I represent the BARNEY BUBBLES ESTATE
Contact: info@barneybubbles.com
Website: https://barneybubbles.com
“The work of Barney Bubbles expresses post-modern practice: the past, the present and the possible.” Peter Saville, designer.
Johnny Moped Lightbulb 1977
John Cooper Clarke, 1979
Barney Bubbles (born Colin Fulcher 1942; died 1983) was a radical graphic designer, illustrator and artist whose extraordinary body of work was concentrated in the music business. He designed record sleeves, posters, advertising and ephemera for a vast range of artists including Billy Bragg, Kevin Coyne, The Damned, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Dr Feelgood, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Hawkwind, Nick Lowe, Squeeze and the Sutherland Brothers.
Ridiculous Roadshow mask, 1973
Bubbles also directed videos for several of these artists as well as for such groups as The Specials; his promo for their 1981 number 1 single Ghost Town is recognised as an era-defining film.
Sill from the video for Ghost Town by The Specials, 1981
Bubbles was extremely prolific: he art-directed publications including Oz, Friends and New Musical Express, created bookworks with photographer Brian Griffin, painted privately and designed furniture and concert staging. His works are in the collections of a number of world-renowned institutions including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
Letterhead for Teenburger Designs studio, 1969
4D Man, 1982
The Barney Bubbles Estate has collaborated with a number of top-flight partners, including Universal Music, BMG Music, Paul Smith, Fred Perry and NOAH Clothing. In recent years the Estate has produced limited edition t-shirt, poster and postcard ranges with artist/dancer Stacia Blake and printer Daniel Mason.
I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass, 1978
The third edition of my monograph Reasons To Be Cheerful will be published by a leading international publisher in 2022, marking 80 years since Barney Bubbles’ birth. This will be accompanied by a limited edition box of Bubblesiana.
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, 1978
Cracking Up, 1979
The Estate’s archive consists of thousands of original artworks produced by the designer between 1964 and 1983.
For licensing and reproduction inquiries, contact paulgormanis@btinternet.com. PDFs of available artworks on request.
Follow the Estate’s Instagram account: @_barney_bubbles_estate_
Richard Synchef
on Jun 9th, 2017
@ 2:17 am:
Hello:
I am Richard Synchef. I am 67 and live near San Francisco. I may have the best collection of Beat and 1960s Counterculture items in the US in private hands. Andrew Sclanders is a great guy. He has bought countless items from me on his many buying trips here every year. His catalogs are amazing.
If you want to read about my collection, type in “Blueprint for the Occupy Movement” from Collectors Weekly. It has many examples of my items.
Cheers.
Richard Synchef