And at the end it looked really good.The collage was not intended to be on the album cover, however on seeing the finished piece Coldplay wanted it to be incorporated in some way. So if you see the mountains of the collage at the top, the layers, it's pieces of their kids paintings that I scanned in. the band's kids came and they did all these beautiful paintings, so I wanted to include those too. When asked who else worked on the piece she elaborates. And then all of a sudden, a week later we have this huge collage done.I didn't do a mock-up of how the collage would look. And Chris would come and he would do a painting and then we'd try to include it in the collage, or he would come and paint a bit of the collage. Guy had this huge box with really awesome old photos that he was cutting out.
In an interview on the Coldplay's official website she discusses the project. During her collaboration with Coldplay she instructed the band to include their own childhood photographs, original artwork and their children's drawings into the artwork to see what they could create.
She has worked with Island Records, Big Beat Records, Ultramajic, Get Physical, Visionquest, and Fool's Gold Records. Pilar Zeta (B.1986) is an Argentinean art director, known of her surrealist ideology and experience working with music labels to create bespoke artworks.
It also featured as cover art for all of the album's singles and as screen visuals throughout the record-breaking 'A Head Full Of Dreams' tour. The collage was used for the album's cover art and accompanying booklet. It was conceived and created during album recording sessions in the band's London studio. This large collage was a joint collaboration between the artist Pilar Zeta and Coldplay.
It has sold over 7 million copies worldwide and was nominated for 'British Album of the Year' at the 2016 Brit Awards. All funds raised from the purchase of this item will be used to support Oxfam's response to the coronavirus pandemic worldwide.Ī Head Full Of Dreams is the seventh studio album by Coldplay. Generously donated by Coldplay to Oxfam for this sale. The original collage conceived and created specifically as cover art for the hugely successful album the creation of the collage was a collaboration by the artist Pilar Zeta and Coldplay resulting in a large mixed media montage which combines childhood photographs of each band member, their children's artwork, printed card, metallic paper, acrylic paint, gold leaf, coloured pencil on paper, cut out text, all applied to a large canvas themes include - the universe, space travel, youth, nature and community, all surrounding a kaleidoscope of colour at the centre of the design, framed and glazed, and accompanied by a copy of the album on vinyl, a signed presentation card and a letter of provenance from the band, 137in x 70in (350cm x 180cm) Footnotes