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Art of Jonathan Canady

art.malsonus.com

About Me

Well known in the experimental music underground under such names as DEATHPILE and ANGEL OF DECAY, Philadelphia's Jonathan Canady began to focus his creative efforts on visual art in early 2007. The subjects of sex and death have been central to his artistic output since childhood. Canady distills these themes to their simplest and most powerful elements to create the art he has spent a lifetime searching for.
Despite the transgressive nature of his work he is no brooding sociopath. Canady's art is the counterpoint of his personality. He loves to laugh and to enjoy life in the shadow of death.
NOTE: 99% of my art violates MySpace posting rules. So in order to see my work please click the banner below.
You can read a recent interview with me about my art here: http://elvisinh.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-with-jonathan -canady.html
Check out my uncensored blog (updated a lot more frequently than the one on this MySpace profile): http://malsonus.blogspot.com/
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 !

My Interests



Life is good when I am spending time with my girlfriend and cats, creating art, watching weird movies, reading, drinking

I'd like to meet:

Weirdos who appreciate my artwork.

Music:

The (original) Accüsed, Admiral Angry, Amebix, At The Gates, Autopsy, Maurizio Bianchi, Big Black, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Bloodyminded, Carnivore, Johnny Cash, Celtic Frost, Coil, Cripple Bastards, Cryptic Slaughter, Dayglo Abortions, Dead Boys, Deathspell Omega, Demons, Disrupt, Drop Dead, Dystopia, EyeHateGod, Gadget, Goblin, God, Godflesh, Gorelord, Gruntsplatter, Halo, Head of David, Heresy, High on Fire, His Hero Is Gone, Iron Maiden, Joy Division, Judas Priest, Killing Joke, Loop, Lustmord, Mastodon, Melvins, Mighty Sphincter, Misfits, Ennio Morricone, Motorhead, Napalm Death, Nasum, Negative Approach, Gary Neuman, Neurosis, No Trend, Part 1, Pig Destroyer, Radiohead, Regurgitate, Repulsion, Ripcord, Second Layer, Klaus Schulze, Skinny Puppy, Slab!, early Slayer, Sleep Museum, Suicide, Stooges, Sutcliffe Jugend, Swans, Taint, Throbbing Gristle, Toxic Holocaust, Tragedy, Unseen Terror, Victims, Voivod, Winter, Wipers, Wolf Eyes, Yen Pox, Zero Kama, Zombi

Movies:

Aftermath, Bad Taste, Battle Royal, The Beyond, Blade Runner, Bloodsucking Freaks, Burial Ground, Cannibal Holocaust, Contraband, Cut Throats Nine, Dawn of the Dead, Don't Torture a Duckling, El Topo, Emanuelle in America, Enter the Dragon, Evil Dead, Fight For Your Life, Flower of Flesh and Blood, Goodfellas, Gummo, House on the Edge of the Park, Hitch Hike, Holy Mountain, I Spit on Your Grave, Ilsa Series, The Killing of America, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Man Bites Dog, Maniac, New York Ripper, Nightmare City, Night of the Living Dead, Peeping Tom, Possession, Re-Animator, River's Edge, Riki Oh, Roadkill, Robocop, Salo, Sorcerer, Street Trash, Suspiria, Taxi Driver, Tenebrae, The Thing, Thriller - A Cruel Picture, Videodrome, Zombie

Television:

The Shield, BBC World News

Books:

A Clockwork Orange, Blindness, Crash, DVD Delirium, Eyeball Compendium: Sex & Horror. Art & Exploitation, Industrial Culture Handbook, Journey to the End of the Night, Maldoror, Naked Lunch, In the Belly of the Beast, Tropic of Cancer, Damnation Game, Total Abuse, Wasp Factory, Wreckers of Civilization

Heroes:

Francis Bacon, Hans Bellmer, Antoine Bernhart, Trevor Brown, Stephen Kasner, Suehiro Maruo, Hermann Nitsch, Mark Pauline, Pieter Schoolwerth, Bruno Richard, Joel Peter Witkin

My Blog

Death Metal

It doesn't have a TON to do with my art but I wrote a little something about death metal for those that care:http://malsonus.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-twenty-years-of -death-metal.htmlThanks. -Jonathan...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:53:00 PST

Less than 20 copies left of my Art Chapbook

My art chapbook "Dangerous Meat" is down to less than 20 copies left of it's edition of 100.So, if you want a copy I suggest you ORDER VERY SOON.Here's the details:- Features 20 full color paintings- ...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:50:00 PST

VERY Limited Quantity of new TIMELESS for sale now

I have just ONE copy (updated info 9.25.08) of the AMAZING new issue of TIMELESS (which includes exclusive art my yours truly) for sale now. Details on the book are below. Since I have so few copies p...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:51:00 PST

J. Canady art in Portland - First Thursday @ Floating World

Eight of my limited edition prints, my new chapbook and one original piece will be part of Floating World Comics "Sleazy Slice" in Portland THIS THURSDAY (tomorrow!!!). If you can't make the opening t...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:32:00 PST

J. Canady / ANGEL OF DECAY Seattle Trip Blogs

Check out my blogs on my recent trip to Seattle for METHFEST:Seattle METHFEST Part 1Seattle METHFEST Part 2Thank you. -Jonathan...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:20:00 PST

JPC Art + A.O.D. @ METHFEST in Seattle (Starts TONIGHT)

MethFest, Seattle's premier Noise/Grind/Extreme Metal gathering, is coming soon - August 14th-16th. Tentative details are as follows (subject to change due to arrests/Overdoses/meth-lab explosions):Da...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:38:00 PST

Where’s my old profile image?

MySpace deleted it without notice.That's exactly why I only had one of my paintings in My Pics. I am starting some new artwork as soon as I get back from METH FEST in Seattle. I think SOME of my new w...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:59:00 PST

New Limited Edition Art Chapbook for sale

Go to: http://art.malsonus.com/shop.htm to order.Thank you. -Jonathan...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:18:00 PST

New painting: Case 19

Here's a censored version of my latest work. To see it uncensored you can go to my blog: malsonus[dot]blogspot[dot]com (please cut and paste).Thank you. -Jonathan...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:44:00 PST

Art Website Updated

Hey Everyone,My art website has been updated to include a little new work in the gallery and more original art for sale.Check it out: http://art.malsonus.comThanks. -Jonathan...
Posted by Art of Jonathan Canady on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:42:00 PST