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'Stanley Donwood' is the pen name of English writer and artist 'Dan Rickwood'[1].
He is probably best known for his close association with the British rock group Radiohead, having created all their album and poster art since the ''My Iron Lung'' EP (1994). Since 1996, he has also collaborated with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and others on the band's websites, and appeared in the occasional band webcast and the 2001 Grammy Award ceremony.
Donwood and Yorke met at the University of Exeter as art students. After graduating, Donwood worked as a freelance artist in Plymouth, England, until asked by Yorke to produce the cover art for ''The Bends'', beginning a long collaborative working relationship between the pair for Radiohead art and promotions. Yorke is usually credited alongside Donwood under the moniker "The White Chocolate Farm," or more recently "Dr. Tchock", "Tchocky" or similar abbreviations.
For his ''Kid A'' related work, Donwood produced a series of fiery, mountainous landscapes and a series of images centered around a minotaur. Donwood cites Caspar David Friedrich and Hieronymous Bosch, as well as time spent in war museums and mountain landscapes[2], as influences in its bleak, post-apocalyptic style.
In 2002, he and Yorke/Tchocky won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for the Special Edition of ''Amnesiac''. Aside from his work for Radiohead, Donwood also maintains his own website, Slowly Downward, where he publishes his own short stories and various other writings, all of which have a unique and often odd style. Donwood's writings have also been used in his Radiohead album artwork, and frequently on Radiohead's official website.
Nine acrylic on canvas paintings, clearly inspired by Paula Scher's map paintings, provided the basis for 2003's ''Hail to the Thief's look, creating maps of war torn cities like Kabul and Grozny out of brightly colored blocks with politically charged words or phrases.
In 2006, Donwood began creating and selling large screenprints. In an interview with antiMusic.com, he explained it as an effort to reconnect with the process of print making and as a means to share his art in a larger format than the small, low quality prints in album cover and insert art, "It's a way of getting pictures out in the way they should be seen; not as 4-colour litho on cheap paper, but as real pieces of artwork that have a much greater visual impact."[3]
Donwood's most recent exhibition, "London Views", is a series of fourteen woodcut-style prints of various London landmarks being destroyed by fire and flood. The prints are being exhibited in Lazarides Gallery, in Soho, London. The prints are also used as the cover and insert art for Thom Yorke's solo album, ''The Eraser''.
In late 2006, Donwood exhibited the original paintings and other artwork done by him and Yorke for Radiohead albums, at a gallery in Barcelona. The exhibit focused on ''Kid A'' and later work, and a companion art book called ''Dead Children Playing'' was produced, credited to Donwood and Tchock.
★ ''Small Thoughts'' (1998), printed on eleven circular cards, housed in a tin
★ ''Slowly Downward'' (2001)
★ ''Catacombs of Terror!'' (2002)
★ ''Tachistoscope'' (2003)
★ ''My Giro'' (2005), unprinted eight chapter story
★ ''The Bends'' (1995)
★ ''OK Computer'' (1997)
★ ''Kid A'' (2000)
★ ''Amnesiac'' (2001)
★ ''Smalltown, Shining'' (2001)
★ ''I Might Be Wrong'' (2001)
★ ''Bodysong'' (2003)
★ ''Hail to the Thief'' (2003)
★ ''Plat du Jour'' (2005)
★ ''The Eraser'' (2006)
★ ''Radiohead's seventh studio album'' (TBR 2007)
EPs
★ ''My Iron Lung'' (1994)
★ ''Live Au Forum'' (1995)
★ ''Live à l'Astoria'' (1995)
★ ''Just for College EP'' (1995)
★ ''The Bends Pinkpop'' (1996)
★ ''No Surprises/Running from Demons'' (1997)
★ ''Airbag/How Am I Driving?'' (1998)
★ ''Amnesiac College EP'' (2001)
★ ''COM LAG (2plus2isfive)'' (2004)
★ My Iron Lung (1994)
★ High and Dry/Planet Telex (1995)
★ Fake Plastic Trees (1995)
★ Just (1995)
★ Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1996)
★ The Bends (1996)
★ Paranoid Android (1997)
★ Karma Police (1997)
★ No Surprises (1998)
★ Pyramid Song (2001)
★ Knives Out (2001)
★ There There (2003)
★ Go to Sleep (2003)
★ 2 + 2 = 5 (2003)
★ ''Meeting People Is Easy'' DVD cover
★ ''7 Television Commercials'' DVD box
★ ''Live at the Astoria'' DVD cover
★ ''The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time'' DVD cover
★ ''Snow Mistake''
★ London Views jigsaw box
★ London Views concertina viewbook
★ ''My Everyday Life''
★ ''Alarm''
★ ''Escape''
★ ''Pacific Coast''
★ ''Happy Family''
★ ''Such A Pretty House''
★ ''Operation Phantom Fury''
★ ''Grozny''
★ ''Kabul''
★ Cnut
★ Dome
★ St. Paul's
★ Centre Point
★ The Gherkin
★ ''The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time''
★ Radiohead.com
★ Trade Justice Movement graphic
1. http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002689108
2. http://www.climbingupthewalls.com/features/stanleyinterview2000.htm
3. http://www.antimusic.com/features/05/radiohead/index.shtml
★ Slowly Downward
★ Stanley Donwood Fans Forum
★ Donwood talks about The Bends
He is probably best known for his close association with the British rock group Radiohead, having created all their album and poster art since the ''My Iron Lung'' EP (1994). Since 1996, he has also collaborated with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and others on the band's websites, and appeared in the occasional band webcast and the 2001 Grammy Award ceremony.
