For many years, and one day, painting masters believed this to be the art work of Charles Manson during his quasi-commune period that arose in California in the latter 1960's."His jail time roughly equaled his time free on the streets, as the homicidal Manson settled in along the Sunset Strip," said Burgund Plaide, the one who has discovered the truth. In June 1966, Manson was sent, for the second time in his life, to Terminal Island, in preparation for early release. "But this painting is from jail time."
Of course the notoriety of Chuck Manson the unemployed ex-convict makes any of his artistic dabbling somehow notorious as well.
In the period before the murders, he was a distant fringe member of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly via a chance association with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson.
After Manson was charged with the crimes, recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially. Leave it to Guns-n-Roses to cover his song later. Some believe the songs were inspired when according to Manson, his mother, allegedly a heavy drinker, once sold him for a pitcher of beer to a childless waitress...
This painting is attributed to Manson. It turns out it was done by another inmate named Snoopy, who tried to shank Manson in the washeteria. It was sent to Manson's cell the night before the attempted murder. It got mixed in with Manson's papers and passed out to the adoring art world of generous gallery owners guild.
It just goes to show how that old adage is so true: "Those who can't create art, you know they're homicidal maniacs."
2 comments:
The neutrality of this article is disputed.
Let's see on one hand, you could have a pitcher of beer.
On the other, you could have Charles Manson.
His moms may have been a heavy drinker but her head was in the game.
I respect his Mom's decision. Yep.
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