Artist Name: Ame72

Ame72 aka Jamie Ame, British, b.1972Ame72 (pronounced 'aim72')In the same way as Pop art which removes the material from its context and isolates the object, Ame72 uses these mass-produced moulded, yellow faced smiling toys as a means to transmit a message. Messages borrowed from the urban texture and aimed towards the society's characteristics economic abundance, consumerism & commercialization.Using un-standard art materials in his works, as comics and short texts full of colour and humor and defiance towards society, he manages to emphasize the banality and hypocrisy existing in every society.Foremostly, he paints because it's fun.