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Author: Mark Billen
3rd April 2008

What the (art) world is waiting for…?

Anyone intoxicated by the late 80′s music scene – and specifically the ‘madchester’ sound when House music collided with funky indie guitar – will probably be fond of an iconic act called The Stone Roses

Anyone intoxicated by the late 80′s music scene – and specifically the ‘madchester’ sound when House music collided with funky indie guitar – will probably be fond of an iconic act called The Stone Roses.

After an eponymous debut album, a lengthy and litigious hiatus, jinxed comebacks and eventual implosion – the songwriting pair of Ian Brown and John Squire went their separate ways.

The latter has now hung up his guitar and retracted to his first love, art, and specifically a form of abstract expressionism that represents a more mature approach to those early Roses record sleeves.

‘Re-engineered Garments’ has been running at London’s Signal gallery from March 7th until April 6th and is well worth a trip for anyone keen to check out the highly textural efforts in person.

Jamie Oliver and Liam Gallagher are already rumoured to be proud buyers of a few pieces so you might have to shell out an extra few thousand if keen to buy…

Signal Gallery

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