Caravaggio
2011
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2011
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Caravaggio is a 2011 by Dawes Gray, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print came out in 2011 and it’s a small square piece, one of forty made that year by a group of artists in London. It was published by East London Printmakers, a workshop that helps artists share work and learn printmaking together. The set is called The ELP Box, and every year they make a new box of prints to support their members’ careers and fund more classes for the public. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The etching titled *Caravaggio* by Dawes Gray features figures from the artist’s Old Master works, including *Boy Bitten by a Lizard*, *Salome with the Head of John the Baptist*, and *Christ at Emmaus*, overlaid with text referencing Caravaggio’s life and reputation. The composition incorporates words such as *idolised*, *whored*, *hard man*, and *hot head*, layered across the imagery. Produced as part of the East London Printmakers’ annual *ELP Box* series, the print measures 30 x 30 cm and is issued in an edition of 40, signed, titled, dated, and numbered by the artist.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Dawes Gray probably spent more time in the print shop than the classroom—his 2011 screenprint Caravaggio isn’t a copy, it’s a riff, swapping Baroque chiaroscuro for gritty halftone dots.
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