Imbue (1988) - Girl With A Pcb

Imbue - Girl With A Pcb.

ENIG printed circuit board.
148x 210mm
Unsigned.


A custom-designed printed circuit board (PCB) reimagining Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, one of the most recognisable paintings in art history, as a piece of circuitry.

The board uses an ENIG (Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold) finish, meaning the gold you see is real gold. The same process used in high-end electronics gives the surface a warm lustre, here repurposed as an artistic medium rather than for technology.


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Imbue has been hailed as a ‘brilliant British artist’ on Forbes.com and his past exhibitions featured on The Independent, BBC and Artnet.

The artist’s work often features familiar icons with a characteristic twist; we’re talking Coca-Cola bottles fused with the Virgin Mary and the intermingling of science and religion in his Drug Lord editions.


Imbue was born in London on January 19, 1988.
He spent his childhood in the county of Kent, in the southeast of England.
The artist recalls that he always had a love for creation, a quest fueled by his father.
Imbue, also called the new Banksy, does not only write his name on walls.

Provocatively and perversely, the street artist hijacks advertisements or army recruitment posters and even goes so far as to introduce an ugly Snow White on the shelves of a Disney Store.
Playing with symbols, he melts a bottle of Coca Cola into the body of the Virgin Mary, giving religious and popular iconography a new meaning.

In 2008, he carelessly installed icing sugar vending machines with 'cocaine' and 'heroin' on the Brighton Pier, questioning the public and the authorities about the drugs found on every street corner.
(Source: Tracks ARTE TV)
He has been creating artworks for over 10 years and is exhibited and collected all over the world.

Imbue was inspired by artists such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey Obey, JonOne, KAWS, Seen, Banksy, JR, Mr. Cat, Fake, Parra, Pantone, Arsham, Vhils, Saraiva, Basquiat, Haring, Koons, Cattelan, Murakami, Stik, Brusk, Invader, Dface.

Nicknamed "the new Banksy", Imbue does not only write his name on walls. The street artist is provocative and malicious, hijacking advertisements or recruitment posters for the army and even going so far as to introduce a mischievous Snow White on the shelves of a Disney store.

Playing with symbols, he melts a Coca Cola bottle into the body of the Virgin Mary, giving religious and popular iconography a new meaning. In 2008, he carelessly installed icing sugar dispensers labelled ‘cocaine’ and ‘heroin’ on Brighton Pier, while quizzing the public and authorities about the drugs that could be found on every street corner.