A new way of recording 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, collage, acrylic on paper
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One hundred and twenty five years 2021
One hundred and twenty five years 2021 – colour photograph
Sat in the dust of some cheap magazines 2021
Sat in the dust of some cheap magazines 2021 – 22,5 x 8,5 x 10cm, plasticine
Our words return in patterns 2020
Our words return in patterns 2020 – colour photograph
Then one day a Spanish King 2021
Then one day a Spanish King 2021 – 21 x 14,8cm, collage, acrylic on paper. Private collection, Germany
That his profession was SHH 2021
That his profession was SHH 2021 – 30 x 42cm, felt tip pen, letraset on paper
As we travel through hill and valley 2021
As we travel through hill and valley 2021 – 29,7 x 29,9cm, felt tip pen, letraset on paper
Feel Vox Crisp Valvetronix 2021
Feel Vox Crisp Valvetronix 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, felt pen, laser print on paper
MES (double mic) 2021
MES (double mic) 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, collage, acrylic, on paper
Kicker Conspiracy 2021
Kicker Conspiracy 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, collage, letraset on paper
I could frolic around all night 2021
I could frolic around all night 2021 – 12 x 8 x 10cm, plasticine
MES double mic (drawing after a sculpture) 2021
MES double mic (drawing after a sculpture) 2021 – 21 x 29,7cm, charcoal on paper
MES (Mind moving) 2021
MES (Mind moving) 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, coloured pencil on paper
MES (amp) 2020
MES (amp) 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Germany
I was only on one leg 2020
I was only on one leg 2020 – 20 x 14,5cm, watercolour on paper
Desires travel 2021
Desires travel 2021 – 21 x 14.8cm, watercolour, pen on paper Credit to original photographer Natasha Bright
Still deeply 2021
Still deeply 2021 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pencil, pen, acrylic on paper
That joke isn’t funny anymore 2021
That joke isn’t funny anymore 2021 – 50 x 65cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Take it down easy 2020
Take it down easy 2020 – 30 x 29cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Always someone around me 2021
Always someone around me 2021 – 30 x 42cm, pen, acrylic, pencil on paper
Our hero 2021
Our hero 2021 – 155 x 125cm, acrylic on canvas His vendetta in parchment Floating grey abundance Against my palace of conscience
I’m immune 2021
I’m immune 2021 – 155 x 125cm, acrylic on canvas Talk treacherous would beatBut still my heart it is rock Finally going through old parasite gateBut there’s a 24-hour clock watchAnd I’m living too lateThink I’m living too late
Was the day Disne 2021
Was the day Disne 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, acrylic on paper (Brix Smith quoted in Jamming, November 1984) ‘Everyone was pretending nothing had happened, they were all going ‘Disneyland is wonderful land’. Mark was saying, ‘Whaaat??? There’s a woman up there with no head […]
The last Briton on t 2021
The last Briton on t 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, acrylic and watercolour on paper
Dollars and deutsc 2021
Dollars and deutsc 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, acrylic, pen on paper
Decadence and Anar 2021
Decadence and Anar 2021 – 28,7 x 19,3cm, lino ink and laser print on paper
This Nation’s Saving Grace 2021
This Nation’s Saving Grace 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, pencil, pen and laser print on paper
The lunatics have taken over the asylum 2020
The lunatics have taken over the asylum 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour on paper
Boiled beef and carrots 2020
Boiled beef and carrots 2020 – 200 x 200cm, oil on canvas
Do you work hard? 2020
Do you work hard? 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
MUCH DISCUSSION IN THIS INSTITUTION 2020
