License Plate Art of John Boak
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John Boak has used license plates as a substrate for paintings since the eighties. He has said that the visual complexity that the numbers add to the surface is also symbolic of the layers of data that underpin contemporary life.
His license-plate paintings have been executed in both acrylic and oil. He paints individual plates while working on other paintings; it gives him a way to use up excess paint mixed for other paintings.
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4 Neo
Acrylic on License Plates
47"x68"
1986
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Art Da Ta
Oil on License Plate
53"x41"
1996
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Informational Fragmentation
Oil on License Plates
53"x41"
1995
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Evening News
Oil on license plates
55"x41"
1996
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Skaros
Oil on license plates
59"x46"
1996
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Daily Cactus
Oil on license plates
48"x38"
1998
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Indoor Plumbing
Oil on license plates
46"x36"
1998
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Global Village
Oil on license plates
46"x33"
1998
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Three digital plates
Available in a variety of sizes as inkjet prints |
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