“Is there a connection between music and art? Well, there is a lot of movement in your arms when you're drawing. They almost dance. And when you are on stage and you have an instrument it is nearly impossible to stop moving around. The difference is that painting is a solitary thing.” 

Paul Simonon was a painter before he was a punk, and he carried his artistic desire into the look of The Clash: action paintings, splattered jeans, and stage backdrops for legendary London punk band. On the occasion of Wot No Bike, Paul Simonon’s new exhibition at London’s ICA, filmmaker and long-time friend Baillie Walsh spent the day with the artist, exclusively for NOWNESS.

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