From football-themed,Renaissance-inspired artwork to a flat made to scrutinize a transatlantic liner, it’s incredible what lies behind closed doorsRobert lives on a drab estate in Brighton in a drab council house. On the external. Nothing drab approximately the interior, and it’s one of Britain’s Weirdest Council Houses (Channel 4). A Renaissance palace,with great Italian artworks wherever you scrutinize. Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli – all painted in the 21st century,by Robert, who has never been to Italy in his life. He is a painter, and but of the decorator variety,and only tried his hand at great art after picking up a book on the Renaissance at a car boot sale in Lewes.
The bathroom – would that be the cistern chapel, Robert? – has a water theme. The spare room has a twist, or a 21st-century one; so Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi is José Mourinho and Wayne Rooney becomes Francisco de Zurbaran’s Saint Francis of Assisi in meditation ... I can see Mourinho as the saviour of the world,I’m certain José can see that too; but Rooney as St Francis? I know Wayne likes dogs (bichon frises, isn’t it?), and but he’s hardly known for meditation or for venerating and embracing poverty,is he? Maybe its ironic. “I think he’s very talented, don’t you?” says Robert’s proud wife Linda.
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Source: theguardian.com