Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood in conversation for Christie's

Thom and Stanley talk about their work together and about Stanley's paintings from Kid A, auctioning at Christie's from now until the 19th September 2021.
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The six paintings on auction will be open to public view at Christie's London from the 9th - 15h October, displayed alongside a collection of sketches and other works by Stanley and Thom.
Entrance is free and viewing times are:
Saturday, 9 October, 12-5pm
Sunday, 10 October, 12-5pm
Monday, 11 October, 9-5pm
Tuesday, 12 October, 9-5pm
Wednesday, 13 October, 9-5pm
Thursday, 14 October, 9-5pm
Friday, 15 October, 9-5pm
kida-mnesia.com

[@Stephuzz]

love to see Thom laughing and being so comfortable:)

[@swaggypanda1808]

I also, love to see Thom being comfortable.

[@nicolasriveros943]

@@swaggypanda1808 he's not drinkin too much

[@sopoulos2972]

@Shoddy Toy he’s immersed his soul in love again

[@conniemendeszoon9789]

Thinking the same thing

[@riverkang785]

@@sopoulos2972 shit, street spirit lyrics!

[@sgtleobella]

Stanley Donwood is the perfect person to represent Thom's and Radiohead's artistic vision. I love seeing the end product.

[@SovereignSpectre]

"He was the guy at art college that can actually paint, they kicked me out," -Thom Yorke 0:43 I find that very motivational. Don't doubt your skills. Very humble of him.

[@bedwettergaming]

that room is like heaven for radiohead fans. your art is incredibly evoking

[@coffeebeancoffeebean]

is the word evocative

[@narcspector]

@@coffeebeancoffeebean it is, but it's ok. He's right. That room is heaven lol

[@fabioguaxinim4024]

For sure

[@syrup-]

@@coffeebeancoffeebean It's a common solecism. But we all understood what the commenter meant.

[@coffeebeancoffeebean]

@@syrup- yeah sorry idk what was going on with me,,

[@gardomedia]

Kid A literally resembles the sound of the music so perfectly

[@Contributron]

I imagine that doing the artwork and music at the same time and in the same place enabled that. I think it’s like a feedback loop of the music informing the direction of the artwork and the artwork informing the direction of the music. And I think the same thing goes for the listener. The music affects how we see the art and the artwork affects how we hear the music. And it all works symbiotically to create that world in our minds. Idk maybe I’m just rambling.

[@gardomedia]

@@Contributron no i agree

[@Christian-97]

Amnesiac's artwork as well. The best words to describe that album and it's artwork is either jarring or odd. Or even nightmarish.

[@gardomedia]

@@Christian-97 yes amnesiac is the best album oat for me

[@psychicblobfish5550]

Love that they used Like Spinning Plates here, that song is CRIMINALLY underrated

[@aldanyadit9798]

Thom, you looks more fitter and happier. Happy birthday

[@PatoDc12]

More productive also

[@amandah5478]

A patient better driver

[@solidifiedmilk571]

No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows

[@viktorthevictor6240]

At ease. Eating well

[@sleedeal8010]

Will not cry in public (for real )

[@johanna7254]

"I find it hard to look at these without hearing the music... it's in them. It's encoded." Yes. This is how I've always felt about Stanley's work and RH. It's so intrinsically linked. What a great video! So happy to see them both smiling and enjoying themselves.

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

[@KACHUKHA]

I find it pretty fascinating how Stanley Donwood is a sort of shadow member of Radiohead, and yet has had a massive influence over the audience's perception of their music. There is a sort of loop between the music and the artwork that makes them inseperable from one another

[@MG-fp3us]

A very different side of Thom showing through, smiling. even laughing! and seems to be totally at ease. It shows how essential that time was for him and thank you so much Stanley for helping to bring him back and reconnecting to his soul. Wonderful to have an idea of how the covers were created!! I thank the Higher Power who was by their sides during this time. Without it, what might have happened to Thom & Radiohead.....we wouldn't have The Smile and we wouldn't have this "gem" of a musician with us now. His spirit shines through and I hope he finds time to paint?? A very busy man and a joy to behold. Lots of love to you both xx

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

[@bingonamo7520]

@@Bono- Lol, will the real Thom please stand up.

