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Elmo Hood
Elmo Hood - Fuck Aroundest of Time, 2026, Mixed Media Playing Card on Wooden Backed Canvas | Signed

Fuck Aroundest of Time, 2026

Mixed Media Playing Card on Wooden Backed Canvas | Signed

12 x 16 In

About this work

Elmo Hood has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary street art, building a devoted following through works that blend irreverent humor with incisive cultural commentary. Operating at the intersection of pop art and urban intervention, Hood has cultivated a distinctive visual language that resonates with collectors seeking work that challenges conventional artistic boundaries while remaining deeply accessible. Fuck Aroundest of Time presents a bold reimagining of the playing card as cultural artifact. Hood transforms this universally recognized object into a vehicle for social observation, employing the card's inherent symbolism of chance, fate, and consequence. The mixed media construction layers graphic elements with textural complexity, while the wooden backed canvas provides both structural permanence and a nod to traditional craft in an otherwise subversive composition. The deliberate tension between the playful medium and provocative titling exemplifies Hood's ability to embed meaning within seemingly casual forms. The work measures twelve by sixteen inches, offering an intimate scale that rewards close inspection of Hood's detailed surface treatment. Signed by the artist, this piece carries direct authentication and represents an opportunity to acquire work from a practice gaining significant momentum within contemporary collecting circles. Hood's market trajectory suggests growing institutional and private interest, with works increasingly sought after as the artist's profile continues to expand across international platforms. Guy Hepner is pleased to offer this striking example of Elmo Hood's evolving practice. For acquisition inquiries, pricing information, or to arrange a private viewing, please contact the gallery directly.

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Edition & Provenance

Year
2026
Medium
Mixed Media Playing Card on Wooden Backed Canvas | Signed

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About the Playing Cards Series

Elmo Hood's Playing Cards series is where his signature process began, and it remains the most collected body of work in his practice. Each piece starts with a found playing card, its printed color and imagery repurposed rather than covered, then built out with layered mixed media and mounted on wooden backed canvas.

The cards themselves carry the compositions. Kings and queens recur throughout, their existing linework absorbed into new characters and scenes. Hood works dark tones into the shading and outlines of each piece, giving the finished work a graphic, almost stencil-like edge that sits somewhere between pop art and street art.

The titles are part of the work. Lines like In The War Of Ego The Loser Always Wins and What Doesn't Kill Me read like aphorisms, pulling the series toward the same undercurrent of philosophy and self-examination that runs through Hood's practice more broadly. A recurring New York thread, seen in pieces like New York Is A Verb and New York Punches, reflects the city's pull on the artist and its recurring presence across this body of work.

Guy Hepner Gallery presents 15 works from the Playing Cards series, available through private sale. Each piece is signed by the artist. Complimentary valuations and current pricing are available on enquiry.

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Fuck Aroundest of Time

About Elmo Hood

Elmo Hood is a self-taught contemporary artist working at the intersection of pop art and mixed media. Born in 1989 in Southampton, England, he now lives and works in Brisbane, Australia.

Hood's career began in 2013 with a single collage made from two playing cards. The piece went viral, leading to a string of international exhibitions and a growing collector base that has followed his work ever since. Those early card pieces set the template for what would become his signature process: cutting, burning, and reassembling found materials to build emotionally charged compositions.

Today his work fuses pop art sensibility with layered mixed media technique. Playing cards remain central to his practice, their existing color and imagery repurposed into new palettes, while darker tones anchor the outlines and shading of each piece. Kings and queens recur throughout his output, alongside recurring nods to philosophy, religion, and the paranormal, giving the work a mythic, symbol-driven undercurrent beneath its pop surface.

Hood's work has been featured in British GQ, Forbes, Glamour, Wall Street International, and Made in Shoreditch, among other publications. He has exhibited across London, Paris, New York, Miami, Ibiza, Bahrain, and Munich, with pieces auctioned at the Houses of Parliament. His exhibition history includes solo shows such as Down the Rabbit Hole at Westbank Gallery, London, and House of Cards in Miami, alongside group exhibitions in New York and at the Bahrain Art Fair.

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