Savage Henry: and the winner is
Posted by Art Project Curator, 11/11/2008 11:53:04 PM
Scag baron Savage Henry was formally wheeled into the world of low brow art in the mid 90's when Mme. Blanche Leroux, was persuaded by the late, great Dr. Hunter S. Thompson to give him a better life in Paris.
Within weeks he had swapped his runners for brushes and embarked upon an artistic odyssey that would regularly see him wrestle himself to the ground in his tiny atelier in the Latin quarter of Paris, often late into the night, showing little mercy to himself or his neighbours.
This latest work celebrates his achievements in Europe and, perhaps more significantly, his enduring appeal, to the now decrepit and frail Mme. Leroux, to whom he has become a veritable trophy.