MUCH DISCUSSION IN THIS INSTITUTION 2020 – A4, Letraset on paper
Room CH10CH2011 2020
Room CH10CH2011 2020 – A4, Letraset on paper ‘I did not understand why I could not accept the fact that I’d accepted the contract Much discussion in this institution’
A prickly line of sweat 2020
A prickly line of sweat 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
You’re gonna end up here 2020
You’re gonna end up here 2020 – 50 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Our hero, still deeply loved 2020
Our hero, still deeply loved 2020 – 50 x 40cm, oil on canvas
Sleaford Mods/Billy Nomates 2020
Sleaford Mods and Billy Nomates 2020 – 50 x 65cm, oil on canvas
Firestarter 2020
Firestarter 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Mudslinger 2020
Mudslinger 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas Since seeing Billy Nomates fantastic 100 Club online gig a month or so ago I started a painting of her taken from that concert. I was listening to her debut LP while I worked on the […]
I got bills 2020
I got bills 2020 – 40 x 35cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Kevin Shields 2020
Kevin Shields 2020 – 21 x 15cm, watercolour on paper https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ This a watercolour painting after a photograph of Kevin Shields, singer and guitarist with My Bloody Valentine Credit to the original photographer Graham Racher
Kicker Conspiracy 2020
Kicker Conspiracy 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas ‘Football fan at the bus stop Stretched on the balls of his feet In the christmas rush Had in his hands, two lager cans Talks to himself At the back At the top’ Prints of […]
My Little Underground 2020
My Little Underground 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas
Never Understand 2020
Never Understand 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
A figure walks 2020
A figure walks 2020 – 44 x 49cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
The Cutter 2020
The Cutter 2020 – 40 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Spare us the cutter 2020
Spare us the cutter 2020 – 24 x 18cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Am I the happy loss 2020
Am I the happy loss 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
And psychic 2020
And psychic 2020 – 14 x 13 x 14,5cm, plasticine “2013 Vicksburg Confederate graves Are uncovered, throwing new light on This 19th century conflict, sparking off a repeat These southern spectres were disease ridden, dusty, organic And psychic”
And psychic 2020
And psychic 2020 – colour photograph Sitting in Subterranea Ancient reference To Mesopotamia
Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot 2020
Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot 2020 – 18 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
The Fall (Hammersmith Palais 1982) 2020
The Fall (Hammersmith Palais 1982) 2020 – 21 x 14,8cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
Lost in Music 2020
Lost in Music 2020 – 200 x 290cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Who are the translators? 2020
Who are the translators? 2020 – pen, laser print on paper Prints of this drawing available here
Feel Vox Crisp
Riso zine, 24 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm, edition of 145, loose leaf, Risograph, ISBN 9789492486059 – collaboration with Inge Marleen and Andrew Renton. Essay: ‘On not hearing yourself speak: Mark E Smith at the controls’, by Andrew Renton. MES had the curious and wonderful […]
The Smiths 2020
The Smiths 2020 – 35 x 41cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Pittsburgh to Lebanon 2020
Pittsburgh to Lebanon 2020 – 25 x 25cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
The Elves of Dunsimore 2020
The Elves of Dunsimore 2020 – 140 x 175cm, oil and acrylic on canvas When will the good Scotch return In all its scarred splendor When will the price of Scotch come down?
