 'Louis Blows Up a Storm', features a black and white photographic cutout of musician Louis Armstrong with a surrealist-style vortex of diverse cut-out images—including insects, food items, a cat, and the Eiffel Tower—emanating from his trumpet. The piece is set in a black frame with a silver-coloured inner edge. The second collage, titled 'Bathnight for Venus!', depicts the central figure from Botticelli's The Birth of Venus standing within a silver-toned clawfoot bathtub. The figure is flanked by various houseplants, including a monstera and a snake plant, and the composition includes a shark fin and a yellow 'Shark Sighted Today' warning sign. This work is housed in a brown wood-effect frame with a gold-coloured inner lip and a cream-coloured mount. Both pieces are signed with the initials 'LK' and dated '26' in the lower right. The reverse of the first frame bears a white adhesive label inscribed 'LOUIS BLOWS UP A STORM. 2026 Feb. Linda King.' The reverse of the second frame features a similar label inscribed ''BATHNIGHT FOR VENUS!' 8.3.26 Linda King.'
Mixed-media collage on paper.
Linda King is a self-taught British artist born in Bristol. She worked as a portrait artist from 1985 to 1991 and has exhibited in Bristol, Amesbury, St Ives and Hayle. After moving to Cornwall in 1992, she lived in St Ives before settling in Hayle in 1997. Her practice spans abstraction, sculpture and illustration, informed by both figurative and expressive traditions.
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