BOOTY: New Drawings by Julia Rosa Clark

SOLO EXHIBITION

19 April - 26 May

Opening Thursday 19 April at 18:00




LISTEN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS.
SO, THANKS.
THANKS FOR ALL THE PRESENTS. THANKS FOR INTRODUCING ME TO THE CHIEF.
THANKS FOR PUTTING ON THE FEEDBAG.
THANKS FOR GOING ALL OUT.

I WISH THAT I WAS BORN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO,
THAT I’D SAIL THE DARKENED SEAS, ON A GREAT BIG CLIPPER SHIP,
GOING FROM THIS LAND HERE, TO THAT, IN A SAILOR’S SUIT AND CAP.

THIS MUST BE THE DAY THAT ALL OF MY DREAMS COME TRUE. SO HAPPY JUST TO BE
ALIVE, UNDERNEATH THIS SKY OF BLUE. I WILL RAISE MY HAND UP INTO THE
NIGHT TIME SKY
AND COUNT THE STARS SHINING IN YOUR EYES.

WHERE I COME FROM IT’S A LONG THIN THREAD, ACROSS AN OCEAN, DOWN A
RIVER OF RED.
JESUS DIED FOR SOMEBODY’S SINS, BUT NOT MINE.

ON A GATHERING STORM COMES A TALL HANDSOME MAN, IN A DUSTY BLACK
COAT,
WITH A RED RIGHT HAND.
SICK DOWN TO MY HEART, THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT GOES. I’VE SEEN THE FUTURE,
BABY, AND IT’S MURDER.

THE BLIZZARD OF THE WORLD, HAS CROSSED THE THRESHOLD
AND IT’S OVERTURNED THE ORDER OF THE SOUL.
STACCATO SIGNALS OF CONSTANT INFORMATION. A LOOSE AFFILIATION OF
MILLIONAIRES, AND BILLIONAIRES AND, BABY.

WAY, HAUL AWAY, A’HEAD FOR STORMY WEATHEROH HAUL AWAY, JOE. YES
THERE’S A FIRE DOWN BELOW. AND AWAY, MY JOHNNY BOYS, WERE ALL BOUND
TO GO!

TAKE HEED OF THE WESTERN WIND, TAKE HEED OF THE STORMY WEATHER AND,
YES, THERE’S SOMETHING YOU CAN SEND BACK TO ME: SPANISH BOOTS OF
SPANISH LEATHER.

IT’S A SKY-BLUE SKY. SATELLITES ARE OUT TONIGHT.
THERE’S NOT EVEN ROOM ENOUGH TO BE ANYWHERE. IT’S NOT DARK YET, BUT
IT’S GETTING THERE.
SAIL ON, SILVERGIRL, SAIL ON BY. SUNSET WOMAN.
MIDNIGHT RAMBLER.

YOURE BEAUTIFUL BEYOND WORDS -YOURE BEAUTIFUL TO ME. YOU CAN MAKE
ME CRY, NEVER SAY GOODBYE. AND I MISS YOU SINCE THE PLACE GOT WRECKED.
AND I JUST DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. LOOKS LIKE FREEDOM, BUT IT FEELS
LIKE DEATH.
IT’S SOMETHING IN BETWEEN, I GUESS.
IT’S CLOSING TIME.

I DON’T KNOW JUST WHERE I’M GOING, BUT I’M GONNA TRY FOR THE KINGDOM,
IF I CAN.
EVERY VALLEY (EVERY VALLEY) SHALL BE EXALTED,
AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL MADE LOW.

THERE’S A WHITE DIAMOND GLOOM, ON THE DARK SIDE OF THIS ROOM, AND A
PATHWAY THAT LEADS UP TO THE STARS. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THERE’S A PRICE
FOR THIS SWEET PARADISE, REMIND ME TO SHOW YOU THE SCARS.

I BROKE INTO THE TOMB, BUT THE CASKET WAS EMPTY. THERE WERE NO JEWELS,
NO NOTHING - I FELT I’D BEEN HAD. THERE THEY LAY -I DAMN MY EYES- A
LOOKOUT’S CLAPPED ON PARADISE,
ALL SOULS BOUND JUST CONTRARY-WISE.

OH, TO BE NOT ANYONE. GONE THIS MAZE OF BEING.
OH, TO OWE NOT ANYONE, NOTHING.

WHY WON’T YOU LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM, WHERE I AM?
HE SAID: ‘CAUSE THAT’S NOT THE WAY THE WORLD IS BABY.
THIS IS HOW I LOVE YOU, BABY.
THIS IS HOW I LOVE YOU, BABY.

WORLD WITHOUT END, REMEMBER ME.


CREDITS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Morrissey, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Traditional Sea Shanty, Traditional /Nick Cave, Traditional Sea Shanty, Bob Dylan, Laurie Anderson, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Dave Loggins, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Robert Louis Stevenson/ Young Ewing Allison, Isaiah 40:4, Patti Smith/ Lenny Kaye, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson.

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Read a review of the exhibition, written by Bielle Ross, for ArtThrob