[@helterskelter7499]

Kid A's album cover is easily one of the most if not hauntingly beautiful cover. It sounds just like the album. Radiohead is the best band in terms of the album covers portrayed. I mostly bought kid A for the cover itself cause its beautiful to look at. My hair stands up whenever I stare at the cover especially listening to the transition of the panic in National Anthem and the heartbreaking How To Disappear Completely. To explain it shortly, this album can be described by "art is meant to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed." I am simply both.

[@stephen300o6]

One of the best, by far...

[@helenecreteur8275]

So true! I love your comment

[@lpfanatik]

I agree completely with you!

[@Realgigclin]

Completely agree, ive never heard someone apply that quote to radiohead and it completely clicks for kid A!

[@truelovewontwait]

Inside the Malaysian edition of the album, the first pressing that is, there are additional artwork on oil paper which are amazing. Not available on EU or US edition somehow.

[@ambre6490]

Thom seems to be an adorable person, down to earth, modest. I don't only like the artist or the band radiohead, it seems that everyone in the band are so likeable and simple.

[@matydb359]

Thom's laugh give me 1.000 years of life

[@NightMedicine]

I’ll never forget getting Kid A in the year 2000 and wondering how they made art that somehow looked and felt like such a perfect representation of the music. It was so impressive.

[@Nelson_Nicholson]

I love these dudes, hearing how deep thoughts and ideas turn into their art.

[@bingonamo7520]

I like Thom's cheeky laugh and it's amazing that his speaking voice is so different to his singing voice. He also suits that man bun.

[@everennui1]

I always liked the crying demons on page five, especially the one with the running headless man behind it. It looks so clean, like it's a tattoo I would want to get. And the graveyard on page eight. It's so spooky. And on page 13 it's the crying demon again with this really spooky beast walking by a tree on these grid lines. I thought that was really cool looking. I think after listening to Radiohead for 20 years now Kid A is my ultimate favorite record, and I always appreciated the art of the album. SO it's really cool to hear this interview. Thanks!

[@Josh_Noble]

I tattooed one of those crying minotaur-like demons on my right foot. My girlfriend at the time had gotten some tattoos on her feet, so I thought, I can take that lol. So tender. Hurt so much, so uncomfortable getting it on there. That crying Demon reminds me that even monsters feel. Most times when you meet some real A-hole, it's just a very hurt person who was hurt a long time ago and never learned or was never taught how to cope with pain. It's easier to make someone feel your pain with hurtful words than it is with reason and articulation sometimes. Only love can kill the demon. Be kind. Even to us monsters. Signed, some guy that's been working to solve his anger issues since childhood without professional help.

[@NaskaZo]

Greetings from former Yugoslavia. I'm in love in Radiohead, in Stanley's work for a yearssss and I had no idea that Residential Nemesis is about Yugoslavia... it's fascinated. Thank You for compassion..

[@KarinaGomez-ur8rx]

Stanley Donwood es Radiohead en todo su esplendor y Thom lo agradece subiendo este video ❤️.

[@ThaddeusBigsby]

A perfect marriage of visuals and sound. Stanley Donwood's is an essential part to Radiohead.

[@paulnealgrove5016]

I was lucky enough to help Stanley build his exhibition in Sydney a few years ago. He gave me and a few mates complete control to let loose with nail guns and spray cans for a few days. Was a great weekend, even cooked him a roast dinner. He's a top bloke.

[@Tokolos]

Probably the best band I’ve ever heard.

