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Common Sense [Mr Blobby] Pentagram Calderdale Museums ServicesMartin Parr UK, b1952 Mr Blobby 1999, Xerox print 11 1 2 16 in 29. 2 40. 6 cm Installation series Signed in black ink on the back of the photograph In 1999, Martin Parr released Common Sense, a provocative photographic series examining global consumerism through 350 hyper saturated, tightly cropped images. Focusing on the minutiae of everyday lifefast food, garish clothing, kitschy souvenirsthe series highlights the absurdities of mass production and