Contemporary artist Martin Smith
- better known by his alter ego, Jube Jube
- has a penchant for the iconic. His work is crafted around famous faces, reproducing the likes of Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn & Kate Moss in dappled, painterly style. His recent series focuses on late greats of the music world, which he has immortalised in stained glass designs: powerful tributes which are not only aesthetically captivating but sacred & symbolic, filled with a bygone reverence that well befits the iconic figures. ‘ Bowie’ depicts none other than the iconic David Bowie, his portrait set against a beautifully designed, mosaic-tiled background. Framing his head like a sacred halo, Smith has printed the line ‘I, I Will Be King’ from Bowie’s 1977 hit ‘ Heroes’, recasting the singer as a saintly depiction in a clever twist of icon meets iconography. The print is powerful & moving, just like one of Bowie’s captivating melodies: a fitting tribute to one of the world’s most cherished figures.