Sir Peter Blake has revealed how his life in London inspired his cover that graces tomorrow’s Evening Standard magazine.
The pop artist was one of four people asked to contribute a souvenir cover for the magazine, with graphic artist Anthony Burrill, photographer and sculptor Erwin Wurm and artist Christabel MacGreevy also involved. The works have also been printed as pull-out posters inside.
Sir Peter, who famously created the sleeve design for The Beatles’s Sgt Pepper album, said: “London is an inspiring city and just to live here encourages creativity. I often use a heart as a motif, and it was appropriate for this cover.”
The 86-year-old said he is currently working on “paintings of fictitious wrestlers” and a portrait of Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis.
Austrian-born Wurm said his cover showing two models kissing an orange was “an abstract form of a kiss”.
MacGreevy said her cover, Very Tender featuring two lovers intertwined, was inspired by Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss. Burrill’s graphic, You & Me, depicts “a simple approach to human relationships”.
