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Artworks
Stephen Wilson
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Peel), 2020Embroidered record sleeve12x12x2 inchesEdition of 8 plus 1 artist's proofMODPK12121392Stephen Wilson, The Velvet Underground & Nico (Peel), 2020$ 900.00For this version I wanted to create something completely different. The original album cover obviously had the banana on it, what most people don’t realize is that the banana itself...For this version I wanted to create something completely different. The original album cover obviously had the banana on it, what most people don’t realize is that the banana itself was a decal and the decal was placed over a pink banana, when you find the vintage albums often times the original decal is missing. I decided to start by embroidering banana wallpaper in the background in white thread and then stitching the pink banana directly through the album cover. I then created a patch of the yellow banana peel and collaged it to the album cover and sculpturally peeling the banana peel back before affixing it. The text was then created as patches and collaged in place. This turned out to be the most sculptural of all of the album covers once it was completed.
