Through cut-up, bricolage perspective, each of Bonnie and Clyde's abstracted pieces tells a story: a dizzying, non-linear narrative of the individual, navigating the dualistic city which is always banal as well as beautiful, terrifying while magnetic.
Contemporary British artist, Bonnie and Clyde produces mixed media collage and print-work centred around scenes of the urban imaginary. Crossing medium and type, Bonnie and Clyde's work takes the form of screen-prints, large-scale originals on paper and wood, as well as 3D installation pieces.
Employing a blend of photography, collage and paint, the emotive art of Bonnie and Clyde explores the psychogeography of the metropolis, immersing the viewer in beautiful and bizarre cityscapes.
The iconic topography of California - from the vibrant architecture of Santa Monica to rows of palm trees at Venice Beach - features heavily in Bonnie and Clyde's imagined scenes.
Not limited to a single corner of the globe, Burnley's jet-setter spirit is reflected in the host of other urban centres (including Tokyo, London, and Havana) that have featured across her oeuvre, while her passion for twentieth-century architecture - from modernism, to brutalism, to post-modernism and beyond - suffuses the overall aesthetic. Using self-taken photographs, Bonnie and Clyde works with a combination of monochrome and highly saturated areas of colour, collaged with textured paint, elements of distressed, heavy paper and magazine cuttings, to represent the beautiful, messy, vibrant and chaotic nature of life in the city.
Her work undergoes a combination of digital and tactile processes, which shift back and forth, playing with layers of material, until the final collage or screen print takes shape. Through cut-up, bricolage perspective, each of Bonnie and Clyde's abstracted pieces tells a story: a dizzying, non-linear narrative of the individual, navigating the dualistic city which is always banal as well as beautiful, terrifying while magnetic.
Exhibitions
Notable shows include a solo show at 45 Park Lane, Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London, and the Leeds College of Art exhibition 'Subterraneans', where her work was shown alongside artists Kim Gordon, Yoko Ono, and Gavin Turk.