Found 2011
Found 2011 – 50 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Sent 2011
Sent 2011 – 40 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Near 2011
Near 2011 – 190 x 125cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
My 2011
My 2011 – 200 x 175cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Done 2011
Done 2011 – 180 x 180cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007 – video, duration 5 minutes 8 seconds, sound. With Anne Marie van Rees, Inge Koerselman, Adrienne Wennekes and Sybren Renema Delights of Life (II) 2007 – Super 8 film, duration approx 3 minutes, silent In 2007 I made a […]
Garlands 2020
Garlands 2020 – 65 x 50cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Do Nothing 2020
Do Nothing 2020 – 200 x 200cm, oil on canvas ‘Policeman comes and smacks me in the teeth, I don’t complain, it’s not my function, Nothing ever change, oh no’ Thirty nine years ago in 1980, The Specials released ‘Do Nothing’ a very richly layered […]
My Bloody Valentine 2020
My Bloody Valentine 2020 – 200 x 270cm, oil on canvas I saw this band play many times in London during the nineties, they were incredibly loud, but what I enjoyed was trying to decipher which song they were playing while all the strange sounds […]
A French Prince 2020
A French Prince 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Multifoiled 2020
Multifoiled 2020 – 40 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
The Fall (Hamburg 1984) 2020
The Fall (Hamburg 1984) 2020 – 65 x 70cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Feel Vox Crisp (Totale) 2020
Feel Vox Crisp (Totale) 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, pen, laser print on paper. Original drawing for issue No.3 of our Fall-zine ‘Feel Vox Crisp’
Feel Vox Crisp (Elastic) 2020
Feel Vox Crisp (Elastic) 2020 – 29,7 x 21cm, pen, laser print on paper. Original drawing for issue No.3 of our Fall-zine ‘Feel Vox Crisp’
Feel Vox Crisp (Choir-Ette) 2020
Feel Vox Crisp (Choir-Ette) 2020 – 29,7 x 21cm, pen, laser print on paper. Original drawing for issue No.3 of our Fall-zine ‘Feel Vox Crisp’
There’s a Ghost in my House 2020
There’s a Ghost in my House 2020 – 150 x 125cm, oil on canvas
MES (Double mic) 2020
MES (Double mic) 2020 – 60 x 40cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
All that road is battle 2020
All that road is battle 2020 – 37,5 x 45cm, charcoal on tracing paper
Can’t dance, can’t sing 2020
Can’t dance, can’t sing 2020 – 29,7 x 21cm, watercolour, pastel pencil on paper
My New House 2019
My New House 2019 – 200 x 140cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. I bought it off the Baptists I get their bills And I get miffed At the damn polyester fills The interior is a prison unconscious Interior is a prison unconscious
Crows feet 2020
Crows feet 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour on paper. Private collection, UK
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2008
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2008 – 95 x 136cm, acrylic on paper. Private collection, Belgium In 2007 I made a series of paintings, photographs and videos based on Watteau’s painting ‘Les Charmes de la vie’ (The Delights of Life) from 1718. In many ways these works […]
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007 – 100 x 75cm, photograph In 2007 I made a series of paintings, photographs and videos based on Watteau’s painting ‘Les Charmes de la vie’ (The Delights of Life) from 1718. In many ways these works were precursors to the band […]
Delights of Life (Madrid) 2008
Delights of Life (Madrid) 2008 – 200 x 135cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Belgium In 2007 I made a series of paintings, photographs and videos based on Watteau’s painting ‘Les Charmes de la vie’ (The Delights of Life) from 1718. In many ways these works were […]
Edinburgh Man
Riso zine, 24 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm, edition 160, ISBN 9789492486035 – collaboration with David Powell and Andrew Renton. Essay: “They say you project yourself…”: “Edinburgh Man” and desire, by Andrew Renton. Order here.
