Paul Reas
I Can Help, Army Wallpaper, B&Q Store, Newport South Wales, 1988
Lightjet print
76.2 x 101.6 cms
30 x 40 ins
Series: 2. I Can Help
7584
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
From the series I Can Help, 1988 Paul Reas is part of a pioneering generation of photographers who exposed and critiqued British class and culture in the 1980s and 90s....
From the series I Can Help, 1988
Paul Reas is part of a pioneering generation of photographers who exposed and critiqued British class and culture in the 1980s and 90s. Reas' seminal body of work, I Can Help (1988)examines the impact of the consumer boom of the 1980s, which resulted in a proliferation of American-style shopping malls and the rise of the new middle class. Humorous and slightly caustic, Reas' images are a criticism of an emerging cultural façade epitomized by heritage industry sites, branding, and figurative cultural icons.
Paul Reas is part of a pioneering generation of photographers who exposed and critiqued British class and culture in the 1980s and 90s. Reas' seminal body of work, I Can Help (1988)examines the impact of the consumer boom of the 1980s, which resulted in a proliferation of American-style shopping malls and the rise of the new middle class. Humorous and slightly caustic, Reas' images are a criticism of an emerging cultural façade epitomized by heritage industry sites, branding, and figurative cultural icons.