Lot 261: Simon Bill (b. 1958)

Simon Bill (b. 1958)
Summer '89
oil, gloss paint, tar, resin, screws, lead sheets on wooden board
44 x 33¼ x 2in. (111.7 x 84.5 x 5.1cm.)
Executed circa 1999

Modern Art, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Bill has no obvious socio-political agenda, no apparent art historical axe to grind. [His work] chews up and spits out culture - particularly a kind of trashy, debased youth culture where every no-hoper's radio is tuned to Ozzy, every stranger is looking for trouble, and every trip has the potential to be a bad one.
(J. Kastner, Simon Bill - Frieze, Issue 19, November-December 2004.)
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