Mr. Controversial’s new collection is very much an
evolution on the work that has been successful to date. Hot off the back of
three successful collection releases, he is excited to reveal all of the things
he’s been quietly working on for the past year.

“I’ve decided to call this new collection Pulp Noir as I
have combined the visual language of film noir and pulp fiction paperbacks. I
am well known for my controversial take on Pulp imagery of the 1950’s and I
wanted to build on this whilst adding a new twist. In a world where everything
is demanding your attention, enticing you with clever colour combinations and
more… This series is very much monochrome; I’ve stripped everything back from
the captions to the colours. I emphasise the blacks, greys and white areas of
the images and hand finish them with a flash of colour oil pastel. Less is more
with this collection.

As I am deepening my creative process, I’ve been
experimenting with full oil paintings and hand pulled diamond dust silkscreens.
I’ve fallen in love with the printmaking process, each hand made print is truly
unique due to the nature of such a manual process. A subtle thing like not
applying too much pressure in one spot when pushing the ink through the screen
will create a totally different effect. This is then emphasised by the hand
finishing which is different for each image in the series. I am excited as I’ve
never released something like this before. As I am making further inroads to
the artworld, partnering with exciting companies and gaining more traction…
it’s time for me to evolve and up the levels.”