Rap War - Biggie Smalls Mounted Size:25x31 cm before each plate was individually

before each plate was individually inked

public grief and the images that remain after a life becomes legend

Rise has a strong visual presence and works well in spaces that can hold bold imagery without noise

using familiar visual cues to draw the viewer in before gently unsettling the scene

Each print is part of a small run of ten

Rap War - Biggie Smalls Mounted Size:25x31 cm before each plate was individuallyRap War reflects on Biggie Smalls through the hard graphic language of a newspaper front page, set inside a deep blue field. The headline is bold and immediate, held in colour like a final public image. A red Bloods gang sign cuts across the centre of the work, bringing tension, allegiance and symbolism to the page. It turns the report of a death into something suspended between music, conflict, media and memory. This piece belongs to The Last