Eddie Peake. Sweat (2016). Edition of 100. Screenprint with solvent-based ink in three colour blend and gloss varnish on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized paper. Produced by Coriander Studio, London. 76 x 60 cm (30 x 23.6 in). Signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse. £550.00. Sweat's eye-popping fluorescent tones and vivid graphic style reference the acid-hued slogans of Nineties rave culture. Peake's prose poem "JOLTING BODY W. SWEATY SKIN / A SHEEN OF SWEAT, / IRIDESCENT IN / TWILIGHT" ambiguously references both sex and athletics. This sensual ambiguity reflects Peake's on-going exploration of human bodies as both sculptural objects and personal subjects. The screen print combines glossy blended colour with scrawling matte text created using pieces of masking tape, in a style reminiscent of Peake's spray-painted works on steel. Each individual print varies slightly, with wider or narrower blends of colour, reflecting the hand-crafted nature of the screenprinting process.
