Octopussy
Eve Poland
Octopussy (screenprint, 2008)
“I carried the idea for this picture around in my head for years – ever since I discovered Hokusai’s amazing woodcut ‘Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife’ while I was working at the British Museum. The painting I eventually made was reworked as a line drawing, which became a playing-card design for a fancy lingerie retailer. Ultimately I produced this limited-edition screenprint. Weird as it seems to westerners, tentacle erotica has a long tradition in Japanese art, and more recently became popular as a way of getting round harsh censorship laws.”
- eve-poland
Up to no Good (screenprint, 2007)
“This print also started life as a painting. It evolved from a doodle and the cats just happened to look very mischievous. I liked the idea of them hanging out on a street corner plotting naughtiness and trying not to look guilty. The title came out of nowhere and was instantly right; I think it’s been integral to the success of the picture – it always seems to make people smile.”
The Brighton based artist Eve Poland is giving a limited edition print away, see our Freestuff
