His obvious skills as a graphic designer aside it’s clear that the talented Mr Leigh has an abiding interest in art history going back many years cf. "Europe after the Rain", taking it’s title from the stunning Max Ernst painting. Another of my faves that always springs to mind when I’m listening to Foxx material is De Chirico with his deserted plazas and colonades
a perfect match for the lyrical content. These are probably two of the better known matches but another I’ve discovered recently is the work of an artist called Delmotte. Like a fusion of Ernst and De Chirico his paintings such as La Science ou le Pharaon des temps futurs and Le Destin suit la Route are highly evocative representations of the moods and atmosphere in John’s work.
Illustrations seem hard to come by on the latter artist (I found a French Delmotte catalogue in a second-hand shop) but I’ll try and find some links to his pictures. Any other artists/photographers we should know about that seem to inhabit John’s world?
