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Memories of Angus Fairhurst

My Memory

MB (Aug 06, 2008)

I echo JB - although my circle never overlapped Angus' much beyond the classes we were both in, I remember him as a quiet, intelligent and talented guy, with a keen intellect, a good grasp of what it takes to be a good student and very popular. No-one likes to be reading obituaries of their contemporaries at our age (41), but this loss seems especially poignant and tragic.

I Loved The Way He Danced

Someone (Jun 26, 2008)

I came up the stairs, pushing past a life size fiberglass china man, into a large room. He occupied himself with the records in the corner, as we all busily poured, chopped and chatted. Ska cut its way through the smoke, and he came over and took my hand. He was just grooving in his bare feet and yellow jumper. I wanted to melt into his coolness. For a moment I doubted myself, but then I escaped into his moment and let him look at me with his eyes. Ice cracked under bourbon, smoke and talk floated, and we danced. Eyes touching, we snapped and flowed. Breathing, watching. He was amused and focused. I rose to the occasion.Later on I bit him and allowed my tongue to taste his sweat. I loved that his thick black hair was steaked with grey, and there were cracks by his eyes. But most of all, I liked the way he danced.

I can't believe he's gone.

ralph steadman and angus

dradolf steg (May 12, 2008)

i once met angus and ralph steadman at the golden heart pub in london before going to a party for gilbert and george in about 1993, they both got on well together and did a large drawing of hunter s thompson playing golf with a giant gorilla in aspen, rendered in brown sauce and mustard on a piece of board ralph found in a skip outside the pub. they gave it to me but i swapped it for a night in a seedy hotel near euston staion after the party. we were all very drunk and i often wonder what happened to the picture.

Breaking into the stock exchange

Jonathan (May 07, 2008)

We were in halls together in the first year at Goldsmiths and would take on London and the south east together with other luminaries such as Adrian Funnell and Susannah. Angus took us to stay with a friend of his called Ronnie who lived in an Oast House and hosed her kitchen down daily. One day Angus and I dressed up in smart suits and role played being city gents, seeing how many establishments we could enter. Our major triumph was getting onto the stock exchange floor before being apprehended: subsequent embellished re-telling of the story made us solely responsible for the economic downturn in the late eighties through rogue trading. Angus was engaging, warm, and full of life, which makes his tragic death very hard to bear. I only really knew him briefly but still have shed a tear.

Daily Fix

Philip Scherenberg (Apr 21, 2008)

i have the big pleasure to look at some of angus' work daily. it has become an important poke in my life and it helps me remember to stay naturally aware and keep the distance. it saddens me deeply to know this creative and humerous life has ended. my condolences go to his family and friends

My Memory

bubbler (Apr 10, 2008)

I met Angus 20 years just before him and Damien hit mainstream - he was wonderful, sensitive and most of all intelligent - I'm deeply shocked and saddened we had some good times together

Striking Forms

jn krause (Apr 08, 2008)

He was a beautiful young man who was just beginning to tap into his great talent. Saw him at an exhibition of his bronze "With Bird", but he was the thing in the eye.Type your memory in this box and click Next

A night with Angus and Damien Hirst dressed as clowns in Green Street

Suzi Godson (Apr 07, 2008)

I first met Angus when I won the spin painting competition at the stall they had set up on Rivington Street during Joshua Comptons Factual Nonsense art festival back in 1991. They were both dressed as clowns with painted faces and enormous shoes but everyone knew who they were. When Angus wrote down my number on the back of my painting he told me the competition was fixed and gave me a wink. Two weeks later I was summoned to the club at Green Street. I brought Elizabeth McGill for company as she knew Damien anyway. Angus and Damien turned up in the same clown outfits and as soon as they walked in the door they sprayed us with crazy foam. We got wasted on tequila shots and at one point they decided to show me my prize. Both of them had painted their cocks for me. Sweet really! I never got to know Damien but I always felt something special with Angus. The last time I met him was a few months ago outside the organic fruit and veg market in Islington. We were joking about how middle aged and bourgeois we were.

Canterbury. Every Moment a Laugh!

Mat (Apr 07, 2008)

I went to Canterbury College of Art with Angus, and we had such a laugh. He was great company, funny and generous. He was also a brilliant draughtsman - he won the end of year Art Prize and well deserved his place at Goldsmiths. He had to fight our tutors tooth and nail to get his place there - they said it was "too conceptual" for him, but he knew best and he was right! I am so, so sad to hear of his suicide - it just doesn't befit him. I will always remember him as one of my greatest friends...

My Memory

Cormac Martin (Apr 06, 2008)

A night with Angus at my home drinking Vodka Shots and smashing the glasses against the wall! Hope you are at peace now, you beautiful shining star xxx Love Ger and the Family

My Memory

JB (Apr 03, 2008)

I remember Angus from school days. He was a lovely bloke and a very talented artist even then. Extremely saddened to hear of his death.

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