ROCK DREAMS
You've heard the street rumblings. You've witnessed the testimony of the immaculately hip, who pride themselves on being one step ahead of the rank & file. You've seen magazine reproductions and newspaper raves. You own the album covers of Bowie's Diamond Dogs (debuted as last month's CREEMmate) and the Stones" latest, both the work of the master criminal who's responsible for all this commotion.
ROCK DREAMS
BOOKS
Fantasies From the Tip of Your Skull
ROCK DREAMS By Guy Peellaert & Nik Cohn (DeHarmonie, Amsterdam)
You've heard the street rumblings. You've witnessed the testimony of the immaculately hip, who pride themselves on being one step ahead of the rank & file. You've seen magazine reproduc, tions and newspaper raves. You own the album covers of Bowie's Diamond Dogs (debuted as last month's CREEMmate) and the Stones" latest, both the work of the master criminal who's responsible for all this commotion. Yet none of this fully prepares you for Rock Dreamy, which is everything they say it is and as much more as you want to put into it.
Guy Peellaert, a Belgian artist who'd had some prior success with a French cartoon strip, spent the last three years translating his private rock & roll fantasies into a stunning public exhibition. His airbrush wizardry places the legends of rock in settings whose element of fantasy does not necessarily render them obscure; his dreams being triggered by experiences every rock kid shares. He'll often wash his portraits in variations on one base color, giving them a stark quality which only drives the images deeper.