{"product_id":"janes-addiction-perry-farrell-w-artwork-for-ritual-de-lo-habitual-album-cover-kevin-westenberg","title":"Janes Addiction: Perry Farrell w\/artwork for ‘Ritual De Lo Habitual’ album cover. Kevin Westenberg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer: Kevin Westenberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage details: Melody Maker. Venice, Cal. Feb,1991.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to describe this moment? Well, I’m no writer but I recognize when someone who can write nails it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo here’s Mike Rampton of Kerrang to sum up this moment for me.\u003cbr\u003e“Heroin is a hell of a drug, and Jane’s Addiction really, really liked heroin. Not all of them – the drummer stayed off it – but three out of four of them really got heavily into heroin. Miraculously, considering how many of their contemporaries in the early ’90s alternative music world ended up dead, they all made it, but the band didn’t. At their peak, in 1991, they split up – drugs, madness, egos and partying took their toll and they called it a day. If they hadn’t, the ’90s rock world could have looked very different – so many bands were influenced by Jane’s Addiction that it’s hard to wonder what might have happened if they’d stuck around.” “\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasey Niccoli, an extremely important figure in the Jane’s Addiction story. Born in Bakersfield, California and named after Yankee skipper Casey Stengel, she was the girlfriend and muse of Perry Farrell for a while, and appears in sculpted form on the cover of Nothing’s Shocking (as an on-fire pair of nude Siamese twins) and Ritual De La Habitual\u003cbr\u003e(as part of a threesome also involving Farrell). Niccoli has also been credited with nailing the band’s early onstage visual aesthetic and use of Santerian and Catholic imagery”. So…As fate would have it, Casey Niccoli contacted me today! Having had the news from her friends this series on Jane’s was happening online. Great to get her first hand account being the artistic foil and focus of Perry’s world back then. The art itself was mainly found objects combined and fueled by huge amounts of Heroin!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn old box spring mounted on a piece of 6’x6’ square plywood. The bodies of Casey, Perry and Xoila were hand made and formed using wire with paper mache and intended as a shrine to their ménage à trois. Casey was in charge of the entire left side of the artwork while Perry decorated the right side of the piece. What a great day today has been!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchival Fine Art Pigment Print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDa Vinci Fibre Gloss Silk 310gsm Cotton Rag Paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable editions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16x20\" Edition of 25\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20x24\" Edition of 25\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24x30\" Edition of 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 x 40\" Edition of 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60 x 40\" Edition of 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Behind The Gallery","offers":[{"title":"16 x 20\"","offer_id":57222112247974,"sku":null,"price":3700.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"20 x 24\"","offer_id":57222112280742,"sku":null,"price":4400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"24 x 30\"","offer_id":57222112313510,"sku":null,"price":6000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"30 x 40\"","offer_id":57222112346278,"sku":null,"price":8300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"60 x 40\"","offer_id":57222112379046,"sku":null,"price":27500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3421\/7126\/files\/PERRY_WITH_ARTWORK.ver2.jpg?v=1788138649","url":"https:\/\/www.behindthegallery.com.au\/products\/janes-addiction-perry-farrell-w-artwork-for-ritual-de-lo-habitual-album-cover-kevin-westenberg","provider":"Behind The Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}