Thierry Noir - Gold
We often think of art and sport as separate, but in Gold, Thierry Noir points out their commonalities: whether physical, emotional, or imaginative, each of Noir’s compositions is a full expression of human potential.
Noir’s Gold series began in 2020 as a studious series of 16-inch tondo paintings, each depicting one of Noir’s playful signature characters’ performance of a sporting discipline. The next year, the artist created digital animations using this source material and the animations were installed on enormous screens in cities including Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Seoul, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
In 2024, Noir returns to the Gold series with an exhibition of paintings at Phillips in New York and an exclusive collaboration with Dropshop – a suite of four ukiyo-e prints produced with the The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints in Tokyo and four new screenprint editions produced in London – the first editioned artworks by Noir in nearly a decade.
“Art and sport both have the power to break down barriers and dissolve political divisions. Sport also talks to the young people and it is very important to me to reach the younger generations with my art.”
– Thierry Noir
These Thierry Noir prints will be available 25 July 10am ET from Phillips Drop Shop
Thierry Noir - Gold - ukiyo-e suite SOLD OUT
Noir’s Gold ukiyo-e suite of Skateboarding has been made using the same techniques developed in Japan during the 17th century and preserved through generations. The ukiyo-e suite reflects the internationalism of the Gold project and a striking contrast between the old and new.
Medium: Suite of 4 (Teal, Blue, Pink, Orange)
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (27.4 x 27.4 cm)
Image: 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (26 x 26 cm)
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered
Price: $ 5,000 (unframed)
Thierry Noir - Gold - Screen prints SOLD OUT
In Noir’s own words “my art was born for screenprinting with the bright colors and shapes surrounded by the blackline”. Created with master printers in London using an only analogue process, the sporting forms of BMX Racing, Boxing, Surfing and Trampoline have been originated directly by the artist from brush to screen. In homage to the repetitive philosophy of the multiple, each sport is presented in four colourways of blue, orange, pink and teal.
Medium: 4 screenprints (BMX Racing / Boxing / Surfing /Trampoline) Blue, orange, pink and teal colourways
Sheet: 25 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (65.8 x 65.8 cm)
Image size: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (60 x 60 cm)
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered
Price per print: $ 1800 (unframed)
