Bid to own Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (Color), an unframed fine art print by Brian Griffin.
Artist: Brian Griffin (1948-2024)
Title: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (Color)
Year created: 1983
Medium: Archival Pigment Print
Edition: Open Edition
Height (inches): 30
Width (inches): 30
This piece is unframed.
Description of piece:
This 1983 iconic photograph of English rock musician “Billy Idol”, on a Maroon background, with Red motion blur striking out from his hand is from his second studio album “Rebel Yell.” It was taken by British legend photographer and author of over 40 photography books, Brian Griffin. Brian Griffin recalls his experience of this photo shoot with Billy Idol: “He was certainly a white-knuckle ride. I photographed him in a New York studio, and I remember us bouncing around the studio like angels on pantomime wires. There was so much marching powder.” The image was produced under license agreement on fine art archival pigment paper and is delivered with an authorized Certificate of Authenticity, with embossed artist seal. The print is professionally packaged and shipped in sturdy tubes.
Artist bio:
Brian Griffin is considered “The Photographer of the Decade” 1980-1990 by London’s Guardian newspaper and as one of the most eminent British photographers of the seventies and eighties. “Life” magazine’s supplement, “The Greatest Photographs of the 80’s,” illustrated this photograph “A Broken Frame,” on its cover. The image was acclaimed as the photograph of the decade 1980-1990. Griffin was chosen by George Lucas as one of three photographers to shoot the “Star Wars” characters at Lucas Studios, London for the 1983 Star Wars movie, “Return of the Jedi.” Brian was a highly sought-after photographer by band managers and artists themselves, scrambling to book him to produce eye-catching album covers and publicity shots. Griffin invented technical tricks to turn 80’s pop into an edgy visual wonderland. Many of his images are rare vintage prints captured prior to the digital age of photography when technical proficiency and ingenuity was a must. Griffin has won many awards in his carrier as a photographer, including in 2013, the “Centenary Medal” from the Royal Photographic Society, in recognition of a lifetime achievement in photography. Brian Griffin’s photographs are held in the permanent collections of major art institutions including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Arts Council of Great Britain, London; the British Council, London; the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Museum Folkwang, Essen; the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; the Art Museum Reykjavik, Iceland; the Mast Foundation, Bologna; and the Museu da Imagem, Braga, Portugal.