Lo Cole
Cole is former student of the University of Kent and graduated with a degree in fine art from the Maidstone College of Art after finishing a foundation course at London's St Martin's School of Art. Cole's artwork has been featured in a number publications including The Economist, The Guardian and The New Republic.
Lo Cole
- Name
- Lo Cole
- Birthplace
- England
- Education
- University of Kent
- Occupation
- illustrator · writer
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Cole is former student of the University of Kent and graduated with a degree in fine art from the Maidstone College of Art after finishing a foundation course at London's St Martin's School of Art. Cole's artwork has been featured in a number publications including The Economist, The Guardian and The New Republic.
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Key facts
• Name — Lo Cole • Birthplace — England • Education — University of Kent • Notable Works — Welcome to the Pleasuredome • Style — Screen printing, illustration • Website — locole.co.uk Lo Cole is a British illustrator, printmaker and author.
Author
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
In 1984 Cole was hired by ZTT, a record company, to illustrate the cover for the debut album of the British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood entitled Welcome to the Pleasuredome. In 2023, Cole's original artwork for Welcome to the Pleasuredome sold for £17,000 at auction. The double album artwork for Pleasuredome has been described as "Equally near-the-knuckle – the gatefold showing a large phallus and the back image a selection of mating animals which had to have fig leaves attached after the printing company refused to print it."
Reviews
Reviews
The Wall Street Journal said about Cole's children's novel Doris "In its topic and in the heft of its heroine, “Doris” brings to mind Roger Duvoisin’s 1961 picture book “Veronica,” about a hippo who, unlike Doris, yearns for nothing so much as to be conspicuous."
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- 1.Peru has an incompetent president and a discredited Congress. The Economist. September 29, 2022.
- 2.After a bungled coup attempt, Peru's president falls. The Economist. December 7, 2022.
- 3.Which is The Economist's country of the year for 2021?. The Economist. December 18, 2021.
- 4.A Peronist on the Potomac. The Economist. February 16, 2017.
- 5.Parkinson, Hannah Jane. Do lesbians have better sex than straight women?. The Guardian. July 9, 2018.
- 6.Barbieri, Annalisa. My friend is an anti-vaxxer, and she's converting my husband. What can I do?. The Guardian. March 26, 2021.
- 7.Haaland, Erling. Nordic goal-yeti Erling Haaland awes us all but leaves Pep Guardiola oddly redundant. The Guardian. October 7, 2022.
- 8.Heer, Jeet. The GOP is the Party of Fear. The New Republic. December 15, 2015.
- 9.We Want a Dog. Kirkus Reviews. June 8, 2021.
- 10.Gurdon, Meghan Cox. Children's Books: Lo Cole's 'Doris'. The Wall Street Journal. March 20, 2024.
- 11.Britcher, Chris. Frankie Goes to Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome artwork by Lo Cole, former Maidstone School of Art student, sells for £17,000. Kent Online. July 9, 2023.
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