When I'm on the table saw at work, I grieve for you my love (Northern Love Poems)

Thomson, Roddy and Colin Lowe

Published by Sadie Coles HQ, (London), 1997

About this Item

Paperback. Number 29 of 50 copies. Signed by both authors on title page in pencil. A collection of fifty love poems by English artists Thomson (1966) and Lowe (1967), who are known best for their humorous and sometimes offensive installations pieces. Their work often involves recreating elements from historical artworks by using everyday objects such as cigarettes or whiskey bottles to make statements about popular English culture. Fitting with their visual art, these poems are terse, crude, and very funny. They poke fun at the seriousness of the love poetry genre with verses like: "I can count the fingers on one hand of women I've loved, but after that incident with the bandsaw at work, I'm afraid, you're no longer one of them" and "In the dark, afraid that you've disappeared and gone away I punch the bed clothes, but for some unknown reason this time you stayed" and "I avoided you like the plague, but like the black death Quarantine came too late. You were back on the train to Bristol, with that bloke you all the 'dark issue.' I was left with your bolemic brother adn my own biological crisp factory. I put the horse I called your arse before my cart and rode to Jerusalem with the duvet of death." The poems are printed in black ink on fine laid paper and are housed in a black paper covered box titled in silver on the front panel. Unpaginated. [51 pages.] ARTB/081914. Seller Inventory # 27692

Bibliographic Details

Title: When I'm on the table saw at work, I grieve ...

Publisher: Sadie Coles HQ, (London)

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition