I Heart Beryl Cook T-Shirt

Show your love for Beryl Cook with this limited-edition t-shirt by Jeremy Deller, created exclusively for House of Voltaire. This work forms a part of an ongoing series by Jeremy Deller that began in 1993, with ‘I heart Joyriding’ bumper stickers that he affixed to many surfaces, including a police car. Designed in collaboration with Fraser Muggeridge Studio, Deller’s long-time graphic collaborators, this edition riffs on the omnipresent "I Heart New York" slogan and plays on themes of consumerism, popular culture and mass media. The piece pays direct homage to British painter Beryl Cook, who has been a long-time inspiration for Deller. In 2025, commissioned by the National Gallery, he created a gigantic nude inflatable referencing Cook’s 1980 work ‘Nude on a Leopard Skin’. Deller is quoted as saying, ‘I’m interested in pushing the envelope of what is acceptable to be called art, who makes it, and what are its limits’, referencing the overlooking of Cook in her lifetime by the mainstream artworld, and perhaps linked to her mass popularity, and a spirit of inclusivity and class consciousness that carries through her paintings. This t-shirt has a regular fit; please order your regular size.