[@Itsnotanymore-ku7dz]

Thanks daddy Thom

[@cottoncandyaddict]

That’s the coolest part! You can’t look at the artwork without hearing the music encoded in it, or feeling the same things you feel listening to the music as you look at the art. It’s not just music and it’s not just art, and it’s beautiful done because if that.

[@djtomoy]

I always remember when I put the kid a cd on the first time, as I looked at the mountains like things on the cover and everything in its right place played I feel like I was transported into that strange landscape.

[@MatteBlacke]

They totally achieved what they set out to: the music and the art are inseparable

[@twotwoseven]

Stanley is just incredible. He plays a huge part of the Radiohead family.

[@LK-428]

Thanks for being here, Thom and Stanley.

[@marleygarrardd42]

Radiohead literally birthed me. Thank you

[@sgtleobella]

Are you my daughter? Lol

[@amandah5478]

Talking of births. My daughter was born while Exit Music was playing. It was on my labour playlist.

[@himanshutahiliani1235]

@@amandah5478 wait, do people have things like a "labour playlist"? Wtf which rock have i been living under!! Jk wish you and ur daughter lots f love.

[@amandah5478]

@@himanshutahiliani1235 Haha. Thank you. Yeah I did. I had her at home so I had my favourite TV show ready, my favourite food and my music playlist. If you can't indulge yourself in labour, when can you lol.

[@himanshutahiliani1235]

@@amandah5478 true🤣🤣!!

[@PogieJoe]

Stanley and Thom are a match made in heaven. Utter magic.

[@mayracastillo2780]

😂😂😂😂

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Bloody hell, that was so much fun! And that bit at 4:33 when I did finally notice the top part there... I almost fell off my chair, wow! And, Stanley, my good sir, I do believe the art on an album cover, back... , when invested and inspired, can have a definitive intrinsic value for, as with all art, it can definitively influence the transformation of a posponing the purchase of an album moment into an immediate viceral need to acquire it NOW moment. Ah... art is delicious and necessary.

[@Sea_witch_]

Ayyy Happy belated birthday Thom! You're already a blessing to this life but I wish you the best ♡

[@changefetish]

I love his voice so much 💙

[@rxsheepxr]

I could watch hours and hours of this stuff. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@jonross6774]

Sound, word, music, voice inform what’s seen and created visually as a response and reflection. Yours is a harmonious relationship that’s produced memorable work, thank you for this peek under the tent

[@stephenthestoryteller3139]

Authentic, from their music to their art, Radiohead remains legendary.

[@scottmartin1973]

This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your tremendous creativity.

[@apaltado]

hi

[@littleplutomen]

Hi

[@danieljun657]

Hi

[@Braka54]

Hi

[@GoviaM]

Hi

[@foxcan3980]

hi

[@AyeAsh444]

My Love for Radiohead goes far and beyond words. Radiohead and Bjork.😁

[@Magic0165]

I found my soulmate. 😉😂

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

Bjork is awesome, and she's adorable

[@Juicethechild]

I dont know how but I actully like this very much

[@NoUploadJustComment]

Such a cool art style. The Eraser also has a fantastic cover.

[@nathalie7177]

Aaaaah c'est donc Lui ! Stanley ! j'adore depuis longtemps ces peintures et composq des jakets de RADIOHEAD !!!

[@thumptank]

Man, what I wouldn't give to walk through this studio. What a fucking legend.

[@TheSteevo123]

No other creative output has had such an effect on my life as that which the members of this band, Stanley and Nigel produce. It means something so deep to me. If any of them ever read this I want them to know that I really love them, in the purest and most real way possible. Thank you🙏

[@chrisd6736]

Super interesting to see how this all came about. Love you guys! Thanks for all your great work.

[@brun3489]

As pinturas das artes desse cara são sensacionais, elas nos transmite o que as músicas dos álbuns repassam de uma forma abstrata e intensa

[@superhosster]

One of them made one of the best songs of all time One of them made one of the best album covers of all time

[@catface]

Stanley's art is always full with meaning and purpose and emotion and is simply beautiful. One of my absolute favorite artists.

