A new addition to the Barney Bubbles Shop is the 1964 design for Twickenham Tech art school r&b group The Muleskinners, whose line-up included the late, great Ian McLagan of the Small Faces and The Faces.
New: Muleskinners Knockout R+B Here Tonight shirts
Jul 13th, 2022
Original artworks sell for £20,000 as Barney Bubbles’ collectability soars
May 5th, 2022
++ This 1977 felt tip on paper sketch for the debut album by The Damned together with the stickered limited edition LP fetched £6,120 ++
The first-time sale of original artworks by Barney Bubbles in yesterday’s Bonhams auction achieved close to £20,000 in total, with one item – the original design for The Damned’s 1977 debut album – scoring a winning bid in excess of £6,000.
Ultra-rare Barney Bubbles artworks on view as Bonhams auction ends tomorrow
May 3rd, 2022
Auction house Bonhams’ sale of ultra-rare and collectible original artworks by Barney Bubbles ends tomorrow at 12noon BST (British Summer Time).
++ Artwork for a poster for a 1979 Christmas concert at Birmingham International Arena. Barney Bubbles playfully inserted the name of his friend Cynthia Lole as the promoter ++
The Hamer & Sickle artwork is up for sale
Apr 27th, 2022
++ Barney Bubbles’ ‘Hamer And Sickle’ photography paste-up, 1979. Dimensions: 25.5 x 29.3cm ++
++ The four appearances by the logo on the inner and outer sleeves of Nick Lowe’s Labour of Lust LP ++
The photographic paste-up of one of Barney Bubbles’ most notable designs is among the late designer’s incredibly rare and highly collectible artworks included in the online sale currently being conducted by international auction house Bonhams.
Creativity as catharsis: The M!ss!ng L!nk with The Fandangoe Kid on May 19
Apr 26th, 2022
The M!ss!ng L!nk is the title of a celebration of the life and work of Barney Bubbles at London’s Camden Art Centre on May 19.
There’ll be music, film and visual displays as well as an in-conversation with Paul Gorman, author of the forthcoming monograph of the late graphics genius, and the artist The Fandangoe Kid, whose work hinges on creativity as catharsis.
Exclusive film of the meticulous making of A Box of Bubbles
Apr 22nd, 2022
Here is exclusive film from the specialist printers which is handling the making of the forthcoming limited edition A Box of Bubbles.
Just 500 copies of A Box of Bubbles will be published this summer; it contains a unique hard cover version of the new monograph The Wild World World of Barney Bubbles along with a folio of reproductions of the late graphic genius’s most innovative and eye-catching artworks.
As this shows, A Box of Bubbles is presented in a clothbound pink solander box, featuring a screen-printed design taken from Barney Bubbles’ legendary artwork for Ian Dury and The Blockheads’ hit single Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick/There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards.
Accidents Will Happen: The ‘accidental’ single sleeve
Apr 13th, 2022
++ Back of the Accidents Will Happen sleeve ++
Barney Bubbles’ sleeve for Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ 1979 Radar Records single Accidents Will Happen/Talking In The Dark/Wednesday Week famously took its cue from the title of the lead track by presenting a blank outer with the design on the inside, as if the result of a printer’s error.
The Ridiculous Roadshow mask
Apr 12th, 2022
Barney Bubbles first produced the the so-called Ridiculous Mask as an analogue interactive element of music press advertising to promote the Ridiculous Roadshow, Hawkwind’s tour of the UK in the winter of 1973-4.
A lightbulb head, a talking toolbox, a vinyl factory and an electrocuted Elvis: Just some of the samples for the Barney Bubbles Shop
Mar 29th, 2022
We’re currently sampling for the first apparel collection to appear for sale on the soon-come Barney Bubbles online shop.
Production shots from the making of A Box Of Bubbles
Mar 29th, 2022
//The clothbound box features screen-printed artwork on the cover and measures 280 x 230mm//
Here are some production shots from the making of the forthcoming limited edition A Box Of Bubbles, which houses the new Barney Bubbles monograph and an exclusive folio set of highlights from the designer’ career.
