U Is For Unusual People. Sir Peter Blake. Type: Silkscreen Print. Published: 1991. Image Size: 510 mm X 722 mm. Paper Size: 780 mm X 1020 mm. Edition Size: 95. U is for Unusual People by Sir Peter Blake is from his 1991 series of alphabet letters. Once again we see Blake's interest in collecting antique postcards and photographs. Here the images are brought together by the theme of unusual people: performers, circus acts, siamese twins, people with rare physical deformities all feature. The piece reflects Blake's fascination wth outsiders and misfits and takes us back to the politically incorrect era when it was considered acceptable to parade around unusual looking people as objects of repugnant curiiosity. As Marco Livingstone comments, In Blake's collection of postcards 'it is not revulsion that comes caross but affection and acceptance, even a sense of identification with the imperfections of his fellow man. As always with Blake it is a deeply felt humity that triumphs.'.
