Sir Peter's Lonely Hearts Club Band
02 Apr 2012
Sir Peter Blake has remade his legendary
Sgt. Pepper cover to celebrate his 80
th birthday. The
'Godfather of British Pop Art' has chosen the cultural figures he most admires
to celebrate the UK's creative output, including Genesis contributors Paul
Weller, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, and Eric Clapton.
'I had a very long list of people who I wanted to go in but
couldn't fit everyone in - I think that shows how strong British culture and
its legacy of the last six decades is.'
- Sir Peter Blake
Blake digitally created the 2012 version rather than
assembling and hand-colouring cardboard cut outs as he did for the 1967 cover
of
Sgt. Pepper, but still found the work
very time consuming.
'I often thought that if I did it again it would be very
quick on the computer but it was very laborious.'
- Sir Peter Blake
The artwork will be shown at Blake's birthday celebrations
at Wayne Hemingway's Vintage festival at Boughton House, Northamptonshire this
July.
Photograph © Sir Peter Blake/Vintage festival/PA
