//Astral Weeks – Van Morrison, Peter Wilkins, 2015//

//Hammersmith Apollo, Peter Wilkins, 2015//

In the 21st century, when digital downloads displaced compact discs as the format of consumer choice, music went naked into the world, unadorned by design or packaging. Yet this in turn gave rise to vigorous rear-guard action in the growing appreciation of what was fast disappearing. As if from the dead, vinyl made a comeback and the fan in Wilkins places him in a key position to cogitate this phenomenon.
From my text for the Lost In Music catalogue

I have supplied the catalogue text for Lost In Music, the exhibition of new work by artist Peter Wilkins which opens tonight at the Old Truman Brewery in east London.

Alongside representations of the interiors of important London music venues, the digital works home in on a selection of Wilkins’ favourite British pop records, where the cover artwork is distilled into concentric bands of colour.

//Left: Low – David Bowie. Right: Screamadelica – Primal Scream//

//Brixton Academy, Peter Wilkins, 2015//

These are complemented by video portraits of such performers as King Monkey Ian Brown, Matt Johnson of The The and Richard Strange of the Doctors Of Madness.

Lost in Music is at the Dray Walk Gallery, Old Truman Brewery, London E1 until June 1. More information here.

Visit Wilkins’ site here.

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