"Rhythm Album" Serigraph by Stephen Buckley

Serigraph in color, acrylic paint silk-screened on very thick and rigid wove paper. Igor Medvedev used the same paint on the original paintings with the...

Charming decorative large scale acrylic painting by noted Canadian artist Stephen Kaye. The paints depicts stylized birds in branches, on an abstract textured paint surface. Signed l...

Serigraph by Lars-Gunnar Nordström.

George Littlechild (Native Canadian, 1958-) Peggy Bull, Colored Serigraph; Signed, Titled, Numbered 01/50 and Dated 1993 in Pencil. The piece com...

1978 yes yesyears signed by members of the band record and sleeve, original frame, signatures on front and back by Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, and Alan Whit...

Rare Velvet Underground record released in Europe circa late 1990s/early 2000s. Well suited for framing. Medium: Vinyl record album. Dimensions: 12 x 12 inches (30.48 x 30.48). Both the record and cover are in very good overall vintage condition. Though The Velvet Underground existed for less than three years with its original members, it is considered to be not just the ‘ultimate New York band’ but also the most influential group ever. Artists who have acknowledged such influence include David Bowie, The Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, Joy Division and Nirvana. Witts places the band and its genesis in the cultural context of Manhattan’s beatnik bohemianism, its radical artistic environment, and the city’s negative reaction to California’s ‘Hippie’ counterculture. Lou Reed’s song factory background is also considered, while his Primitives (1964-5) and Velvet Underground songs (1965-70) are examined within the stylistic context of rock music. The band’s sound world is likewise considered in this light. John Cale’s experimental contribution is assessed, especially his work for LaMonte Young (The Theatre of Eternal Music) and what he carried from that experience into the Velvet’s sound. The visual artist Andy Warhol became the band’s manager and producer in 1965. He placed his ‘superstar’ Nico in the line-up (which already included a female drummer). The radical nature of the group’s Warhol period performances are examined, together with those aspects related to issues of gender, sexuality and drugs culture...