A fragment of London Calling artwork – Simonon’s bass
Yawn……….Good Morning….this World Cup thing is too early, what is South Africa thinking with these early kick offs? A very good morning to you – with my coffee today I came across a photo of the piece de resistantance from the Ray Lowry London Calling exhibition. If you’ve been following the blog you know that the a special focus of the exhibition was artists interpretations of the famed artwork to London Calling of whom Lowry was the creator / Pennie Smith the photographer.
Paul Simonon was asked to contribute to the exhibition and did he ever. Happy Father’s Day (if you are) and you know London Calling is the daddy of all rock photographs, the blurred image of Simonon taking out his frustration on his instrument that night in New York has become one of the best known album covers ever. What I never knew was that some of the shattered fragments were kept by Paul and he’s incorporated a piece into his contribution.
A strangely moving thing to see and I’m sure you’ll feel the same. Image courtesy Chance Collective. The auction price on this is sure to be stupid, why don’t we start a collective Clash Blog fund and make a bid – then we can have it tour our homes!
Simonon's contribution to the Ray Lowry London Calling exhibit - image courtesy chancecollective.wordpress.com
Have a smashing day!
Tim
What is the price? (Not that I’m about to bid or anything.)
Not sure…will try and find out..crazy I’d expect. Wanna go Dutch?