Abandon

AbandonThis limited edition print revisits the artwork for Deep Purple's 1998 album, Abandon. It has been overseen by original artist Ioannis, who relished the opportunity to do so:` "The band had just completed Abandon and were late getting the cover art together. I sat in their manager Bruce Payne's office along with Roger Glover who, as well as being the bass player and producer, was the art director for the band whenever I worked with them. We discussed

an inherent feeling of adventure blending with the vulnerability of the youth's bare torso and the slightly phallic nature of the sharpened stick

Published by: Griffioen Grafiek in 2009

The negatives lay unused and dormant in the Hipgnosis archive until last year 2019

A childhood love of Sci-Fi and Dan Dare was followed by an interest in the full page adverts found within the pages of the American National Geographic magazine

"I was so exasperated by this I did it for my own satisfaction (and belief) and the Onion Ladies themselves were so exasperated at not being realised for so long that they still can't get over it (The striped corsets are central

Melt is one of a collection of limited edition archival inkjet prints published to celebrate a catalogue of truly remarkable and unique sound works by Peter Gabriel

we always had boobs flashed to us at the front of the stage

looked closely at the painting

" Lol Creme

Aubrey Powell

Roger and John adorned

the Cranberries and Biffy Clyro to name but a few