A collection of modern art on a shelf for the CD

ARTinvestment.RU – 29.03.2009,06:56

Many fans of pop and rock music are unaware that they are probably the owners of collections of works of modern art. This, of course, applies only to holders of vinyl records or CD. There is less and less: have grown up generation of music fans who have never been in the music store and whose huge collection consists exclusively of the downloaded (or purchased) on the Internet mp3-files. But those who did sometimes looks to the «Unions» and «Purple legions», an opportunity to buy the albums on the covers of which are painted creations stars contemporary art. At a time when contemporary art becomes more and more popular, many pop and rock stars are attracted to the creation of covers of famous artists. For example, hip-hop singer Kanye West (Kanye West) has invited the cooperation of King auctions Takashi Murakami (Takashi Murakami). Japanese artist has fulfilled the illustration for the cover of his album Graduation. And the Irish U2 adorned the cover of his new disc No Line on the Horizon photo, made a distinguished compatriot Murakami - Hiroshi Sugimoto (Hiroshi Sugimoto).

TAKASU Murakami Cover album Graduation Kanye West Source: prohiphop.com

HIROSE Sugimoto Cover album No Line on the Horizon group U2 Source: stereogum.com

In general, popular music and contemporary art have long been friends. Suffice it to recall Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), who collaborated with many famous bands - in particular, with the Velvet Underground. Cover with a banana, which he created for their debut album, is one of the most recognizable of his works. She also became one of the first «interactive» Cover of the world: the image can be Unstick under it found the picture purified banana. Other «online» creation Warhol - Cover Sticky Fingers group Rolling Stones, which was the real glue zipper. Many fans of rock music to learn about it through the Warhol oeuvre of these groups.

Another well-known rock album, issued a famous painter - Horses singer Patti Smith (Patti Smith). The author of photos on its front cover is the Robert Mapplethorpe (Robert Mapplethorpe). Smith and Mapplethorpe met when both were under twenty years of worldwide fame and they do not even think. And Smith still wanted to become famous as an artist, but its fate had ordered otherwise. However, the fine arts, she never left, and continuously improved. Her work drew attention thanks to the popularity of its music. Now the drawings and photographs made by Smith, are stored in the collections of distinguished museums (including the New York MoMA), and exhibited at trade shows. Another «an artist by birth», famous as a musician - first vocalist Sid Barrett Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett). In the past year in the English city of Cambridge was exhibition of his paintings .

Andy Warhol Album Cover The Velvet Underground & Nico group Velvet Underground Source: brolive.org

Robert Mapplethorpe Cover album Horses Patti Smith Source: postmodern.com

Among the young musicians who create works of art, stands out folk singer Devendra Banhart (Devendra Banhart). He draws up the covers of their albums. Talented Devendry drawings, reminiscent of the mysterious works of outsider artists, are exhibited in museums and are sold at auctions. In 2007, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Francisco (SF MoMA) was an interesting exhibition where the works Banharta exhibited side by side with the works of his chief idol - the great Swiss artist Paul Klee (Paul Klee).

Some modern artists have been known name thanks to collaboration with the band. Example - Donvud Stanley (Stanley Donwood), creating an album cover Radiohead. Creativity Donvuda very consistent with the music of this group, many of the songs are devoted to solitude and neprikayannosti man in the world today. For the album cover of 2001 Amnesiac artist even won an award «Grammy».

DEVENDRA BANHART Album Cover Rejoicing in the Hands Source: 307bodycount . files.wordpress.com

Stanley DONVUD Cover album Amnesiac group Radiohead Source: abandonedstation.com

Another famous owner «Grammy» - Robert Rauschenberg (Robert Rauschenberg). The award was given to him in 1984 for the design of a special version of the album Speaking in Tongues band Talking Heads. Rauschenberg is not the only artist who collaborated with the group: an album cover of 1985 Little Creatures picture adorns the great American naive painter Howard Finstera (Howard Finster).

