Wallpaper suitable for a bachelor(ette)

pretty boys kill me (detail)

I had a lot of interest in the custom wallpaper design I created for my solo exhibition, pretty boys kill me, and I’m happy to announce that it is now available for sale on my website. For the past few years, I’ve been working more and more with patterns and repetition and so wallpaper as art seemed natural to me.

Roselina Hung - pretty boys kill me, wallpaper, 2013
Roselina Hung – pretty boys kill me, wallpaper, 2013

The design is based on the illustrator Charles Dana Gibson’s wallpaper of his famous Gibson’s girls, aptly titled Design for Wallpaper – Suitable for a Bachelor Apartment (1902). I wanted to do a play on his pattern but with effeminate men’s faces instead, with Gibson’s satirical interpretation of romantic longing and female beauty replaced by an earnest look at male beauty.

Wallpaper as installed at Gallery FUKAI
Wallpaper as installed at Gallery FUKAI

The pretty boys kill me wallpaper was created from my ink pen drawings that I scanned and digitally laid out in a repeat pattern. I’m currently selling this artist made special edition wallpaper in rolls of 24 x 144 inches (2 x 12 feet). The repeat occurs every 12 inches, and with a single roll you can cover 24 square feet. I actually hung the wallpaper for my exhibition with a couple of friends, and it was relatively easy as the paper has been pre-pasted, so you just wet and apply it to the wall. Digitally printed on a durable PVC-free paper, it was also easy to remove when the time came to take the show down.

If you are interested in buying a sample swatch, custom lengths, or multiple rolls, please get in touch via e-mail at rosy(at)roselinahung.com.  To buy single rolls, you can purchase them in the Editions section of my website.