‘Wish You Were Here’ at The Little Gallery, in The Parade

A signed, limited edition framed print of the Pink Floyd ‘Wish You Were Here‘ album cover is in The Parade, hanging, alongside many other iconic pics – all framed, signed by the artist and numbered – in Grant Ford’s The Little Gallery. (click to enlarge any pic)

This exhibition – ‘Legends of Sound & Vision‘ – runs at The Little Gallery until 29 March.

This print is one of a limited run of 295, each signed by Storm Thorgerson who created this work back in 1975. The exhibition comprises numerous other such prints by Storm Thorgerson and his colleagues at Hipgnosis, mainly of Pink Floyd, but not only. Prints of numerous other artists by photographers, designers and artists as well. This ‘Wish You Were Here’ print hangs adjacent to another limited edition print, the cover of one of the greatest selling albums of all time – ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ – created by the then Hipgnosis artist George Hardie, an album which has sold probably well in excess of 50m copies since it’s launch in 1973. Recognisable by almost anyone, anywhere in the world.

But this isn’t an exhibition solely of Pink Floyd album cover prints, far from it. Led Zeppelin cover pics, some also by Storm Thorgerson, but also (sitting in the gallery front window) the cover of Led Zeppelin IV, created by and signed by Jimmy Page. This image does have a local relevance as the pic displayed as hanging on the wall in the image is of ‘the ‘Wiltshire Thatcher’, a very early photograph of an artisan thatcher by the name of Lot Long, from Mere in Wiltshire. This photograph was exhibited as part of a recent exhibition at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.

But many more signed pics on the walls, of legendary album covers but also some of celebrities, taken by Denis O’Regan (numerous Thin Lizzy pics) and by Richard Young. And also an ‘Oasis coffee table’, which, in reality is three individual covers, but to be seen to be understood rather than described here.

It’s an almost timeless collection, many will have these images already adorning the sleeves of vinyl or the jewel cases of CDs, or popping up in the iPhone when played. But the difference here is that each hanging on the walls of The Little Gallery are individually numbered copies of limited edition prints each signed by the artist / designer / photographer.

These are all from a local collector who rues their presence in his collection, as they are stored for far too long. “They need to be on a wall”…. “they need to be seen” he told Marlborough.news. And The Little Gallery in The Parade is enabling some of these magnificent works to become pride of place on someone’s wall, and to be seen.

For more information, and to see what is on display click here to visit ‘The Little Gallery’ website.