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Arty 20 - England
Aug/Sep 2005
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Johnny Rotten’s
Sneer
“there is a need within the psyche of Englishness
to look back to an idealised past…and Arcady, as the mother
and father of our prelapsian innocence, is recalled with the sentimental
nostalgia of infantilism: the adult reflex that yearns in crisis
to re-create the remembered comfort and security of childhood”
Michael Bracewell - England is Mine (Flamingo 1998)
In the rag tag dishevelled museum of memory, fragments of remembrance
are picked up, turned over and discarded: the busty blonde with
the polka dot bikini on the naughty seaside postcard, the Red Indian
chief on the knitted cardigan of the rocker on the waltzers, the
heady excitement of poppy Bluebeat as Long Shot kicks the bucket
in a 'chicken in a basket' Midlands club. Where art history disappoints
– the pop soundtrack of ennui, rebellion, desire and disappointment
strangely and beautifully delivers.
My Arcady is found in Johnny Rotten’s sneer/wind your waist
bass lines, Elsie’s beehive, Geoffrey’s ‘Italian
casuals’ and Rita’s Leatherboys – ooh matron –
carry on England!
Alex Michon
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Contents
Eng-er-land - Cathy Lomax, Jo Wilmot, Stella Vine, Annabel
Dover, Cathie Pilkington, Damian Le Bas, Russell Herron, Delaine Le
Bas
Eng Land Scape - Cathy Lomax
Stars and Their Ma’s - Kristin Perrett
The Weald of Kent - Claire Smith
England Is Not For Me - Olly Beck & Agnese Bicocchi
Home Grown Celebrities - Sarah Doyle
A Rose by Any Other Name - Hatty Oliver & Kavel Rafferty
Pentangle - Marcus Oakley
How I Learned to like England - Sex Lovemat & P. Lomax
Review - Penlee House - Cathy Lomax
Review - Spectacle - Cathy Lomax
Johnny Rotten’s Sneer - Alex Michon
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To
buy a copy of Arty England visit our stockists
send a cheque for £2.50 + 50p p&p made out to Transition
to
Transition Editions, Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London
E8 4QN
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