Billie Clarken
PLAY 2 WIN
2022
21,6 x 30.3 cm
scratch-off, inkjet print, screenprint
5 individual images each an edition of 11 + 4 AP
signed and numbered on the back
PLAY 2 WIN, 2022 is a limited edition of 5 individual DIY scratch-off prints.
The edition can be purchased as a single image or a full set of 5.
The single image option entitles the persons to be randomly assigned one of the 5 individual images whereas the full set includes one of each.
Works will be delivered unscratched.
About
PLAY 2 WIN is a limited edition series coinciding with a larger installation of “scratch-off” works by Billie Clarken, titled “You Oughta Be In Pictures”. In these works, Clarken reframes images from banned issues of Abercrombie and Fitch Quarterly by completely silk screening over the surface with a silver scratch-off paint.
“Abercrombie’s advertising images signify the desire to be chosen, to be casted, to be the main character. To be cheered on and lusted after by an audience. A&F sold fantasy to average people, like competitive game shows. And for everyone else- they watched.”
Clarken uses alternative printing practices to point out the triumphs and tragedy of illusions, and the theater walls in which reality television and consumer goods are staged in. PLAY 2 WIN is a collaboration with the player and artist in deciphering the extent of society’s need for fantasy, enticing collectors of the edition series with the freedom to gamble one’s own deconstruction of these images.