Daniel Johnston’s exhibition ‘Its The End Of The Show’ at Vegas Gallery
On the 12th of January, Willow and I walked down to the Vegas Gallery on Redchurch Street to attend, embarrassingly, the last day of the Daniel Johnston’s art exhibition, ‘Its The End Of The Show’. It had been running from the 15th November, literally 30 meters down the road from where I work… and I almost missed it. Shame on me.
I’m no art critic, but I know what I like and what I don’t like. And I like Daniel Johnston. Mainly his music, but his drawings and paintings are in a similar vain and I find it extremely refreshing.
If you haven’t heard Daniel Johnston (or of him), the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston (released 2005) can be a good start.
If you’re looking for a good album, have a go with the compilation The Late Great Daniel Johnston - Discovered Covered, where disc one features artists like Eels, Bright Eyes, Death Cab For Cutie, Beck etc etc covering Daniel’s songs, and disc two holds the original songs preformed by Daniel.
To browse some of his art, visit the store on his official site, hihowareyou.com or the art section on his official fan site Rejectedunknown.com.
Unless your heart is the size of a peanut, you will find joy in Daniel Johnston’s work.