In the early 1990's in fashion, it was all the British: the pop-music raged Brit-pop, and contemporary art - «Young British Artists». Naturally, that these movements should feel a natural attraction to each other. Thus, the head of the gang «Young British Artists» Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst), in 1995, was made director of the clip Country House band Blur. He made friends with the musicians, and even arranged with bassist Alex James (Alex James) group Fat Les. However, the cover of Blur Hurst is not decorated, but without it there than to brag. Thus, on the cover of their best hits compilation Best of Blur have portraits of the group, which met the Opay Julian (Julian Opie). A cover of Think Tank (2003) illustration graced the mysterious «street artist» Banks (Banksy), which in the past couple of years has become nothing less than mad popularity.

Robert Rauschenberg Cover album Speaking in Tongues group Talking Heads Source: discogs.com

Banks Cover album Think Tank group Blur Source: ergonomic.files.wordpress.com

Others «Generation 90», Manic Street Preachers, used to design the cover of the album The Holy Bible (1994) pictures Sevill Jenny (Jenny Saville). Sevill known primarily by their canvases depicting painful fat women. Her «shock art» is very relevant to the album, consisting of the darkest songs on the Holocaust, depression and mutilation. Saatchi Gallery, which represents Sevill requested for the use of illustrations 30 thousand dollars, but the artist's talk with the author of texts Richie Edwards (Richey Edwards), has decided to give the musicians the right to free reproduction.

Sometimes the artists to change their music «specialization». For example, John Karrin (John Currin) is known as a painter, as Jenny Sevill, it often creates a «shock» art - but for a group of Pulp, he decided zadelatsya photographer. The photo, which he created for the cover of the album This is Hardcore, it is not shocking, but very glamorous. Damien Hurst, as we have already mentioned, the group withdrew the video for Blur. A German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans (Wolfganf Tillmans) made as a video director Lovely Head duo Goldfrapp.

JENIE SEVILL Cover album The Holy Bible group Manic Street Preachers Source: alternative.allmybands.de

JOHN KARRIN Cover album This is Hardcore Group Pulp Source: wordpress.com

Tillmans also made photographs for the covers album Brett Anderson (Brett Anderson) and Miss Kittin. And his Japanese colleague, Nobuyoshi Araki (Nobuyoshi Araki) collaborated with the singer Björk (Björk) - namely, it belongs to the cover plate Telegram.

In the past year, the most fashionable in the West, the artist was Feira Shepard (Shepard Fairey), Rolling Stone magazine even listed it on the list of most influential people in America. All thanks to HOPE posters for the election of Barak Obama (Barack Obama). Of course, the musicians (and record companies) can not not pay attention to this popular author. Recently he created the artwork for the compilation of the best hits of famous rock band Led Zeppelin.

«Champions» in collaboration with contemporary artists are Americans Sonic Youth. Thanks to his music, many turned their attention to the avant-garde rock and art of modern painters and photographers pressing. Among the artists who arranged the cover plates of the group - Raymond Pettibon (Raymond Pettibon), Mike Kelly (Mike Kelley), Jeff Wall (Jeff Wall), Richard Prince (Richard Prince), Christopher Vul (Christopher Wool), and critic of the cult magazine Wire Edwin Paunsi (Edwin Pouncey), also known as a cartoonist Savage Pencil. The most famous album, Sonic Youth, perhaps, is the Daydream Nation, on the cover of which are painted reproduction paintings «candle» Gerhard Richter (Gerhard Richter). This, incidentally, is the most expensive work of German artist.

Feira Shepard Cover album Mothership. Greatest Hits group Led Zeppelin Source: thedailyswarm.com

RICHARD PRINCE Cover album Sonic Nurse group Sonic Youth Source: emd.pl

musicians often use the cover of their album reproductions of famous paintings. For example, on the cover plate Viva la Vida popular group Coldplay painted «Liberty Leading the people» Eugène Delacroix (Eugène Delacroix). Pets intellectual audience Dead Can Dance made for the album Aion piece masterpiece reproductions Bosch (Hieronymus Bosch) «garden of earthly pleasures». A psychedelic group Animal Collective album Feels used for illustration, are variations on the theme of the famous creations of outsider Henry Dargera (Henry Darger).

Cover album Viva la Vida Group Coldplay Source: wordpress.com

Album Cover Aion group Dead can Dance Source: finetunes.net

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

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