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With John Squire

Mary Anne speaks to The Stone Roses' guitarist and visual artist, John Squire. John recently opened a new exhibition of his work at Damien Hirst's gallery in London.

Mary Anne speaks to The Stone Roses' guitarist and visual artist, John Squire. John recently opened a new exhibition of his work, at Damien Hirst's gallery in London.

Perhaps best known for his role as lead guitarist in The Stone Roses, John has been making visual art since childhood.

His latest exhibition - titled 鈥楧isinformation鈥� - will be displayed in Newport Street Gallery in London. 鈥楧isinformation鈥� will feature a new series of large-scale oil paintings by John, which are based on photographs taken by the artist or found online.

In this interview we hear all about John's early exposure to art, his from his experiences at school to his love of record sleeves. We discuss his latest project, in which John alters images using editing software and social media apps, which he overloads to prompt visual glitches.

These partially distorted, fragmented scenes are then enlarged from their original small screen format and rendered in the traditional medium of oil and canvas. The figures blend, blur and collide with their surroundings, their features confused and sometimes entirely lost.

We also hear the story behind the artwork for The Stone Roses' debut album.

John Squire was a founding member and lead guitarist of the Stone Roses. He has released two solo albums and is also known for his role in defining the now-iconic visual aesthetic of the Stone Roses.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 Sep 2019 10:30
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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  • Sharon Van Etten

    Seventeen

    • Jagjagjaguwar.

  • Cate Le Bon

    Mother's Mother's Magazines

    • Mexican Summer.

  • Princess Nokia

    Sugar Honey Iced Tea

  • DJ Zinc

    138 Trek

    • 138 Trek.
    • Phase:One.
    • 2.

  • Mogwai

    Glasgow Mega-Snake

    • PIAS/Matador.

  • Black Country, New Road

    Sunglasses

    • Speedy Wunderground.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Is This Love

    • Tuff Gong.

  • Wild Beasts

    All The King's Men

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.

  • Brittany Howard

    Stay High

    • Columbia Records.

  • Ellen Allien

    Exit To Humanity (Shl酶mo Space invaders Remix)

  • FLOHIO

    Hell Bent

    • Alpha/Ditto.

  • Cabaret Voltaire

    Just Fascination

    • VIRGIN.

  • Arca

    Castration

    • Arca.
    • XL Recordings.

  • Lonnie Liston Smith

    Expansions

  • Savages

    The Answer

    • Matador.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)

    • Mmm...Records via Caroline International/Island.

  • Joe Armon鈥怞ones

    Try Walk With Me (feat. Asheber)

  • Nina Simone

    Baltimore

    • sony.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    Three Miniatures From Water

  • Warmduscher

    Midnight Dipper

    • The Leaf Label.

  • The Stone Roses

    I Wanna Be Adored

  • The Stone Roses

    I Am the Resurrection

  • The Stone Roses

    Ten Storey Love Song

    • Silvertone.

  • The Stone Roses

    Bye Bye Badman

  • James Brown

    Get Up Offa That Thing

    • Polydor.

  • Bat for Lashes

    The Hunger

    • AWAL.

  • LIFE

    Excites Me

    • A PICTURE OF GOOD HEALTH.
    • Afghan Moon / PIAS.

  • Bicep

    Glue

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Nubya Garcia & Girum Mezmur

    Yeshenkore (feat. Edom Bahru)

  • Girl Ray

    Show Me More

    • Moshi Moshi.

  • Dinosaur Jr.

    Budge

    • Blast FIrst.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Sep 2019 10:30
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music