Barney Bubbles and the M!SS!NG L!NK
January 09, 2011
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Tags: barney bubbles, Paul Gorman, Process: The Working practices of Barney Bubbles
CHELSEA space Assistant Gyeyeon Park models a Barney Bubbles 'M!SS!NG L!NK' T-shirt
The CHELSEA space team enjoyed seeing the images of CHELSEA space Assistants, artist Mike Iveson, and curator Gyeyeon Park, on the barneybubbles.com blog wearing T-shirts featuring the M!SS!NG L!NK tattoo design that the late Barney Bubbles created for former drummer of The Damned, Rat Scabies.
Barney Bubbles' M!SS!NG L!NK design (bottom right) in an installation shot at CHELSEA space
In Paul Gorman’s book Reasons To Be Cheerful Scabies says“Barney said he always thought of me as the original missing link” , the original artwork was assumed to be lost or destroyed but Paul Gorman unearthed it during his meticulous research for the CHELSEA space exhibition Process: the Working Practices of Barney Bubbles. Since the design was rediscovered Rat Scabies has vowed to have the tattoo done and, perhaps as a friendly provocation, Jake Riviera commissioned the T-Shirts for the exhibition at CHELSEA space. The remaining few T’s are available for sale through www.barneybubbles.com
