Faris Badwan Art Show

FARIS BADWAN ­ 

NEW EXHIBITION - DRAWING A STRAIGHT NUMBER NINE

11TH AUGUST TILL 29TH AUGUST 2010

THE BOOK CLUB, LEONARD STREET

LONDON EC2A 4RH
 



Faris Badwan, frontman of The Horrors, is presenting a new exhibition of his

drawings, artwork and projections at The Book Club. We went along on the

opening night to check out the artwork and mingle a bit.



A former student of St Martins College of Art, Faris' unique artwork has adorned the

sleeves of The Horrors records, T ­-Shirts and fanzines, he also created the artwork

for records by

Hatcham Social, Lumina and The Charlatans.



The new show will feature one hundred original new pieces for the very first time and

follows his show in Bristol last year and the acclaimed first exhibition at The Bodhi

Gallery on London's Brick Lane in 2007.

Faris: "What I wanted to get across with this exhibition was how much of a part of my

life drawing always has been. It invades all of my daily routine, be it in the shredded

form of masking tape stuck to my walls, line-drawings on restaurant napkins or the

sketchbooks I carry with me. It really is the one constant solid thing in my life - a stream 

which runs regardless of what I happen to be doing or where."

Director, Chris Cunninghan: "Faris' sketchbooks are a self contained and private,

little universe... I love the craft and detail plus they make me realise how similar

we are - I spent my life (until I got into film making) drawing rather then talking

to people."




	
	

		
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