Smiling Jackie JFK s Nightmare Soft Blue Online

With a moniker like Pure Evil, it’s little surprise the internationally-renowned street artist is best known for his Nightmare Series – a selection of portraits of iconic and doomed celebrities, each shedding a tear as they face their own nightmare. The collection, reminiscent of Warhol’s famous screenprints, is a reflection on the darker side of celebrity worship.

Smiling Jackie depicts Jackie Kennedy. The infinitely stylish First Lady went through a lot in life; the loss of children, rumours of adultery and, of course, the assassination of her husband, JFK. For this piece, Pure Evil has chosen an image from a more positive era of her life, when JFK was running for president and she had just given birth to her second child, John Jr.