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Article: Simonon's clash with canvas ; PREVIEWPaul Simonon: Recent Paintings Thomas Williams Fine Art, W1
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2008
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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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