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Works |
| Bibliography |
| Cover art |
| Albums |
| Singles |
| DVDs |
| Paintings |
| Other |
| Screenprint |
| Linoprint |
| Promotions |
| Notes |
| External links |
Biography
Donwood and Yorke met at the University of Exeter as art students. After graduating, Donwood worked as a freelance artist in Plymouth, England, until asked by Yorke to produce the cover art for ''The Bends'', beginning a long collaborative working relationship between the pair for Radiohead art and promotions. Yorke is usually credited alongside Donwood under the moniker "The White Chocolate Farm," or more recently "Dr. Tchock", "Tchocky" or similar abbreviations.
For his ''Kid A'' related work, Donwood produced a series of fiery, mountainous landscapes and a series of images centered around a minotaur. Donwood cites Caspar David Friedrich and Hieronymous Bosch, as well as time spent in war museums and mountain landscapes[2], as influences in its bleak, post-apocalyptic style.
In 2002, he and Yorke/Tchocky won a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for the Special Edition of ''Amnesiac''. Aside from his work for Radiohead, Donwood also maintains his own website, Slowly Downward, where he publishes his own short stories and various other writings, all of which have a unique and often odd style. Donwood's writings have also been used in his Radiohead album artwork, and frequently on Radiohead's official website.
Nine acrylic on canvas paintings, clearly inspired by Paula Scher's map paintings, provided the basis for 2003's ''Hail to the Thief's look, creating maps of war torn cities like Kabul and Grozny out of brightly colored blocks with politically charged words or phrases.
In 2006, Donwood began creating and selling large screenprints. In an interview with antiMusic.com, he explained it as an effort to reconnect with the process of print making and as a means to share his art in a larger format than the small, low quality prints in album cover and insert art, "It's a way of getting pictures out in the way they should be seen; not as 4-colour litho on cheap paper, but as real pieces of artwork that have a much greater visual impact."[3]
Donwood's most recent exhibition, "London Views", is a series of fourteen woodcut-style prints of various London landmarks being destroyed by fire and flood. The prints are being exhibited in Lazarides Gallery, in Soho, London. The prints are also used as the cover and insert art for Thom Yorke's solo album, ''The Eraser''.
In late 2006, Donwood exhibited the original paintings and other artwork done by him and Yorke for Radiohead albums, at a gallery in Barcelona. The exhibit focused on ''Kid A'' and later work, and a companion art book called ''Dead Children Playing'' was produced, credited to Donwood and Tchock.
Works
Bibliography
★ ''Small Thoughts'' (1998), printed on eleven circular cards, housed in a tin
★ ''Slowly Downward'' (2001)
★ ''Catacombs of Terror!'' (2002)
★ ''Tachistoscope'' (2003)
★ ''My Giro'' (2005), unprinted eight chapter story
Cover art
Albums
★ ''The Bends'' (1995)
★ ''OK Computer'' (1997)
★ ''Kid A'' (2000)
★ ''Amnesiac'' (2001)
★ ''Smalltown, Shining'' (2001)
★ ''I Might Be Wrong'' (2001)
★ ''Bodysong'' (2003)
★ ''Hail to the Thief'' (2003)
★ ''Plat du Jour'' (2005)
★ ''The Eraser'' (2006)
★ ''Radiohead's seventh studio album'' (TBR 2007)
EPs
★ ''My Iron Lung'' (1994)
★ ''Live Au Forum'' (1995)
★ ''Live à l'Astoria'' (1995)
★ ''Just for College EP'' (1995)
★ ''The Bends Pinkpop'' (1996)
★ ''No Surprises/Running from Demons'' (1997)
★ ''Airbag/How Am I Driving?'' (1998)
★ ''Amnesiac College EP'' (2001)
★ ''COM LAG (2plus2isfive)'' (2004)
Singles
★ My Iron Lung (1994)
★ High and Dry/Planet Telex (1995)
★ Fake Plastic Trees (1995)
★ Just (1995)
★ Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1996)
★ The Bends (1996)
★ Paranoid Android (1997)
★ Karma Police (1997)
★ No Surprises (1998)
★ Pyramid Song (2001)
★ Knives Out (2001)
★ There There (2003)
★ Go to Sleep (2003)
★ 2 + 2 = 5 (2003)
DVDs
★ ''Meeting People Is Easy'' DVD cover
★ ''7 Television Commercials'' DVD box
★ ''Live at the Astoria'' DVD cover
★ ''The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time'' DVD cover
Paintings
★ ''Snow Mistake''
Other
★ London Views jigsaw box
★ London Views concertina viewbook
Screenprint
★ ''My Everyday Life''
★ ''Alarm''
★ ''Escape''
★ ''Pacific Coast''
★ ''Happy Family''
★ ''Such A Pretty House''
★ ''Operation Phantom Fury''
★ ''Grozny''
★ ''Kabul''
★ Cnut
★ Dome
Linoprint
★ St. Paul's
★ Centre Point
★ The Gherkin
Promotions
★ ''The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time''
★ Radiohead.com
★ Trade Justice Movement graphic
Notes
1. http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002689108
2. http://www.climbingupthewalls.com/features/stanleyinterview2000.htm
3. http://www.antimusic.com/features/05/radiohead/index.shtml
External links
★ Slowly Downward
★ Stanley Donwood Fans Forum
★ Donwood talks about The Bends
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