STONES | Features the legendary Tongue and Lips motif of the Rolling Stones in bold blue tones | Minimalist reduction | A graphic homage to Rock ’n’ Roll and timeless pop culture
STONES | Features the legendary Tongue and Lips motif of the Rolling Stones in bold blue tones | Minimalist reduction | A graphic homage to Rock ’n’ Roll and timeless pop culture

STONES

“STONES” Rendered in bold shades of blue, this work reinterprets the legendary “Tongue and Lips” logo of the Rolling Stones, created in 1970 by John Pasche and long since an emblem of rebellion, energy, and rock ’n’ roll. The iconic silhouette of open lips with an extended tongue is distilled to a minimalist form, with white areas defining the teeth and key highlights. An unmistakable band symbol transforms into a graphically pure art object, a homage to music history and timeless pop culture. “STONES” is part of the art series “Blue in a Square”, which includes 300+ artworks.

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The Rolling Stones are one of the first bands to have their own logo. Together with The Beatles, they have grown into a brand. Across generations, countless people identify with them, with the values, the attitude, and what the band stands for: rock ’n’ roll. Even though, strictly speaking, the Stones are a blues band. But the lifestyle and what the band is known, famous, and loved for is rock ’n’ roll.

So much so that when people talk about rock ’n’ roll, they don’t just mean the music. They also mean a lifestyle. A behaviour. An attitude. It is more direct, louder, more open, more unconventional, wilder and it’s summed up in three words: sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. That, too, is a metaphor. Because even the Stones wouldn’t have survived all of that in excess. But those three words are meant to provoke as well. Rock ’n’ roll is the rebellion of an entire generation. Against their parents’ generation. It ushered in a social change that continues to this day. When we speak of rock ’n’ roll, we mean the other, the new, the unusual, the nonconformist. It marks a break with a past of obedience, submission, adaptation, and conformity. The tongue, the logo, expresses all of this. The wishes, promises, and goals of an entire generation could hardly have been captured more perfectly.

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Keynography Art

Keynography Art is a new digital art form founded by Christof Hintze, with no AI being used or applied, created in Apple Keynote—originally a presentation program. Through the precise interplay of complex stencils, masks, lines, and many layers and shadows, shapes, depth, and spatial effects are built up—like a collage, but entirely digital. The result feels like a graphic relief: clean, detailed, and surprisingly three-dimensional, even though it is made from simple Keynote elements. More about it in my bio…

Artwork Details

Canon fine art inkjet print on high-quality Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g/m². The artwork format can be freely selected: from a minimum of 20 × 20 cm up to a maximum of 120 × 120 cm. Mounted on 2 mm Alu-Dibond, with a white wooden frame and shadow gap. Price/offer upon request, depending on size and quantity.

Artwork – Recommended retail prices (RRP):

From the minimum size of 20 cm × 20 cm: €819.00 incl. VAT
From the medium size of 70 cm × 70 cm: €999.00 incl. VAT
Up to the maximum size of 120 cm × 120 cm: €1,399.00 incl. VAT
All prices, sizes, and variations are listed in the catalogue.

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