Edinburgh man 2020
Edinburgh man 2020 – 29,7 x 42cm, watercolour, pen, riso on paper
I’m not from Bury 2019
I’m not from Bury 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
The Fall Hammersmith Palais 2007 2019
The Fall (Hammersmith Palais London 2007) 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
Stormier, stormier 2019
Stormier, stormier 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour on paper
British attention 2019
British attention 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pen on paper
Disney’s dream debased 2019
Disney’s dream debased 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour on paper Blood on the sand Blood all around
Taxi for Mr. Nelson 2019
Taxi for Mr. Nelson 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
The Peppermint Lounge 2019
The Peppermint Lounge 2019 – 35 x 27cm, acrylic on paper
A Cheap Man 2019
A Cheap Man 2019 – 21 x 13cm, watercolour, pen on paper Slang King Words from a cheap man Part-paid type who got his style From a press treatise 2 pound 50 Bottle of Brut and nausea
Converging 2008
Converging 2008 – 112 x 170cm, acrylic on paper Private collection, Belgium
Two Brothers 2008
Two Brothers 2008 – 125 x 190cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Wales
Side One Side Two 2004
Side One Side Two 2004 – 155 x 140cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
JAMC 2004
JAMC 2004 – 55 x 45cm, oil on canvas, whereabouts unknown I’m going down to the place tonight To see if I can get a taste tonight A taste of something warm and sweet That shivers your bones and rises to your heat I’m going […]
Come Together 1999
Come together (performance/event) 1999 – Dimensions variable, matte paint, x3 guitars, wire, screws, brackets, printed T- shirts, photographs. Come Together was a performance event where ‘roadies’ carefully assembled a guitar sculpture, they wore printed promotional merchandise (T-shirts and white gloves). The performance lasted about 15 […]
How to form your own Band 1998
How to form your own Band 1998 – approx 180 x 250cm, colour photographs, foamcore
Nice Insertion 1998
Nice Insertion 1998 – approx 145 x 85 x 120cm, guitar, wood, paint, plaster Nice Insertion (mini) 1998 – 32 x 16 x 18cm, miniature replica guitar, plaster, paint, wood, wire. Installation: Racket 1998/Sadie Coles HQ, London
Club Screw 1998
Club Screw 1998 – handbags, shoes, screws, wood. installation view: Buro Friedrich, Berlin
Easy Slider 1997
Easy Slider 1997 – video, wood, board, paint, foamcore, pen, carjack. Installation view, Buro Friedrich, Berlin
Handbag 1997
Handbag 1997 – photograph from 35mm negative. A series of self portraits holding women’s handbags.
The sun and the moon 1997
The sun and the moon 1997 – photograph from 35mm negative
Melted mics 1997
Melted mics 1997 – approx 7 x 7 x 11cm, wax, dye. Private collections, London
Grimace 1995/1997
Grimace 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Enough 1995/1997
Enough 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Bosnian blow job 1995/1997
Bosnian blow job 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection Judy Adam, London
Milky 1996/97
Milky 1995/97 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper
Clockwork 1995/1997
Clockwork 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Market time day walk scenario 1995/1997
Market time day walk scenario 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Propping Up the Bar 1996-1997
Propping up the bar 1996-1997 – dimensions variable, crutches, paint cans, bar stool, liquor, clothing, photographs, patch paintings, Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Paint Cans 1996 – 1997
Paint cans 1996 -1997 – various sizes, paint cans, printed labels Collection Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Private collections, Netherlands
The Squares 1997
The Squares 1997 – 194 x 194cm, coloured fabrics, glue Installation view – ‘Riddled with it’ – Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam 1998
Bedding 1996
Bedding 1996 – 150 x150cm, acrylic on unprimed canvas Collection – Georg Herold, Cologne
Wall of Death 1996
Wall of Death 1996 – video, 7 minutes 30 seconds, colour, sound
Charles and Diana 1996
Charles and Diana 1996 – 50 x 50cm, acrylic, patches on canvas Private collection, Amsterdam
Oralgangrenousnecrosession 1995
Oralgangrenousnecrosession 1995 – colour photograph
One furry friend 1993
One furry friend 1993 – 70 x 80cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Four furry friends 1993
Four furry friends 1993 – 175 x 175cm, oil and house paint on canvas. Private collection, London
Portrait of Mally 1988
Portrait of Mally 1988 – 23 x 18cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Mother Sister 2019
Mother Sister 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pencil on paper Martin Brahmah tells a story that would explain much about the lyrics: The story of Mother-Sister! “Mother-Sister!” That’s a funny one. That’s one I just arranged, I suppose, because Una’s credit was writing the […]
England’s Sores 2019
England’s Sores 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, pen on paper “That’s why I moved to Scotland. It’s true. I’d rather drink whisky, thank you very much. I don’t relate to other groups. I never have. I don’t relate to a lot of musicians to be […]
The Fall (Entreat) 2019
The Fall (Entreat) 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pen and laser print on paper
Totally wired 2019
Totally wired 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, pen, laser print on paper Prints of this drawing available here
Craigness 2019
Craigness 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour on paper Neighbour downstairs with one eye Co-habs with a mass of blonde curls Oo-ar! Oo-ar!
