the company of paintings

paintings, like people come into their own among sympathetic company. this is a good party

i dont feel like laughing

this was the version of crash that changed my attitude to sexual fantasy.i hate cronenberg for his bastard heterosexistic version. and ..loved the normal

i love you because

i never saw orange juice live but i saw the fall in london at the time of bingo master's breakout.they were so so great so utterly bored but blew the competition off the stage on which they were about 3rd billing. Sunday, 20 August 1978 Lyceum, The Strand, London
Rebellious Jukebox / Like to Blow / Frightened / Stepping Out / Mess of My / It's the New Thing / Various Times / Bingo Master's Breakout / Industrial Estate / Music Scene
With Penetration (headlining), Ed Banger, the Group Therapy, and Punishment of Luxury. Tickets £2 in advance, £2.25 on door. and i saw and lived to tell the tale of a sydney gig in the early just 80s pre fall in a hole.2 drummers and the band at their peak.i still feel those speed jitters .and i had hep.Thursday, 22 July 1982 Musician's Club, Sydney, Australia
Not listed above, but this was definitely the first gig of the tour. No tape exists?

idiophone

maloney montages

'now she wont leave the house'

'if i had a boat'

'ghost in my house'
all photographs were found at flea markets except the squirrel ..who granted me her permission. these were a few works made in the australia council greene st studio, nyc in 2002

inkjet prints & paintings for 'bodies in trouble' canberra contemporary art space,opens may 8 2009

'burial' 2009, acrylic/canvas, 155cms x 1214cms


'the diamond library', inkjet print

'merry xmas jingle bells' & 'idiophone #1', inkjet print

'anti body', inkjet print

'idiophone #2' & 'minor chord', 2009 inkjet print

'chemical bells' & 'ju ju' 2009, inkjet prints.

all the above inkjet prints are archival prints on art paper. 980 cms tall, editions of 5.the series doesnt yet have a name..maybe i should call them 'buddies in trouble' ?..er..nope (x)

'sirens' 2009, acrylic/canvas, 255cms x 156cms

'sniper' 2009 acrylic/canvas, 155cms x 124cms

'operation hurricane' 2009, acrylic/canvas, 155cms x 124cms

'meckering' 2009, acrylic/canvas, 155cms x 124cms

'onslow' 2009, acrylic/canvas, 149cms x 122cms

images of works soon to be exhibited at canberra contemporary art space.

pete, ive posted images here for you. i haven finished but my computer seems to be on mandrax.

i'll get the inkjets up in a little time. these are makeshift photographs of them. the better ones are huge files and this damn computer is having an issue w them. later gator. ps the inkjets are 980 cms tall, ie the image not the sheet size. sorry i keep changing their titles.
and pssst..at the risk of circumnavelgazeing my friends..here's a splendid boastful hotlink

the moon was a great egg born in blood, when I trampled my baby's face in the mud

these denton welch drawings are resting in the collection of the harry ransom center, austin texas. superficially seeming an ill-fit for such englishness. its nice though, to not have to travel to london or some other uk horror to see them. austin is hot and groovy and has the tastiest pancakes. the HRC is an incredible repository of cultural artifacts, well worth the walk.
denton welch would of course be a misfit no matter where he rests. thats the attraction.
my life is better for having been introduced to him by the late dieter schidor who wanted to make a film from 'a voice through a cloud', dw's final and only-slightly unfinished minor masterpiece. as you can see here his poetry sometimes lacked the brittle wit of his longer narratives and the incision of his drawing pen . i dont react strongly to his paintings. perhaps writers draw better than they paint.
most of his published work truly is worth reading. interesting that william burroughs was such a fan and dieter schidor, who went on to produce 'querelle' obsessively read every word dw wrote. pity his planned take on 'a voice through a cloud' never made it to the cinema