Born in Croydon in 1953, Panter graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Coventry’s ‘Lanchester Polytechnic’ in 1975. It was there that he met Jerry Dammers and, together with Lynval Golding, they formed The Specials. Although better known as a musician, Horace has always kept up with his art practice, gradually moving away from the ethos of ‘art language’ to return to painting, influenced by the artists he had first encountered as a child of the 60s: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Hopper and Peter Blake. He says “ It was art I could relate to, alongside my other predilection for the 12” vinyl record ... for an impressionable youth this collision of art and music was magical!”
The Pop Art concept of elevating the mundane has had a strong influence on his work; the talisman-like qualities afforded to everyday objects continue to guide his subject matter, especially the CASSETTE series. Panter says the original Pop Art explosion “was akin to what Punk Rock was for the music industry ... it shook things up, turned art on its head”; these cassettes are an updated take on what is now a traditional art form.
“The studio demo contained the bare bones of a song before it was finished/edited/mixed... crucial tool for musicians to hear how they sounded.” The cassette itself turned out to be ephemeral but, together with the Sony Walkman, it was revolutionary: “For the very first time, music was portable and individual; making mixtapes was just so liberating in terms of choosing what to listen to... I still don’t get Spotify!”
American comedian, Fred Armisen, owns the orignal GHOST TOWN cassette painting: “When I saw the images of the paintings, they were better than I could ever imagine... beautiful and straight to the point... there’s no begging in them”. (Fred Armisen 2016).
HORACE PANTER
JANUARY 2019
Signed limited edition cassette print by Horace Panter of The B-52's
Signed limited edition technicoloured cassette art print by Horace Panter featuring 24 different images including The Clash & Sex Pistols
Signed limited edition fine art cassette print by Horace Panter of The Specials 'Ghost Town'
Signed limited edition fine art cassette print by Horace Panter of The Clash's 'Rock The Casbah'
Signed limited edition fine art cassette print by Horace Panter of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'
Signed limited edition fine art cassette print by Horace Panter of David Bowie's 'Heroes'
Signed limited edition cassette print by Horace Panter of Free's All Right Now
Signed limited edition fine art cassette print by Horace Panter of Pulp's 'Common people'
Signed limited edition fine art cassette print by Horace Panter of Chic's 'Good Times'
The Clash Pop Art limited edition fine art print by Horace Panter
Signed limited edition multicoloured cassette art print by Horace Panter featuring 24 different images including Madness, Blur & David Bowie
Joe Strummer Pop Art limited edition fine art print by Horace Panter
Kate Bush captured in 1993 during the filming for short film 'The Line, The Cross & The Curve'.
Freddie Mercury in the spotlight whilst playing the grand piano in Southampton in May, 1977.
The Cure on the road in Holland and Belgium during their 1980 'Seventeen Seconds' tour.
Limited edition of Morgan Howell's original painting of the cover of The Clash '(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais vinyl single
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in 1975. Without them popular culture in the last 30+ years would be very different.
Queen are a British rock band credited with making significant contributions to such genres as hard rock & heavy metal, among others.
Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter known for his musical tales of bohemians, drifters, misfits & his blend of blues, folk & jazz.
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Here are the very latest prints we have added to our collection. We hope you love them as much as we do.
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Jorgen Angel was a leading music photographer for over 15 years working with greats like Queen & Led Zeppelin. Here is our unique collection
Album covers can define a band almost as much as the music itself. Now you can put this great art on your wall as well as your turntable
