Art:Storm Thorgerson 2009

“I don’t think about the work in general terms. I’m too preoccupied at any one time with thinking about specific projects. But since you ask, I can say what the principal issues in designing album covers are:

crossing the durational bridge (music is sequential, note after note, visual design is all present at the same time);

provoking a second glance - inviting the viewer to look again as she/he might listen again (perpetrated ambiguity );

reflecting the scale: music is large, covers are small, and getting smaller, but ideas and stories can be big despite being presented in small format;

and hinting - not saying something too specific, because music means different things to different folk.

I see our job principally as translators, translating an audio event (the album) into a visual event (the cover).”

- Storm Thorgerson

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IMAGES

Pink Floyd -

Dark Side of the Moon

(30th anniversary;

stained glass)

Scorpions -

Eye to Eye

Muse -

Absolution

Pink Floyd -

Deluxe Back Catalogue

Umphrey’s Mcgee -

Bottom Half

Wishbone Ash -

Twin Rivers

Cranberries -

Promises

10cc -

Are You Normal?

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13 may 2009

TAKEN BY STORM

This latest selection of the work of Storm Thorgerson comprises fine art prints, either silkscreen or giclée, as big and bold as the music they seek to represent.

In the digital age of downloads and ipods, album covers have been relegated in size and relevance, may be facing extinction.

Included are images for bands such as Led Zeppelin, Muse, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, The Mars Volta, The Cranberries, Biffy Clyro, 10cc, Ian Dury, Offspring, Yes - and many others.

The prints are derived from original artworks, unencumbered by logos, legal lines, or cat numbers. They are severely limited in number and are all signed by the artist.