‘Recouper’

Edition of 41
Found concrete with spray paint
Dimensions: 12 x 12 x variable length (14-50cm)
All works have been treated with a stabilising solution and are supplied with a white mdf support and a certificate of authenticity that includes an image of the location the work was sourced from.

Leo Fitzmaurice often employs material designed by other people and applies a simple or subtle change to alter our perception of it. This change is usually made to the information that the object is trying to communicate. In the work Recouper, Leo has used the graffiti on a brick wall that borders a car park. The wall has a series of bays that contain a small sloping brick and concrete filler. These fillers and the graffiti upon their surfaces is the information that has been appropriated for use as an edition.

Leo has removed the sections of concrete, which naturally broke into sections of different sizes creating a ready-made edition. The parts are curious and complex, with their physical removal from the original location they take on the role of an object as precious historical artifact. Part painting, part sculpture, the concrete relics express the clichéd qualities graffiti has as a decorative part of our environment. Having been removed from their original context, the sections demonstrate the potential graffiti has for unwitting charm. The work also explores ideas of authorship, vandalism and ownership.

By chipping out part of the wall Leo has revealed a blank strip that is the exposed original wall hidden behind the layers of graffiti upon it. The pieces of the edition are linked to this location in the way that missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle still have a connection with the image they came from. The material has been removed from its original location and will be scattered as the pieces are sold. A certificate of authenticity is supplied with each work along with an image of the source of the material that locates the exact spot that the work originated from. The edition numbers locate the work in order from left to right.

Price £50 plus £1 per cm length
Free delivery within Norwich or Cambridge
£20 postage and packing elsewhere in the United Kingdom

To order please send a cheque payable to “Kaavous-Bhoyroo” with delivery address to:
Jane Bhoyroo
73 Norfolk Street
Cambridge
CB1 2LD

Number 1 Length 42cm Price £92 Number 2 Length 23cm Price £73 Number 3 Length 33cm Price £83 Number 4 Length 36cm Price £86

Number 5 Length 34cm Price £84 Number 6 Length 39cm Price £89 Number 7 Length 50cm Price £100

Number 8 Length 20cm Price £70 Number 9 Length 14cm Price £64 Number 10 Length 25cm Price £75 Number 11 Length 26cm Price £76

Number 12 Length 28cm Price £78 Number 13 Length 30cm Price £80 Number 14 Length 34cm Price £84 Number 15 Length 23cm Price £73

Number 16 Length 31cm Price £81 Number 17 Length 28cm Price £78 Number 18 Length 32cm Price £82 Number 19 Length 41cm Price £91

Number 20 Length 29cm Price £79 Number 21 Length 36cm Price £86 Number 22 Length 31cm Price £81 Number 23 Length 25cm Price £75

Number 24 Length 37cm Price £87 Number 25 Length 32cm Price £82 Number 26 Length 29cm Price £79 Number 27 Length 36cm Price £86

Number 28 Length 28cm Price £78 Number 29 Length 35cm Price £85 Number 30 Length 41cm Price £91 Number 31 Length 26cm Price £76

Number 32 Length 31cm Price £81 Number 33 Length 31cm Price £81 Number 34 Length 17cm Price £67 Number 35 Length 22cm Price £72 Number 36 Length 17cm Price £67

Number 37 Length 23cm Price £73 Number 38 Length 21cm Price £71 Number 39 Length 43cm Price £93 Number 40 Length 25cm Price £75 Number 41 Length 24cm Price £74