Exactly what tools Squire used, I’m not sure, but he has clearly


learned to manipulate


metal well. So often was Second Coming described as the album that “proved” Squire could play guitar (as if there is not enough evidence of his skill on the debut album), perhaps here he is showing that despite being untrained, he has become, with this metal work, artist/craftsman.


A lot of these thoughts came afterwards – I didn’t feel that inspired at the time – and whether anything


I’ve mentioned was


intended by the artist, I have no idea. Again, for what they are – smallish pieces of metal – I would say the works are too expensive. I wonder if without all the associated fees they could have been put on sale for less than half the average price of £4000.


Cool Websites


squaremag.net – the site for this magazine (also for “Cool” magazine)


boomslangpoetry.co.uk – Kate Noakes’ site


theraconteur.co.uk – site for Dylan Moore’s new magazine (a rival to Square? Of course not!)


philipburton.net – guess whose site this is.


pedrocampos.net – excellent site for the artist whose work appears on the cover of this issue.


johnsquire.com – great site for all of John’s art


thisisthedaybreak.co.uk – extensive Stone Roses resource site


The majority of Squire fans who do not have megabucks might still have enjoyed a visit to this latest exhibition though. As it was his first exhibition of sculpture, as far as I know, it was interesting for that reason, and again demonstrates his versatility.


Nic


Footnote: Coming back on the train, I spotted a small shiny red object on the floor in front of me. I picked it up, and it appeared to be some kind of red tablet, with N400 inscribed on it. I decided to try and bite into it, and the taste was incredibly bitter – it actually stung my throat, almost like poison. Anyway, on my return, I googled N400, and discovered that it was probably a Wobenzym tablet, which is an anti- inflamatory. However, curiously, I also discovered on Wikipedia that an N400 is a “response often elicited by semantically inappropriate words in an otherwise acceptable sentential context”, such as the response you might get if you said something like “Women like shopping for shoes and porcupines”. Somehow this seemed relevant to the exhibition.


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