More than six decades after changing rock music forever, The Kinks' founding brothers Ray and Dave Davies are teaming up once again. This time, not for a new album, but for an art exhibition inspired by one of their earliest memories together.
The exhibition, The Kinks: Brothers, opens July 24 at London's Gibson Garage and runs through Sept. 6. Created in collaboration with acclaimed British painter Christian Furr, the show transforms a passport photo of Ray and Dave taken in an East Finchley photo booth in 1968 into a series of original paintings.
The project became even more personal after Dave, 79, saw the finished artwork.
According to the exhibition announcement, the guitarist was so moved by the paintings that he began painting directly onto them himself.
"It's a magic moment when we crammed into the photobooth all those years ago," Dave said in a statement. "Christian Furr has done a wonderful job in developing the image into special artworks. We hope people love these as much as we do."
While fans know the Davies brothers as the creative force behind classics including "You Really Got Me," "Waterloo Sunset," "Sunny Afternoon" and "Lola," visual art has long been part of their lives. Before founding The Kinks, Ray, 92, studied painting at Hornsey College of Art, while Dave has spent years creating artwork alongside his music career.
Ray said revisiting the decades-old photo brought back powerful memories.
"Over the years it's been amazing to see creative people take our music and make something of their own," he said. "Christian Furr has done just that. It's great to be doing something new with Dave, and seeing these paintings and the original passport photobooth picture again brings back a lot of memories."
Furr, 59, who became the youngest artist ever commissioned to paint Queen Elizabeth II, said he drew inspiration from artists like Henri Matisse, punk culture and pop art while creating the collection.
"I was thinking about Matisse, punk, pop art, luminosity, and keeping that colour as bright as possible, because that to me is what I see when I listen to The Kinks," he said.
Every painting in the exhibition has been signed by Ray, Dave and Furr. A collection of limited-edition prints will also be available, with prices starting at £195.
The exhibition's location also carries special significance. Gibson guitars helped define The Kinks' unmistakable sound during the British Invasion, making Gibson Garage London a fitting home for a project celebrating the brothers' creative legacy.
To mark the opening, Gibson and RedHouse Originals will also hide free limited-edition prints at three secret London locations connected to the band's history, while a small number of additional signed prints will be available to fans attending the exhibition's opening day on July 24.
The reunion comes more than 60 years after Ray and Dave first began making music together in their family home in North London, a partnership that helped produce 17 U.K. Top 20 singles, influenced generations of artists from The Clash and Van Halen to Blur and Oasis, and earned The Kinks a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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