Friday, June 26, 2009

Looking at the Overlooked from the Other Side


graphite & putty eraser/30x20cm

Doing exactly what it says on the tin, as it were - flipping over the previously drawn 'roadkill' can to examine the manner in which it has been folded on its reverse side. Again, in best 'Cubist' fashion, four views are simultaneously present in the single, compressed plane: each side, top & base.

Soundtrack:


Scritti Politti 'Songs to Remember' & 'White Bread Black Beer'
Moon Wiring Club 'An Audience of Art Deco Eyes'
Divine Comedy 'Victory for the Comic Muse'


With a nod to topicality, one was reminded of the point at which Green Gartside's singing voice started sounding at times not entirely dissimilar to that of the departed Michael Jackson: the funky 'Lions After Slumber' on the still-wonderful 'Songs to Remember' (as indeed they are) might be the best illustration.

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