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lets talk about musicians who are visual too. pictures, quotes, observations.

i fear this has been done, but my searches came up empty

― b b, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Peter Gabriel
Kate Bush

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Captain Beefheart!

― Dominique (dleone), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.mtechweb.org/albums/FRENZY-II,-luggage-store-fundraiser-auction-sale-br/devendra3.jpg

from an interview in splendid:

Devendra Banhart: Well, if I'm not playing music, I'm drawing. Really. I don't really want to start in the morning with music. I'm like "aaah" and my throat has got cobwebs. So I just draw. I draw all day long. So they blend into each other. When I can't play music, I take a break by drawing. Right now, I have this book that might get published by a French surreal publishing company. And if there is a place that I could drop it off or send it to or a place where you could pick it up, I would love to give you a copy. It's a book of drawings and it's also got a narrative to it.

― b b, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

lets let this stand for te image that diodnt work above:

ihttp://www.urbanhonking.com/lightandsound/archives/covers01.jpg

interesting that you wrote in dominique as it was eye that got me thinking about this thread

― b b, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

devendra banhart... influence: 100% kiki smith 0% anything new. very uninteresting "art" completely drawn from kiki smith. he may be all the rage in music but art-wise... not really a powerhouse. i think the only reason people are compelled to him is due to his music-stature. why not spend your time with artists of a more compelling nature like Mark Manders/ Kiki Smith/ Los Carpinteros/ etc... I am not saying that he is not allowed to draw but I think in this instance the pedestal is unecessary.

― e p, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

galaxie 500/D&N

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

David Bowie. See the site below. (Although I've seen better paintings by him than these.)

http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Othermedia/Artwork/

― Not Thaat Chuck, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about artists who had a strong visual presence/theatrical style.

Chris Mars from the Replacements (makes a living as a painter now)
Stephen Malkmus (sleeve design for several Pavement releases)
Grant Hart (did the sleeve design for Husker Du releases)

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Dan Smith. Check those album covers.

― Hillary Brown (Hillary Brown), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

-- e p

Er.. what pedestal? The question was "lets talk about musicians who are visual too," not "musicians who are incredible world-class groundbreaking visual artists." I didn't see any glowing praise in awe of Devendra's stunning art above, just a quote from an interview which confirms that he draws things.

― sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

archer prewitt and sam prekop draw

― toothy philanthropist, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i always liked how sonic youth turned to a wide variety or artists for their covers, though most members also did their own work.

lee has a piece in an exhibition out in brooklyn right now:

http://www.hogarcollection.com/crossd_circuits_press_release.htm

― b b, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

the visual stuff ive seen from kim and lee really highlights the sort of ideas they bring into their music. i think the same can be said for someone like syd barrett and especially for eye.

and i think devendra's art works to complete the sort of music hes trying to create as well.

― b b, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.asf-13thmoon.demon.co.uk/gallery/small/itsm.jpg http://www.asf-13thmoon.demon.co.uk/gallery/biogexhib/brixton.jpg

Nik Fiend of Alien Sex Fiend

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

talking heads

― ihope (ihope), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

alex (i assume youd know)don't some of einstruzende do visual art or some sort of instalation stuff too? i seem to remember some gallery mentioning something.

― b b, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Sean Kirkpatrick, the drummer for Swell: http://www.4hourworld.com/

― StanM, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

John Lever

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Tuesday, 17 May 2005 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Tony Bennett: http://www.go-star.com/framer/tony_bennett.htm

― Hillary Brown (Hillary Brown), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Ron Wood - http://www.ronniewood.com/ronnie_content.html
Wesley Willis - http://www.wesleywillisart.com
Marilyn Manson - http://www.marilynmansonartworkonline.com/mm.cgi

― Steve Gertz (sgertz), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

John Squire - http://www.johnsquireart.com/

― Vestigial Appendages, Esq. (King Kobra), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Joni Mitchell
http://www.jonimitchell.com/paintings.html

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Greg Norton, photographer extraordinaire

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

Richie Havens draws!

― DirtyWombat, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

Jon Langford does some great paintings/woodcuts that show up on some of his albums, plus he helped do Great Pop Things, which I really need to get my hands on.

― clotpoll, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:08 (twenty years ago)

Chelonis R. Jones paints as well.

― Jena (JenaP), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

clotpoll -- "Great Pop Things" is brilliant. Is there a thread about it? I found my copy of the book on ebay, and it's worth searching for.

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

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