Chris Gollon
I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock n' Roll' (after The Eleanor McEvoy version of the Nick Lowe song), 2016
acrylic on canvas, 2016
48 x 36 in
121.9 x 91.4 cm
121.9 x 91.4 cm
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Chris Gollon often used music lyrics as a springboard for ideas for images and was a pioneer of artistic boundary crossing. During his two-year collaboration with Eleanor McEvoy, he was...
Chris Gollon often used music lyrics as a springboard for ideas for images and was a pioneer of artistic boundary crossing. During his two-year collaboration with Eleanor McEvoy, he was taken by her version of the Nick Lowe song, which inspired him to attempt to show young and old in one figure. The flirtation of the champagne glasses hints at the love that is being celebrated. The painting featured in the new documentary ‘CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint’ (85mins) to show the artist’s innovative use of spray paints, infinite matt black, and his sensitivity in painting women.
Provenance
2016, first shown in 'NAKED MUSIC' exhibition and album launch at Gallery Different, London, curated by IAP Fine Art.2019, loaned to the museum retrospective of Chris Gollon's music-related works 'CHRIS GOLLON: Beyond the Horizon', at the Huddersfield Art Gallery.
Featured in 2024 documentary‘CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint’ (85mins)
Exhibitions
2016, NAKED MUSIC, London2019-2020 museum retrospective of Chris Gollon's music-related works 'CHRIS GOLLON: Beyond the Horizon', at the Huddersfield Art Gallery
Refelctions on a Film, Sworders, 2025