Printed Papers – Stanley Donwood
Printed Papers – Stanley Donwood
20th March – 10th April
The lovely little ink_d gallery on North Road is filled with the smells of paint, and a transparent floor board allows a sneaky view into the basement studio space. Voyeurism, a sense of modern malaise and the notion of Big Brother are themes that run through Stanley Donwood’s work on display here.
Donwood is most well known for being the man responsible for all Radiohead artwork since the My Iron Lung EP in 1994, he is also responsible for the collection of short stories Slowly Downward, alongside other art and fiction publications. The work on display here has a certain focus on images familiar to music fans, the window hosts the multi-coloured cover art to Hail to the Thief; a version of the New York street map with buidings converted to boxed words such as ‘Geeks’, ‘Trickledown’ and ‘Revenge’. Elsewhere there are prints from the OK Computer artwork and Thom Yorke’s solo album The Eraser, the latter of which are beautiful lino prints on shimmering, gold.
The exhibition also includes a number of new pieces from Donwood’s current obsession; goat bankers!? These vibrant, striking pieces offset the slightly menacing faces of a goat in a suit with streaks and blobs of primary coloured paint to create the stuff of children’s nightmares. You can pick up a complimentary goat banker badge or sticker from the gallery, and if you’re lucky they had some mini eggs when I popped in.
The exhibition runs until April 10th and was organised in collaboration with Donwood so a lot of the pieces on display are very rare and unique editions of artwork that, whether you’re aware of it or not, has been iconic in late-20th and early-21st century pop culture.
ink_d
96 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YE
01273 645299
gallery@ink-d.co.uk
www.ink-d.co.uk
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March 27th 2009 | 1
The Hussy says:
I am mainly going to go for the mini eggs.
