HARMONY KILLER

Sold

2021
Ink, acrylic gouache, screen print and lacquer on paper
Original
Signed and dated on reverse by the artist
58cm x 79cm
Sold framed

"There are beautiful films, books, paintings, plays and sculpture but you don’t carry them through your life the way you do music."

Worldwide shipping using specialist art couriers

This artwork requires special packing. Please enquire for a shipping quote stating your country.

A beautifully evocative collection of words that tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the music

A roots reggae tune will almost always concern itself with the existential trials and tribulations of the ghetto sufferer. Rastafarianism, Haile Selassie as a living deity, slavery in Babylon and repatriation to Africa all inform roots reggae’s lyrical content while the beat is often in the steppers style, so eminently danceable. The ‘harmony killer’ bit is a reference to roots deejay Jah Stitch’s heavy Black Harmony Killer. Branches’ anti-war 7” single War Race will never be better characterised…

See exhibition

PLAY ▶️ Branches – War Race

PLAY ▶️ Jah Stitch – Black Harmony Killer

Tim Fishlock

London-based artist Tim Fishlock creates bright typographic paintings inspired by our love/hate relationship with social media and uneasy alliance with modern technology. A graduate of Goldsmiths, he began his career making commercial art installations, moving on to high-profile projects including limited-edition print portfolio releases and a book made with Hollywood screenwriter Josh Weinstein. His current work sits well with his other pieces: intricate collages of repeating motifs and satisfyingly tactile...

See Artist