The Fall (Oslo 2006) 2019
The Fall (Oslo 2006) 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
He was agin the rich/poor 2019
He was agin the rich/poor 2019 – 42 x 29,7cm, watercolour, acrylic, pen, Riso on paper
Mess of my age 2019
Mess of my age 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
You cunt make it up 2019
You cunt make it up 2019 – 29,7 x 21cm, watercolour, pen on paper You cunt make it up More green chops, curdle the gravy Get ya plate in order No locker, no Davy
The worlds fucked innit 2019
The worlds fucked innit 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
My favourite place 2019
My favourite place 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour on paper
Dead Souls 2019
Dead Souls 2019 – 21 x 13cm, watercolour, pencil on paper Prints are available for this watercolour
Love will tear us apart 2019
Love will tear us apart 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper Prints are available for this watercolour
The Neighbourhood of Infinity
Riso zine, 24 pages, edition 90, ISBN 9789492486028 – with visuals by David Powell and Inge Marleen and words by Andrew Renton. This publication will be on show at Riso Revolution (Quartair, The Hague) during The Other Book Fair (29 November – 1 December 2019). […]
The Fall 2018
The Fall 2018 – 24 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas. Private collection, London This series of portraits refer to archival images of mostly British indie bands from the 80s and 90s that I discovered from listening to John Peel late at night. The Fall were […]
Mr. Mark Smith 2018
Mr. Mark Smith 2018 – 30 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas I phoned you up from Dallas But your heart was still in marble And your head Was reckoning
Hip Priest 2018
Hip Priest 2018 – 20 x 20cm, acrylic on canvas Drink the long draught, Dan
Bury Pts 2 + 4 2018
Bury Pts 2 + 4 2018 – 24 x 20cm, acrylic on canvas I’m Wolverine I’m from Bury A French Prince, I said This song means something Every song means something
Just Like Honey 2019
Just Like Honey 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
Listen to the Girl 2019
Listen to the Girl 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
The Spiders from Mars 2019
The Spiders from Mars 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
The Fall Paris (2011) 2020
The Fall (Paris 2011) 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
The Fall Munich 1988 2019
The Fall (Munich 1988) 2019 – 40 x 50cm, acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
I’m tapped 2019
I’m tapped 2019 – 200x160cm, acrylic on canvas How dare you assume I wanna parlez-vous with you! Gretchen Franklin, nosey matron thing
I’m searching for the now 2019
I’m searching for the now 2019 – 120 x 120cm, acrylic on canvas
The Neighbourhood of Infinity 2019
The Neighbourhood of Infinity 2019 – 200 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas Who wore a red scarf to remind him of his fiancee
The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall 2019
The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall 2019 – 150 x 93cm, acrylic on canvas
Elves 2019
Elves 2019 – 200 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas When will the good Scotch return In all its scarred splendor When will the price of Scotch come down?
Cocteau Twins 2018
Cocteau Twins 2018 – 25 x 32cm, oil and acrylic on canvas One of my all time favourite bands, Liz Fraser’s singing experimented with dismantling and reforming language, she developed a unique approach to the use of the voice that challenged preconceptions about how singers […]
The Spangle Maker 2018
The Spangle Maker 2018 – 40 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Kurt 2018
Kurt 2018 – 20 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Flame of Desire 2018
Flame of Desire 2018 – 18 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Daddy? Yes, son? Wh-wh-wh-wh-what does regret mean? Well son, the funny thing about regret is that It’s better to regret something you have done, than to regret something that you haven’t done […]