A few months ago I saw a series of paintings by Bob Dylan in a gallery. I'm a big fan of Dylan the singer-songwriter, but it turns out that I'm not a big fan of Dylan the painter. One image, ‘Woman in Red Lion Pub (Green), 2008, features the outline of a lady painted with thick, rough brushstrokes. It's an unflattering picture, with oddly placed lines giving her lumps in all the wrong places. Another picture, ‘Train Tracks (Orange), 2008, reminds me of a perspective exercise I carried out in an art lesson at school. These paintings were priced at over £2,500 each.
Looking at the display made me a bit cross – if it weren't for Dylan's name these paintings would probably never have seen the light of day.…
