{"product_id":"cornish-elk-luke-war-is-over-18690","title":"ELK Luke Cornish 'War is Over'","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuke Cornish, better known as ELK, is one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists. Initially taking up stencil art as a hobby in the early 2000s, while working as a sign painter and landscape designer, Cornish has developed a distinctive practice encompassing intricate figurative compositions. In true street art style, his work often engages with controversial subject matter, exploring themes of war, religion and social conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this work, Cornish depicts a shadowy urban streetscape, its buildings illuminated by fluorescent signage repeating a single message: war is over. The stark contrast between the city’s darkness and the insistence of these glowing words lends the scene an unsettling resonance. As throughout much of his practice, Cornish uses the visual language of street art to interrogate the complexities of contemporary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing his win at the Australian Stencil Art Prize in 2010, Cornish made history in 2012 as the first street artist to be named a finalist in the Archibald Prize. For collectors of Australian contemporary art, ELK’s practice offers a compelling synthesis of street-art immediacy, technical precision and social commentary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/collections\/elk?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=ELK\u0026amp;_psid=2e1c9a8e3\u0026amp;_ss=e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eELK Luke CORNISH\u003c\/a\u003e (1979 - )\u003cbr\u003e'War is Over' 2016\u003cbr\u003eSynthetic polymer paint on board\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 79 x 109 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 83 x 113 x 5 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned\u003c\/i\u003e: Signed, titled and dated verso.\u003cbr\u003eComes with Letter of Provenance\u003cbr\u003eCondition:very good\u003cbr\u003e(c) The Artist or Assignee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"small","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697204629574,"sku":null,"price":4950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/cornish-elk-luke-war-is-over-18690.jpg?v=1792624397","url":"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/products\/cornish-elk-luke-war-is-over-18690","provider":"Art and Collectors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}