nick blinko - 'visions of pope adrian the 37th' - book

Coptic Cat news update

 The title of Nick Blinko’s extraordinary new book of his artwork is confirmed as Visions of Pope Adrian 37th. It consists of 87 drawings and a brief introduction by Nick. The drawings are reproduced in their original A5 size. Each copy contains a signature with papal portrait by Nick, making every copy of the book unique. Coptic Cat will publish it in July. More details re: pricing and exact date of release in the next update. A forthcoming update will show an example of the signature and papal portrait sketch that Nick will be doing.
 
Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric was originally the title of a 1995 concept album by Nick’s band Rudimentary Peni, written while he was being detained in an English psychiatric hospital under Section 3 of the UK’s 1983 Mental Health Act. During that period, Nick was convinced that he was Pope Adrian 37th. Visions of Pope Adrian XXXVII was also the name Nick gave to a multimedia colour painting/drawing of his which was exhibited at St Martin in the Fields Church, London, by the National Schizophrenia Fellowship—now known as Rethink. The painting was executed in the 1980s, and was originally, and unsatisfactorily, titled Kaleidoscope before being re-named in the next decade.