God Save the Ready Made

In the earlier video, Peter Blake speaks of Duchamp’s work with fondness because he opened the door for all conceptual art and asked the question, what is art ? Peter Blake uses found imagery and his own personal collections in his work, it is in the way they are appropriated that gives them significance. Each of the components that make up Blake’s work have personal meaning to him because he acquired all the materials and media whether it be oil paint or a toy car but it is the context they are put into and the viewer’s own interpretation of what they see that makes Peter Blake’s work so endearing and interactive.