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Symbolic London Ronnie Wood artwork Devil Keith, 1989 Left profile drawing of Keith Richards as a devil. Capturing the “devilish” side of friend and band mate Keith Richards, this particular drawing is unique because it was collaborative artistic effort between the artist and his subject indicated by the note “Combined Wood//Richards” on the bottom left of the page. Wood and Richards would often sketch together, passing the notebook back and forth until their creative work was complete. Credit: © Symbolic London Essential Crossexion – Album Cover Study II, 2005 Album cover study for Wood’s 2006 compilation album Ronnie Wood Anthology: The Essential Crossexion. Beginning with the year 1947, this study sketch documents the Wood’s musical career beginning in the early 60s with the Faces, the Creation, the Jeff Beck Group, the Rolling Stones, and his many solo efforts. Signed and notated at the bottom by Ronnie. Credit: © Symbolic London Fats Waller, 1990 Profile portrait of musical and comedic legend Fats Waller/ A prolific pianist and songwriter, Waller enjoyed great musical success in the 1930s-40s with popular hits such as “Ain’t Misbehavin” and is known for his groundbreaking, dynamic style of piano music. Credit: © Symbolic London Mick, Ronnie, And Keith Study, 1979 Study of Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, and Keith Richards jamming on stage. The Rolling Stones arguably stand alone as one of the most influential and enduring rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time. After the departure of Mick Taylor in 1974, Wood accepted an offer to record with the remaining members of the band on their 1975 album Black and Blue. Although still a member of the Faces, Wood toured North America with the Rolling Stones in 1975. Wood was officially declared a member of the Rolling Stones in February 1976. Credit: © Symbolic London Ronnie Wood Self Portrait, 1994 Self-portrait of the artist sketched in 1994, a tremendous year for Wood professionally as it was the year that The Rolling Stones released the album Voodoo Lounge and supported it with one of the most successful rock tours in North American history. Always innovators, the Stones embraced developing internet technology and became the first band to broadcast a concert over the World Wide Web. Credit: © Symbolic London Foxi Jimi (Then), 2008 Rich and somber portrait of guitar impresario and counter culture icon Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar with his eyes closed. Hendrix is regarded to be the greatest electric guitarist in musical history, and has been credited as a major influence to musicians across a spectrum of diverse genres. A personal friend of Ronnie Wood, the two lived together in London for a short period of time, before Hendrix died of a drug overdose at the age of 27. Credit: © Symbolic London Jerry Hall, Sep 79 Sketch of model and former wife of Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall. A top model in the late 70s, Hall’s six foot stature and blonde hair made her one of the most photographed faces at the time. In 1977, she caught the attention of Mick Jagger at a Manhattan dinner party and the two of them became main features on the New York night life circuit, often frequenting Studio 54 and the 21 Club. The famous Stones song “Miss You” was written by Jagger about Hall. Credit: © Symbolic London Ronnie Wood and his artwork

Symbolic Collection Presents Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll at the Symbolic London pop-up showroom, Thursday 9 August to 9 November, 34 Bruton Street, London, W1J 6QX Symbolic Collection is proud to announce a major new exhibition featuring Ronnie Wood artworks, and historical Rolling Stones artefacts. The show will include paintings, sketches, hand written lyrics, and guitars by Ronnie Wood, together with Symbolic’s major acquisitions of Ronnie Wood and Rolling Stones items. The show gives a comprehensive insight into Wood, the bands and the rock legends he has associated with across five decades including; The Rolling Stones, Faces, The Birds and The Jeff Beck Group. Symbolic Collection was founded by Bernie Chase, who has had a long life fascination with art and music. He developed a deep appreciation of Wood’s art and that together with his love for the Rolling Stones was the inspiration behind the collection. The items are from Chase’s personal collections, with stand out exhibits including: Original set lists and handwritten working lyrics for The Rolling Stones, Faces, The Birds and The Jeff Beck Group Guitars painted by Wood which feature rare drawings and lyrics A range of large canvas paintings, recent works which have never been displayed before, will be unveiled This wonderful historical collection will now become available to celebrate this momentous occasion in the life of Wood and the Rolling Stones. As well as a renowned musical career, Wood is a successful artist with a unique spirit and passion that finds inspiration from his musical influences. His work largely focuses on the band members and musicians he admired and knew, family, close friends and self-portraits. Supporters and collectors of his work include Bill Clinton, who recently bought two of his works and Babington House entrepreneur Nick Jones. Edward Lucie-Smith, internationally acclaimed art historian says of Wood: ‘Who says you have to be good at only one thing? Ronnie is in the top flight as a musician, but he’s also a full trained artist – and it shows’ Ronnie Wood said: “My two passions in life are music and art, I can’t imagine one without the other. Through The Stones, The Birds, Faces and Jeff Beck Group I’ve been creating art, collecting objects, pictures and memories that together provide an encounter with the people who influence me, the people I love and my own life experiences.”