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This Is What You Get

This Is What You Get

Stanley Donwood | Radiohead |Thom Yorke

Edited by Lena Fritsch
Edited by James Putnam

£30.00

Publishing 11th Aug 2025
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    • Complete survey of the collaboration between Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke for the band, Radiohead
    • Many previously unpublished works and notebooks included
    • Exclusive interview with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood
    • Includes essay by the novelist Ben Myers
    • A major retrospective will be held at the Ashmolean Museum from August 2025 to January 2026
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    This major retrospective catalogue is the first institutional show focusing on the visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke. The majority of the paintings, drawings and digital works were specifically made for Yorke’s internationally celebrated band Radiohead, formed in Oxford in 1985. This features iconic artworks from the 1980s until today, relating to Radiohead albums, their covers and promotional band images, as well as sketchbooks and rare materials from their archives that have never before been published. It offers fresh views on the art of album covers, exploring the complex relationship between visual art and music.

    Radiohead was formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The collaboration with the artist Stanley Donwood began in 1994 when the band was developing their second album, The Bends, which was released on 13th March, 1995. 2025 is therefore the 40-year anniversary of the band and the 30-year anniversary of the release of The Bends. The catalogue’s focus is upon the art produced by both Stanley Donwood and the band’s lead vocalist, Thom Yorke presented chronologically. Radiohead’s popularity has never waned and they have a strong core following and new fans (many of who are the children of ‘original’ fans).

    The high-quality reproductions are complemented by exclusive interviews with the artists, and essays by Alex Farquharson, Nico Kos Earle, Benjamin Myers, James Putnam and Jennifer Ramkalawon.

    A major retrospective will be held at the Ashmolean Museum from August 2025 to January 2026.

    About the Author

    Lena Fritsch is the Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean, responsible for exhibitions, displays and acquisitions of international art. She teaches at the University of Oxford, V&A and SOAS. Previously, she was a curator at Tate Modern, London and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Recent publications include Anselm Kiefer: Early Works (2024), Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad (2023), Ashmolean NOW: Flora Yukhnovich x Daniel Crews-Chubb (2022), Tokyo: Art & Photography (with Clare Pollard, 2021). She holds a PhD from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo. James Putnam is an independent curator and writer. He directed the British Museum’s Contemporary Arts and Cultures Programme (1999-2003), was Visiting Scholar in Museum Studies at New York University (2003) and Senior Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, UAL (2004-2011). Between 2012 and 2021 he was also Senior Research Fellow at UAL. He has curated exhibitions for major museums, arts festivals and biennials in Europe and Asia. Since 1999 he has curated contemporary artists’ projects at the Freud Museum, London. His publications include Art and Artifact – The Museum as Medium (Thames & Hudson, 2010), about the interaction between artists and museums. Benjamin Myers is an award-winning author and journalist, whose work includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and journalism. His novels have been translated into13 languages. He is the author of Rare Singles, Cuddy, The Gallows Pole, The Offing and many more.

    Specifications
    Publisher
    Ashmolean Museum
    ISBN
    9781910807668
    Publish date
    11th Aug 2025
    Binding
    Paperback / softback
    Territory
    World excluding Australasia
    Size
    300 mm x 300 mm
    Pages
    256 Pages
    Illustrations
    170 color, 20 b&w
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