War Paint will feature paintings by 3D inspired by War
Stories as well as works from other artists who have long-term working
relationships with Lavelle and Del Naja.

Before Robert founded the band Massive Attack, he was one of the UK's
pioneering graffiti artists - and a member of the notorious Wild Bunch
crew of the 1980s. He used painting as a visual representation of
Massive Attack’s music and took on the artwork of the sleeves, posters,
and every tiny obsessive detail, from the stage design to the t-shirts.
James Lavelle recognised this obsession and they later formed a
creative friendship, collaborating on two UNKLE album projects. Used
for the album artwork but never before seen on canvas in a gallery
space, 3D’s paintings have been used on numerous other record covers
as well as his own. Looming, faceless figures stare out, their internal
organs just apparent through the flimsy flesh. Skeletal figures stand
amidst war zones reminiscent of terrorist attacks. Half-people, negatives
of themselves, lumber lawless, broken and raging.
James Lavelle set up his label Mo Wax in 1993, and formed the music
outfit UNKLE a year later. In 2007 he released War Stories on his new
label, Surrender All. The packaging featured paintings specially
commissioned by Del Naja that form the basis of this exhibition. All the
artists in the show have been working together under the UNKLE
umbrella for years. Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones are two
of the photographic industry's leading artists, and recently worked with
Alexander McQueen on the creative direction for his S/S 2008 show in
Paris, creating a lightform installation as a centrepiece. They have also
collaborated extensively with Björk and Massive Attack in the past, and
have provided artwork for the last two UNKLE albums. Ben Drury has
worked with Dizzee Rascal and designed for UNKLE for the last sixteen
years, as has William Bankhead, who has worked for The Good, The
Bad and the Queen. War Paint will feature work that is the result of
these long standing collaborations. There will be a limited edition poster
available from the gallery to accompany the show.

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