Had a drinks with friends and watched a comedy set at Comedy Republic last night. Nice place for a catch up. Managed to get a table before it got really crowded, which was lucky. Comic was pretty good too.
@JohnPhilpin Yeah, I can just see this hanging in a gallery somewhere. I think the 50's style signage adds a lot of character to the place.
@JohnPhilpin That’s whatshisname’s painting, isn’t it? The one that is emulated on that OMD album?
Edward Hopper
yes
"OMD intended to use a painting by American artist Edward Hopper for the sleeve art. Martin Kirkup, the band's then-manager, stated, "I remember Andy McCluskey telling me the reason he wanted a Hopper-style painting on the cover of Crush was that he had always felt there was a lot of melancholy in the paintings of Hopper and he felt that it matched the melancholy that was in the songs." After learning of the enormous fees required to reproduce Hopper's work, the group instead hired artist Paul Slater to imitate Hopper's style (in conjunction with XL Design). Slater based his artwork on Hopper's Early Sunday Morning (1930)."
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@odd @JohnPhilpin It's a little sad, but the way I came to learn about this painting was through a Simpsons calendar which spun off several famous paintings like this. Here's a link to the "Simpsonised" version.