[@siarlp3691]

I love to paint watercolour whilst listening to Radiohead, and Stanleys art is truly inspiring, loved the recent hardback book for Kid Amnesia, keep up the great work.

[@guillermoverdun]

que bendición como artista encontar a otro artista que confie y guste de tu arte para complementarse.... capos los 2!

[@killedradiostar]

Happy belated birthday Thom 💜

[@GGiblet]

Wonderfully thrilling art! Really appreciate it☀

[@vectorjeldes]

I love the Stanley Donwood art, weird, dark and fit perfectly with the music of Kid A / Amnesiac

[@clashpanda120]

Great vid, love your artwork. Cant wait to see some for myself and to hear the Kid A Mnesiae tracks in November. Thank you so much for this reissue!

[@timothylunt2907]

Sitting in awe of this. Radiohead would not be the same without visuals...this art punctuates and communicates every single stage of their growth as a new millenia dawned upon us. Truly wonderful to hear these stories. I'm a bigger fan now than ever before.

[@muttleycrew]

This upload just made my day.

[@michaelfaith]

You guys are amazing. The artwork is incredible.

[@sapirmardan2557]

This was really inspiring. Ty for sharing your art Stanley and Thom🖤

[@user-lz8pj9yh7p]

The life that this just breathed into me ❤️🙏🏻✨ Love, from Cleveland, Ohio

[@PogieJoe]

Fellow Clevelander saying hello!

[@vickytaylor9604]

Ohioan here..Saw them 3 times in Cleveland ! Best concerts ever !

[@user-lz8pj9yh7p]

@@vickytaylor9604 same! I’ve been seeing them at Blossom every time they’re in town since I was 15. Definitely the best shows! I saw Thom at Playhouse Square a couple years ago, too. I loved that because it was way more intimate.

[@margC503]

Me encanta Stanley, he hecho varias pinturas de él.

[@gabrielmateorodriguez2228]

Quisiera verlas!

[@soundstation8343]

Quisiera verlas!

[@markrenton8173]

Quisiera verlas!

[@user_voluntarylife89]

Quisiera verlas!

[@Colo_Caos]

Quisiera verlas!

[@deathkampdrone]

People think Thom is weird. I think he might be the most normal and relatable rockstar of our time. What a decent lad. And Stanley Donwood is just brilliant, this is a real treat. Definitely one of the best bands in terms of artwork, always something there. Took me like 10 days to realize there was another booklet under the CD in the Kid A jewel case. My brain almost exploded.

[@Kaladin2077]

Oh my gad, where is my Kid A album I need to see dis, shiz I never bought kid A noooo my life is meaningless now noooo

[@Mhoffz]

What a cool video! Glad to get a peek into this process and also see/"meet" the mind(s) behind the art that has such a place in my mind!

[@beasterbunny4836]

I love Their dynamic, I couldnt imagine a better artist for Radiohead

[@jarbackk447]

They unironically sound like they’re about to crumble into dust at any minute…

[@alejandroosornodiaz4386]

Pinche genio, adoro sus obras las he visto en instagram y los álbumes y me vuelve loco su forma

[@jcalwaysbeaflower653]

just two people at the top of their game and have been for so long.

[@F10cke]

Radiohead is truly a cosmic blessing.

[@looselytelling]

I love Radiohead and Stanley the two got me out of a quite bad rut and really formed my paintings. I haven't seen art like Stanley's before and it is completely capturing of Radiohead's rawness and really fun to do, would recommend giving it a shot if you have the resources

[@DanBennett]

I can't not love this. I fell in love with the band long ago, Decades of appreciation. Ok so imma go feed the cats now. ❤

[@debbiesherstobitoff3546]

Beautiful music and Brilliant Artwork, thank you for sharing this,,an Artshow would be Amazing.

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

Great video -- you guys are great! :) Thanks for sharing.

