Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Bourgeois

Jack Mottram — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:35:52 +0000

Things Found When Moving House

Jack Mottram — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:30:00 +0000

Every Christmas card I was sent in the year 2001.
4 pairs of Levi’s jeans in a binbag.
A large carrier bag full of badges, patches and pins.
A full packet of Benson & Hedges with the word ‘Twat’ written on it.
That black suit I never wear turned out to be two black suits I never wear.
Two Polaroid photograhs I don’t remember taking, but that I rather wish I did remember taking.
A single Polaroid photograph I do remember taking, but that I rather wish I didn’t remember taking.
A large packet of out-of-date Morphine-based painkillers.
A towel marked ‘NHS PROPERTY’
An asthma inhaler (I don’t have asthma).
A small gift-wrapped box containing an amusing novelty clock.
A t-shirt from Cream, the scally ultraclub.
Two non-matching flip-flops.
A single Prada sock.
A cassette labelled ‘Banging Tunes (April 1992)’
Two large tins of confit du canard.
A small painting by the artist Oran Wishart.