John Squire was going through a not exactly well - disguised Jackson Pollock phase in the late - 80s when he painted the now -
famous album covers for the Stone Roses.
There are beige cubicles, but also columns painted with
famous album covers and a metal cabinet full of free Kit Kats and Slim Jims.
Now aside from looking a bit like
a famous album cover, these black lumps tell us a few important things about how visitors to Folksy.com behave:
Not exact matches
And the
famous Nirvana
album cover with the baby swimming underwater is now over 20 years old.
For Lungs lovers we would recomend Winowna's Wonderland to Kiss With a Fist, sheer fabric and darker brown, reddish tones reminding us of the
famous front
cover from the first
album, whilst gold shimmering detail nods to the follow up Spectrum.
Public art of Julian Opie is spread around the globe, from continuous animations on LCD screens such as Suzanne Walking (2002) in Dublin or Galloping Horse (2012) in Yorkshire Park, or installation Public collections, including the Tate Gallery in London, the National Museum of Art in Osaka, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York poses Opie's works from different periods.Besides the institutional frame, he has been collaborating with the
famous pop band Blur, creating the
cover for their Best of the
album, and with a rock star Bryan Adams.
During the 1980's, Longo has very successfully directed several music videos for major hits of
famous bands, such as New Order's «Bizarre Love Triangle», Megadeth's «Peace Sells» and «The One I Love» by R.E.M, and was also involved in creation of the front
covers of Glenn Branca's The Ascension from 1981 and The Replacements» 1985
album Tim, inspiring the other authors of similar content.
Famous among indie - rock fans for designing
album covers for bands including Pavement and The Apples in Stereo, Steve Keene has painted instruments, video and concert stage sets, as well as promotional and tour posters for the likes of Soul Coughing, Merzbow, The Klezmatics and the Dave Matthews Band.
Here on BBC Arts we take an in - depth look at the influence of abstract art on modern design with renowned designer Peter Saville; saxophonist Soweto Kinch explores how jazz embraced abstract through its
album cover iconography; Alastair Sooke talks technique as he gets inside the world of abstract master Jackson Pollock, finding out just how challenging it is to create one of his
famous drip paintings.
Many of his drawings are monochromatic, such as his
famous cover image for the Sonic Youth
album, Goo 1991.
Pettibon is best known for designing the
famous four bars logo for his brother Greg Ginn's»80s hardcore punk band, Black Flag, as well as countless
album covers, from Sonic Youth's Goo to Minutemen's Paranoid Time.
Legendary Japanese fantasy & concept artist Hajime Sorayama debuted a gorgeous new sculpture of his iconic chrome fembot fatale (made
famous on his Aerosmith
album cover art) with Nanz
Many of his
famous illustrations can be found on the legendary
album covers of rock stars, in various comics and as a part of concert flyers.