"Amy Dead" Amy Winehouse Original Art Sport becomes performance

Sport becomes performance

and because the paint is applied by hand

Made by the artist Gerard McDonagh at Bravespears Studio Workshop in Hackney

holding its own without demanding attention

"Amy Dead" Amy Winehouse Original Art Sport becomes performanceAmy Dead takes the language of the tabloid front page and covers it with colour, nature and symbolism. A newspaper style image sits against a warm mustard ground, layered with a vivid red and turquoise bird, flowers and foliage. The central collage elements speak to Amy Winehouses death and the celebrity deaths that followed. They bring beauty, stillness and ritual to an image first made for public consumption. This piece reflects on fame, grief and