RS: So which one do you want to know about, ‘Choose Love’ or Wrong All The Time?’ : There’s a song on it called ‘Wrong All The Time’ on it. : Tell me a little about that, ‘Choose Love.’ RS: And I have a new album called ‘Choose Love.’ RS: I feel great! Yeah, I know, I feel really…I felt really nervous on the way to the thing ‘cause your paintings are up now, but I just loved it when I came in ‘cause it looks great as you pan around,to see your stuff is great and its for a good cause and that’s the deal. : And how are you feeling today, are you proud, are you nervous? Now I have a friend who’s a painter who said, ‘well, what about oil.’ And he
I’ve actually been painting for the last, well, since about 1990 really, but that was with acrylic. You know I mean I’m a musician, I’m a drummer, I write songs, I sing, I make CDs and now I’ve started doing this. How bright, looky you, yeah! Can you bring out the ones that don’t have faces ! This is the guy who said that, you’re not going to get away with that, thank you. You know you plan most of it, but suddenly its things like that, little crazy accidents, that I quite enjoy. And that’s part of the joy really, you know, that you get stuff that…you haven’t really planned it.
I actually moved them to his hat and then I thought, no not really I’ll take him away but I didn’t know how to take them away so that’s… RS: No, only one of them says Zak because I’m not really, you know, fully computer literate and I’ve…on one of the buttons I found letters, so I just…three letters, put them together and thought, I’ll try to move them to see if I could do that. : Did somebody show you how to do this, or did you just fiddle with it on your own? And then I got a drawing pad, you know, a slate and you can…an electronic one. I started actually just doing sort of design, you know, and then I did the first set with the mouse. RS: Well, it started on tour, when I was on tour with nothing better to do, sitting in all those different hotel rooms and (I) got the computer out and found this program, a painting program, and that’s how it started. Yeah, it’s really exciting to see your art on the wall, framed even! Who knew. : Ringo, the place looks fantastic, the art is exciting. The following is a transcript of the interview: ’s Managing Editor, Steve Frank, caught up with Starr at the gallery. Starr said he started doing computer art to give him something to do while he was on the road touring. The show features 14 different images, all signed by the drummer himself.
NEW YORK - We know he's got the magical touch when it comes to music But drummer Ringo Starr is proving he's a man of many talents.Īn exclusive exhibition featuring the former Beatle's "computer art" opened June 19 (and continues through July 3) at Pop International Galleries in Soho. Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr Stages First Art Exhibit In New York City