Here’s something sexy to put on your wall – if you have almost £1,000 to spare.
Forget magnolia, now you can have 50 shades of grey.
Four new limited edition prints will be launched in Birmingham tomorrow inspired by the raunchy Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy.
Fashion photographer turned fine artist Raphael Mazzucco has created the images, each hand-signed by him and Fifty Shades author E.L. James.
Just 125 of each piece have been produced, each costing £995. The collection will be available to buy from Castle Fine Art’s two Birmingham galleries in The Mailbox and the ICC from Friday October 28.
More than 125 million copies of Fifty Shades of Grey have been sold in 52 countries. The sexually-explicit erotic stories follow the relationship between business magnate Christian Grey, who enjoys bondage and sex games, and college graduate Anastasia Steele.
Bob Warman reads a West Midlands version of Fifty Shades of Grey
The novels have now been made into three films starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. The second film, Fifty Shades Darker, will be released in February.
The prints feature photography overlaid with collage and phrases from the books.
The sensual pictures show a naked girl in various poses. In one she is blindfold with her wrists tied with Christian’s infamous tie, accompanied by the words “Demanding, aren’t you”.
In another, also blindfold, she has her mouth open in pleasure with the words “Please sir”.
In one she is wearing a decorated mask, with the phrase “There’s something about you”, while the fourth is just a shot of her mouth, as seen through a water-splattered screen.
Artist Raphael Mazzucco said: “Fifty Shades of Grey is recognised as a worldwide cultural phenomenon and its influence is felt across the globe.
“My work very often includes an element of writing – often it’s words that come to me while I’m creating, sometimes song lyrics, sometimes poetry.
“It was therefore so natural to me to take the language of Fifty Shades of Grey and work that into these images.”
Author E. L. James said: “Raphael has brought a tremendous passion and lust for life to his interpretation of Fifty Shades.”
And Castle Fine Art galleries director Beth McCarthy said: “The seductive appeal of this collection draws upon the captivating narrative of E.L. James’ trilogy to produce images as delicate as they are striking.”
