{"title":"Stanley Donwood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\"\u003eStanley Donwood (b. 1968) is a British artist and writer whose distinctive practice spans painting, drawing, printmaking and graphic art. He is internationally recognised for his long-standing creative collaboration with Radiohead, for whom he has produced album artwork, promotional imagery and visual material since 1994. His work with the band has earned two Grammy Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonwood’s wider artistic practice explores themes including politics, society, war, landscape and the human relationship with the environment, often combining dark imagery, satire and experimental printmaking techniques. His distinctive visual language has developed well beyond his work for music, encompassing limited-edition prints, paintings, books and large-scale works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has also been the official artist for Glastonbury Festival since 2002, creating its distinctive visual identity for more than two decades. His work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London, in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore recently, Donwood was the subject of the major institutional exhibition This Is What You Get at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, which explored his 30-year creative collaboration with Thom Yorke and Radiohead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased in Brighton, Donwood continues to develop an independent studio practice alongside his ongoing creative collaborations, establishing a distinctive position between contemporary art, graphic design and visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"el-chupacabra-pandemons-1","title":"El Chupacabra \/ Pandemons","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated by the artist, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal mixed media on wooden panel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare original painting by internationally renowned artist, Stanley Donwood, most known for his work with the band Radiohead (he is often referred to as the 6th member of Radiohead due to his long close relationship and collaboration with the band).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is from his Pandemonium \/ El Chupacabra series which was part of Stanley’s exhibited launched at the Weapon of Choice Gallery, Bristol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition was a commentary on the corruption of investment bankers and politicians at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreative Review also featured the pieces and wrote: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEl Chupacabra, the latest series of paintings from artist Stanley Donwood, opens at the Weapon of Choice Gallery in Bristol on 10 July. 13 horned “pandemons” dressed in suits feature in the show, each daubed with streaks of paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’ve got nothing against goats,” says Donwood of the new series. “I’ve just discovered that if I draw a goat, give it the mouth of a rapacious carnivore then dress it in the suit and tie of a disgraced banker or politician it looks fucking evil.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[These are] 13 spectres at the feast of the goat. Loitering on the blackened cliffs of free-market economics, cackling as they raise a glass to toast Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Augusto Pinochet. Gallons of paint I’ve poured over them to drown their snickering. 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Loitering on the blackened cliffs of free-market economics, cackling as they raise a glass to toast Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Augusto Pinochet. Gallons of paint I’ve poured over them to drown their snickering. 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