Alex Hamilton

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Music has always played a very important part in my creative process, but it has also been my therapy, my escape, my emotional well-being and my pure joy. Trapped in a very small apartment during the first few months of lockdown I turned to Spotify and made a few hundred different playlists within the first few weeks. In this process I dove headfirst into finding some of the most obscure hits from all eras and new genres of music I had never even heard of before. It worked and occupied my curiosity, it gave me a sense of adventurous research and often kept me from fretting about reality.

I used music to cope and stay at home safely and it aided me in dealing with the challenges. Luckily a fabulous soundtrack now accompanied all the problems and worries. This exhibition is therefore a thank you, a tribute and a celebration to acknowledge the absolute power of song, the extraordinary musicians who create this wonder and most prominently the albums they made to tell complete and complex stories.

Alex Hamilton It is also a celebration of the almost extinct art of Album Cover art, which played such an important role ARTIST STATEMENT in my early visual language development.

In the bleak opening line of the July 1969 release of As a long-time collector, admirer of and complete the one-hit-wonder song In the year 2525 by Zager album art enthusiast I had the great pleasure to and Evans, it asks the poignant question ”if man is still create my very own album art in 2018 when I alive?” and goes on to predict the distant future in a designed the cover for one of my favourite bands serious of blatantly bizarre scenarios. ever. Can’t Stop by Freshlyground was a complete dream come true, and I am including a stencil artwork Never before, in the lifespan of this song, exactly one of this album to acknowledge the importance it played month younger than myself, has it been more relevant in my career and aspiration as a pop artist. than in the early months of 2020’s Covid-19 pandemic chaos. The exhibition will consist of three parts: Firstly, a new series of stencil artworks of all of my Everyone I know panicked in their own way; from favourite and iconic Album Covers. Secondly, a few anger to despair and a whole lot of uncertainty mixed paintings reinterpreting a selection of these covers in, the reality of man’s demise was never more and thirdly a selection of Cast & Crew Portraits that palpable. Everyone also coped in their own respective started in 2008. All the editions are variable. ways. Some baked, some wrote, and some switched onto social media while others avoided it like the Editions and combination works may be ordered as plague, or at least tried to. I turned to music. well, enquire with the gallery for more information. Alex Hamilton | NINA | Acrylic on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | R7 500 Alex Hamilton | PATTI | Acrylic on canvas | 100cm x 100cm | R18 000 Alex Hamilton VOICES Acrylic on canvas 135cm x 180cm R45 000 Alex Hamilton | ANNIE | Acrylic on Belgian linen | 90cm x 90cm| R17 000 Alex Hamilton THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL Acrylic on canvas 45cm x 60cm R7 500 Alex Hamilton CASH Acrylic on canvas 90cm x 120cm R20 000 Alex Hamilton | GRACE | Acrylic on canvas | 53cm diameter | R6 000 Alex Hamilton | TEEN SPIRIT | Acrylic on canvas | 120cm x 120cm | R25 000 ANDY WARHOL - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND | ED 1/10 THE BEASTIE BOYS – LICENSED TO III | ED 1/10

NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE’S THE SEX PISTOLS | THE ROLLING STONES - FORTY LICKS | ED 1/10 ED 1/10

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 25cm x 25cm each | R1 450 each THE DOORS – THE DOORS | ED 2/10 JOHNNY CASH – AMERICAN IV: THE MAN COMES AROUND ED 1/10

HUGH MASEKELA – INTRODUCING HEDZOLEH SOUNDZ JONI MITCHELL – BOTH SIDES NOW ED 1/10 ED 1/10

DEPECHE MODE – CONSTRUCTION TIME AGAIN EMINEM – THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP ED 1 /10 ED 2/10

MADONNA – TRUE BLUE | ED 1/10 EURYTHMICS – TOUCH | ED 1/10

PATTI SMITH – HORSES | ED 1/10 TRACY CHAPMAN – TRACY CHAPMAN | ED 2/10

QUEEN - QUEEN II | ED 1/10 MIRIAM MAKEBA – PATA PATA | ED 1/10

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE | ED 2/10 THE BEATLES – REVOLVER | ED 2/10

BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS– LEGEND NEIL DIAMOND – THE JAZZ SINGER ED 2/10 ED 2/10

PINK FLOYD – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SIMON & GARFUNKEL – BOOKENDS ED 1/10 ED 1/ 10

NICK CAVE – THE BOATMAN’S CALL | ED 1/10 AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK | ED 2/10

FLEETWOOD MAC – RUMOURS | ED 2/10 JANIS JOPLIN - PEARL | ED 1/10

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 25cm x 25cm each | R1 450 each AMY WINEHOUSE BJORK DAVID BOWIE ED 5/25 ED 6/25 ED 9/25

GRACE JONES KURT COBAIN GENE SIMMONS ED 7/25 ED 11/25 ED 5/25

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 15cm x 21cm each | R1 250 each ANNIE LENNOX ZOLANI MAHOLA MARIA CALLAS ED 7/25 ED 4/25 ED 8/25

MADONNA TOM WAITS JOHNNY CASH ED 10/25 ED 6/25 ED 5/25

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 15cm x 21cm each | R1 250 each ARETHA FRANKLIN ELVIS PRESLEY FRANK SINATRA ED 5/25 ED 7/25 ED 7/25

LEONARD COHEN FREDDIE MERCURY NICK CAVE ED 7/25 ED 9/25 ED 9/25

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 15cm x 21cm each | R1 250 each MICK JAGGER BOB DYLAN ERIC CLAPTON ED 7/25 ED 10/25 ED 8/25

JIMMY HENDRIX BONO JIM MORRISON ED 7/25 ED 10/25 ED 5/25

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 15cm x 21cm each | R1 250 each BOB MARLEY JANIS JOPLIN JOHN LENNON ED 7/25 ED 6/25 ED 9/25

JOHNNIE CLEGG JONI MITCHELL NINA SIMONE ED 10/25 ED 7/25 ED 7/25

Alex Hamilton | Hand-cut stencil, acrylic and spray paint on wood | 15cm x 21cm each | R1 250 each Cast & Crew Stencil Portraits and LP Cover Art Stencil COMBINATION EXAMPLES

With the collection of portraits and album covers there are many possibilities and Alex is open to commissions. Apart from being sold as individual pieces, requests for commisions are possible. For example, when a selection of the portraits or LP Covers are to be painted on one canvas. The size, format and pricing is subject to quote upon request. Please contact Christa at [email protected] for any commission requests. Viewing and Buying Art on this Exhibition

The exhibition will only be available online at www.glencarlou.com. For more information, or sales enquiries, contact our gallery manager Christa Swart at [email protected].

Payments may be made via electronic fund transfer. All prices as listed on the website and catalogue are in ZAR including VAT.

Viewing Shipping Contact

In accordance with Government All sold items may only be Gallery at Glen Carlou mandates announced January collected or shipped as from the 11th, we are required to close 22nd of February 2021. Christa Swart our Visitor Centre in totality. Our Gallery Manager Restaurant, Tasting Centre and Kindly email your shipping Art Gallery will not be accessible requirements to Christa Swart at E: [email protected] and remain shuttered until we [email protected]. We will W: www.glencarlou.com are advised that operating is arrange competitive quotations legally permitted again. for your perusal and approval.

During this time all artworks will Buyers preferring to make use of be accessible to view online on their own shipping arrangements our website or downloadable for should advise accordingly. offline reading in this catalogue. All artworks are fully illustrated Packing and courier fees are for and catalogued. the buyer’s account. Gallery at Glen Carlou

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CREDITS

Gallery Manager and Curator Christa Swart

Glen Carlou Managing Director Johan Erasmus

Catalogue Editing & Design Christa Swart

Exhibition Dates 15 January - 21 February 2021

This catalogue is distributed digitally as a supplement for the solo exhibition by Alex Hamilton titled: Joggie - Last Year a DJ Saved My Life hosted by the Gallery at Glen Carlou.

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