{"product_id":"50-years-of-punk-sid-vicious-edition","title":"50 Years of Punk - Sid Vicious Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFree \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshipping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in UK. Contact for w\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eorldwide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshipping quotes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFifty years after the summer that helped ignite punk rock across Britain, Mark Illuminati is looking back at the people, music and attitude that shaped his youth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing of Punk\u003c\/em\u003e depicts \u003cstrong\u003eSid Vicious of the Sex Pistols\u003c\/strong\u003e, reimagined as the King in Illuminati’s three-part \u003cem\u003e50 Years of Punk\u003c\/em\u003e collection. For Mark, this is personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in London, punk became his playground. He was just 12 when he found himself falling in with the bands and characters surrounding the emerging scene, an experience he credits with shaping the person he became:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Punk formed me as a young person. Made me naughty, made me question everything and generally made me a pain in the ass.”  Mark Illuminati\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSid Vicious occupies a particular place in those memories. Mark never met him, yet describes Sid as someone he \u003cstrong\u003e“adored as a kid”,\u003c\/strong\u003e and, five decades later, crowns him the undisputed King of Punk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition itself plays with a wonderfully deliberate contradiction. Mark has taken the traditional structure of a \u003cstrong\u003eVictorian playing card\u003c\/strong\u003e and used it to frame one of punk’s most infamous anti-establishment figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally created as an \u003cstrong\u003eoil painting on wood\u003c\/strong\u003e, '\u003cem\u003e50 Years of Punk - Sid Vicious'\u003c\/em\u003e has been released as a strictly limited edition of \u003cstrong\u003e50 prints\u003c\/strong\u003e, with each piece \u003cstrong\u003eindividually hand-finished by Mark Illuminati\u003c\/strong\u003e and presented in a choice of black or white frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result brings together contemporary art, British music history and Mark’s own first-hand connection to the world surrounding the birth of punk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFor collectors of \u003cstrong\u003eSid Vicious art, Sex Pistols artwork, punk rock art and British music memorabilia\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKing of Punk\u003c\/em\u003e marks the 50th anniversary of a movement whose influence continues to reach far beyond music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: \u003cspan\u003eLimited Edition print on Canvas , individually hand embellished with metal leaf. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage size: \u003cspan\u003e60.2 x 80 cm \/ 23.7\" x 31.4\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed Size: \u003cspan\u003e64.4 x 84.2 cm \/ 25.35\" x 33.1\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame Choice: Choose to be Presented in a Slim Black or White Tray Frame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition Size: Only 50 deluxe editions available worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Illuminati Neon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54831144632599,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4836\/1751\/files\/SidVicious-EditionMIFramedWEB_jpg.webp?v=1787913655","url":"https:\/\/10ea5e.myshopify.com\/products\/50-years-of-punk-sid-vicious-edition","provider":"Illuminati Neon","version":"1.0","type":"link"}