Bambi?

London’s Electric Blue Gallery on Middlesex Street is showcasing a debut solo collection of works by up-and-coming graphic artist Jasper Goodall.

Goodall first drew eyeballs with his avant-garde work for Face magazine from 2000 to 2003. His first solo works, entitled “Poster Girl” explores the notion of fantasy versus reality, with a play on sexuality and fetishism.

The works feature a series of photographs of real models holding up cardboards of illustrations in various sexually provocative poses, with a large part of the models obscured except for the odd pair of legs in latex stockings and ultra-high heels.

Goodall says he drew inspiration from pop artist Allen Jones, but added his own twist to explore popular subjects of fetishism, for example, using cartoon characters like Bambi and Mickey Mouse to illustrate “fallen innocence” as a Goodall spin on the “sexualized nun”.

Says Goodall: "I liked the idea that I could corrupt Bambi, a modern day symbol of innocence and turn her 'bad' thus re-creating the nun cliché in a new way."