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announces Pete Townshend onstage as The Who dives in to
"Quadrophenia".
This artwork is a homage to that opera.
It's the tale of an angst-filled 1960s Mod named Jimmy, who possesses double- schizophrenia:
QUADROPHENIA ! ! ! !
- - - - Four distinct personalities - - - -
each personified by a member of The Who.
As Townshend wrote it:
• Roger Daltrey "Helpless Dancer" - Violent & Determined, Aggressive & Unshakable
• John Entwistle "Is It Me?" - Quiet & Romantic, Tender & Doubting
• Keith Moon "Bell Boy" - Insane & Devil-May-Care, Unreasoning & Bravado
• Pete Townshend "Love Reign O'er Me" - Insecure & Spiritually Desparate, Searching & Questioning
Laced with '60s- style Pop Art, it's also an illustrated chronicle of the band from 1964 to the present
[the present being 1976].
Who's Jimmy
stats:
started 1976
- - - - (shelved next 14 years) - - - -
completed sep 1, 1991
18" x 24"
pencils; ink; charcoal on paper
© original Sean Connolly drawing
comments appreciated
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annette steens 21 Aug 2007
I LOVE it! The Who! A great mixed media you made of them!Chris Hoffman 03 Feb 2007
Excellent....wow...love the Ox in the web.Molly Doan 04 Aug 2006
I love you! I love you! I love Keith's face- and you really captured John's funny side. My favourite honestly is Jimmy the Mod there in the middle... it really sums it up, love. Long Live Rock!bianca thomas 26 Jul 2006
AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!Emily Reed 26 Jul 2006
How really awesome! Great artistic expression!