Ex-Stone Roses, John Squire Uses Islamic Design to Show Contempt for Celebrities
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
By Mike Keegan
UNITED KINGDOM - Former Stone Roses star John Squire has created a new artwork inspired by Harold Shipman. The guitarist-turned-artist chose the Hyde mass murderer as one of the case studies for ‘Celebrity’, a new exhibition of abstract paintings depicting the famous and infamous. Squire uses shapes including eight-pointed stars, a traditional Islamic art symbol, to represent them. Strict Islamic teaching discourages depictions of people - instead geometric shapes and patterns are used. Squire says he chose the same technique to question whether celebrities and notorious killers have become our own modern-day ‘idols’. Squire, 48, said: “It’s a combination of my love for Islamic designs and contempt for celebrity culture. [link]
By Mike Keegan
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| Shipman, thought to have killed up to 215 patients before hanging himself in jail, is represented by white stars on a brown background. |
