Article: Simonon's clash with canvas ; PREVIEWPaul Simonon: Recent Paintings Thomas Williams Fine Art, W1

PAUL SIMONON: RECENT PAINTINGS THOMAS WILLIAMS FINE ART W1 AS bass player with The Clash, Paul Simonon was in the vanguard of the punk rock revolution that shocked late 1970s Britain. But the only thing likely to shock in his new artistic venture is the subject matter bull-fighting.

Although Simonon still performs most recently with Blur's Damon Albarn on The Good, the Bad and the Queen project he has returned in recent years to his first love, painting. A new exhibition, which opened this week, presents a new body of work mostly inspired by a trip to Madrid.

"I had a regime of painting nudes every week, twice or three times a week with a model and sometimes her boyfriend," he said.

"But ...

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