Cover Story | Katy J Pearson Far Out Meets: Gerald Scarfe, the artist painting Pink Floyd's wall (Credit: Gerald Scarfe) Art » Exhibitions Far Out Meets: Gerald Scarfe, the artist painting Pink Floyd’s wall Tom Taylor@tomtaylorfo Fri 25 February 2022 14:00, UK A fever dream and its swirling lifelike destruction of reality is about as tricky to depict as imagining a new colour. When Gerald Scarfe was contacted by a band he knew very little of simply because they thought he was “f–king mad”, the task that befell him was not to bring his own twisted imaginings to life, but the fevered mind of a troubled Roger Waters. The results of his frenzied labour are, in fact, the perfect depiction of a “f–king mad” man’s interpretation of Waters’ own twisted struggle and his battle to clamber to the other side, if indeed, such a thing can be said to exist on canvas, fifty-foot inflatables and more. The legend of The Wall is far from a brick-by-brick story; in fact, it’s about as convoluted as they come. At the heart of it is the “eternal shame” of Roger Waters. At the end of it was a Berlin show so bombastic that Waters must have purged enough daemons to have his own show on FX. All the while, Scarfe was his strung out assistant, hankering to bring an ambition beyond reason to life. In 1977, Pink Floyd had just embarked on a massive tour, and the strains became self-evident. All this tension culminated in a multitude of mishaps. On the final night, at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, David Gilmour refused to take the stage for the encore after a disastrous performance, so touring guitarist Snowy White stepped in. Once more, the performance was subpar, so they decided to take to the stage one more time, but during ‘Drift Away Blues’, the roadies had already started dismantling the stage. However, Waters’ lowest part of the night came midway through their set. A skirmish emerged at the front of the crowd. During which, Waters approached the front row and spat in the face of a rowdy fan. Later, while speaking to Howard Stern, he confirmed the truth to this rock ‘n’ roll legend, declaring: “It is (true), to my eternal shame.”
rnHistória de capa | Katy J PearsonrnrnFar Out Meets: Gerald Scarfe, o artista que pinta a parede do Pink Floydrn(Crédito: Gerald Scarfe)rnArte » ExposiçõesrnFar Out Meets: Gerald Scarfe, o artista que pinta a parede do Pink FloydrnTom Taylor@tomtaylorfornSex 25 de fevereiro de 2022 14:00, Reino UnidornrnUm sonho febril e sua destruição realista da realidade são tão difíceis de descrever quanto imaginar uma nova cor. Quando Gerald Scarfe foi contatado por uma banda da qual ele sabia muito pouco simplesmente porque eles achavam que ele era