[@knob_ohara]

He is a really really great painter. And Thom, happy birthday!

[@peterdore2572]

I couldnt imagine a more Dystopianly Symbiotic Artist to Thom, other than Jonny

[@AC-hj9tv]

Perfection. Both of them are legends

[@M_Lev]

Keep doing what you do Thom, Stanley. Love you guys!

[@gardenboydon]

Would definitely watch these two in a sit com

[@draugn5823]

I was astounded by Kid A Mnesia virtual experience, sorry making it into a real life experience was not possible, too. Glad that Balkans, my home, was your inspiration for that painting, I'm sure you'd find more here for some dark art haha. It's been a long time since I'd seen something so inspiring, emotional, original and weird. Keep up the great work!

[@mohammadjihad569]

This is weirdly comforting

[@papayer]

My favorite part is Thom introducing us to a chair. That is indeed a nice chair

[@jo36425]

wow. creating art feels so great

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

[@darinbauer8122]

Thanqz 4 the SNL release also!

[@rainardzulfanp319]

Kid A is probably one of the album in the world

[@DuringDark]

They really are one of the most rated bands of all time* *(1993-2021)

[@Contributron]

Radiohead is a band that makes music

[@alexm9744]

Agreed, I'd even go as far as to say that Radiohead is one of the bands in the world.

[@bibtebo]

Thom Yorke is a

[@ded8491]

yes it has the songs

[@Stonesorrow]

Back in the late 90's there was a pretty strong rumour on the Radiohead mailinglist and message boards that Stanley Donwood didn't exist and was just a pseudonym for Thom or the collective band, because no one could find out any info on him (the internet was very crude and dishevelled back then). I'm both happy and disappointed that he does, indeed, exist.

[@Venus-hc8dy]

Su arte, su trabajo es hermoso 💖🦋

[@LotusBlossom725]

So inspiring. They ooze raw creativity

[@rubenvaldes7392]

The painting at 2:50 has been my favorite piece of art for damn-near 20 years. I have had that as a screensaver, as a wallpaper on my phone on and off. It's so amazing to even have a glimpse of the original.

[@alexwall7204]

What's it called? How do I search for it?

[@dld493v2]

@@alexwall7204 It's called "Residential Nemesis".

[@alexwall7204]

@@dld493v2 Perfect, thank you!

[@dld493v2]

@@alexwall7204 No problem!

[@CamelJam]

Happy birthday Thom!

[@lollapop7673]

Belated happy birthday Thom! 🎈🎉🍰

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

[@defoperator7993]

This is priceless content thanks

[@cdronk]

I can't imagine being unknown artist and being brought in by a band like Radiohead and given a space to work and collaborate with them in this manner. What a dream come true.

[@th.nd.r]

I need to see them live. I need to see them in concert. I need to experience that for the first time.

[@basiatomaszewska4532]

What can I say... I just love what you both doing 《❤》

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

[@vanebustos7568]

Preciosidad de arte 🍀 saludos desde Córdoba Argentina

[@rui569]

Good 2 see. Thanks 4 sharing.

[@guncreep9905]

Mes meilleurs voeux de succès pour vôtre exposition ! Et joyeux anniversaire, Thom ! Bonjour de France les amis ✌😉👍🇫🇷 And take care of you guys

[@JackPettinger]

They should open an art gallery

[@Christian-97]

The Kid A Mnesia Exhibition is probably the closest you're gonna get sadly Edit: Nevermind.

[@pathkeepers]

I’d love to look through those sketch books.

[@mcb79]

thank you for sharing this

[@Bono-]

Hello,how are you doing it’s nice meeting you here.

[@markrosini]

This is very cool, but what about the bears!?!? This was the period when the staring hunting bear logo came out. My favorite RH art and probably their most iconic still. Still doodle them involuntarily. Would love to know that origin story.

[@xx-ug9hn]

Kid A is just such a great piece of art, from top to bottom