STONES

The Rolling Stones are one of the first bands to have their own logo. Togeth­er with The Bea­t­les, they have grown into a brand. Across gen­er­a­tions, count­less people iden­ti­fy with them, with the values, the atti­tude, and what the band stands for: rock ’n’ roll. Even though, strict­ly speak­ing, the Stones are a blues band. But the lifestyle and what the band is known, famous, and loved for is rock ’n’ roll.

So much so that when people talk about rock ’n’ roll, they don’t just mean the music. They also mean a lifestyle. A behav­iour. An atti­tude. It is more direct, louder, more open, more uncon­ven­tion­al, wilder and it’s summed up in three words: sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. That, too, is a metaphor. Because even the Stones wouldn’t have sur­vived all of that in excess. But those three words are meant to pro­voke as well. Rock ’n’ roll is the rebel­lion of an entire gen­er­a­tion. Against their par­ents’ gen­er­a­tion. It ush­ered in a social change that con­tin­ues to this day. When we speak of rock ’n’ roll, we mean the other, the new, the unusu­al, the non­con­formist. It marks a break with a past of obe­di­ence, sub­mis­sion, adap­ta­tion, and con­for­mi­ty. The tongue, the logo, express­es all of this. The wishes, promis­es, and goals of an entire gen­er­a­tion could hardly have been cap­tured more perfectly.

The art­work “Stones” can be ordered exclu­sive­ly via the web­shop on this web­site, in my art store. Simply fill out the online form with your desired order. I will then send back a detailed quote and a pro­posed date. Of course, the whole process also works by email.

Canon Fine-Art inkjet print on pre­mi­um Hah­nemüh­le Photo Rag 308 gsm paper. Art­work size freely selec­table: from at least 20 × 20 cm up to 120 × 120 cm. Mount­ed on 2 mm alu­minum Dibond with a white wooden shadow-gap frame. Pricing/quote on request, depend­ing on size and quantity.