The sale and exhibition of these paintings coincide with the 21st anniversary of the release of "Kid A." Radiohead will be marking the event, November 5 with the release of a new album featuring previously unreleased material, entitled "Kid A Mnesia." It is, in fact, a reissue of the band's fourth and fifth albums, "Kid A" and "Amnesiac. Amnesiac 2CD/DVD by Radiohead (CD, Aug-2009, 3 Discs, EMI Music Distribution) 180.49 New. "Visitors to our galleries will have the opportunity to glimpse the ethereal world that encapsulates the sounds of 'Kid A,'" explains Victoria Gramm, specialist in post-war and contemporary art at Christie's. They will be presented to the public alongside drawings, lyrics and digital artworks selected for the occasion by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke. The amounts fall slightly below Stanley Donwood's auction record, set in November 2009, when "Kabul" sold for £16,250 (about $22,150) in the London galleries of Phillips.īefore going under the hammer, the six artworks will go on display October 9 to 15 at Christie's London headquarters. These paintings are estimated to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 (approximately $13,600 and $20,500). And it was, and it was called Kid A,'" the artist recalls in a statement. We couldn't work out which was the right one so we took them all downstairs and used tape to stick them to the cupboards and the fridge in the kitchen, hoping that in the morning the right cover and the right title would be obvious. "We had lots of versions of the front cover, all with different pictures and different titles in different typefaces. Stanley Donwood created them in a barn that Radiohead had bought as a recording studio with the money earned from their third album, "OK Computer" (1997).
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This series of dystopian landscapes, created between 19, is closely linked to the cover of Radiohead's fourth album, "Kid A" (2000). He has since created the covers for all of their albums, including the most recent, "A Moon Shaped Pool" (2016).Ĭhristie's is due to sell six paintings by Stanley Donwood during its "First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art" sale, held October 5 to 19. Going under the hammer are six paintings closely related to the cover of the band's "Kid A" album, which celebrates its 21st anniversary this year.Īfter meeting Thom Yorke at Exeter Art School, Stanley Donwood began working with Radiohead for their third EP, "My Iron Lung," released in 1994. The worlds of music and visual arts are set to collide at Christie's, which has partnered with the Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke to present, and then sell, works by the British artist Stanley Donwood. This box set is particularly useful for those who might be just discovering Radiohead's music (even though their first CD was released over 20 years ago). Each CD is in a top-notch jacket and contain the CD's booklet.
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"Residential Nemesis" by Stanley Donwood goes under the hammer at Christie's in October. The first six Radiohead studio albums, plus the live album, 'I Might Be Wrong', are all included here.
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