Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした 行う／開催する／段階s an art 展示 featuring his collection of hundreds of Smileys 主張するing they are NOT emojis

  • The DJ, real 指名する Norman Cook, has amassed the collection over 40 years
  • Items 含む a Smiley toaster, cuff links, watches, shoes, and even condoms
  • The image is the logo of Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした and he has a tattoo of a Smiley on his arm
  • He has curated a new art 展示 支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to the Smiley and its creator?

By Jack Newman For Mailonline

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Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした is curating an art 展示 celebrating the iconic Smiley 直面する which features hundreds of items of memorabilia the DJ has amassed over 40 years.?

The collection, which will be the centrepiece of the 展示, 含むs a Smiley toaster, cuff links, watches, shoes, 規模s, wristbands, clocks, jewellery and even condoms.

But the musician, 55, who even has a tattoo of a Smiley, has 主張するd the image is not the same as an emoji which he says is 'something 完全に different'.

Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, is curating a new art exhibition in Portugal celebrating the Smiley design

Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした, real 指名する Norman Cook, is curating a new art 展示 in Portugal celebrating the Smiley design

The DJ's Smiley collection amassed over 40 years has been captured by British photographic a rtist Mark Vessey ahead of the exhibition

The DJ's Smiley collection amassed over 40 years has been 逮捕（する）d by British photographic artist 示す Vessey ahead of the 展示

The Smiley was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1963 ? the same year as Cook.?

Artist Harvey Ball was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d by the 明言する／公表する 相互の Life 保証／確信 Company to make badges that would 改善する staff 意気込み／士気.

After the 従業員s began wearing the Smiley pins, the symbol became ますます popular and more 見解／翻訳／版s were printed.

Speaking at his home 近づく Brighton ahead of the 展示 in Portugal, Cook said: 'The first ever 12-インチ 選び出す／独身 I bought was Psycho 殺し屋 by the Talking 長，率いるs in 1977.

'That had a picture of a Smiley t-shirt. That was the first 半分-ironic use of it ? it was everything that punk 激しく揺する wasn't.

'That was the first time it struck me and I think that imprinted it on my 長，率いる because it was the first 12-インチ 選び出す／独身 that I had and I looked at it all the time.'

A 巨大（な） mural adorns the roof of his house while his only tattoo is a smiley 直面する and cross bones ? the 非公式の logo of Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした.

He has now curated an art 展示, Smile High Club, 支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to the Smiley and Harvey Ball.

The DJ, who was previously in the band The Housemartins, only has one tattoo which shows a smiley face and cross bones

The DJ, who was 以前 in the 禁止（する）d The Housemartins, only has one tattoo which shows a smiley 直面する and cross bones

Ceramicist Carrie Reichardt has created this Smiley artwork of Fleet Street and St Paul's in London for the show

Ceramicist Carrie Reichardt has created this Smiley artwork of (n)艦隊／(a)素早い Street and St Paul's in London for the show

He said: 'Over the years it has elevated from 200 badges made for an 保険 company to this 世界的な icon and this symbol of, what is for me, happiness, goofiness, stupidity and 無条件の love.'

The musician said the symbol has been rediscovered by every 世代, 含むing by artists such as Banksy in his Grin Reaper piece and in the Watchmen film.

'It's a bit like the Hawaiian shirt ? it's never やめる in fashion but it always comes 一連の会議、交渉／完成する again,' h e said.

But he 主張するd today's most 一般的に used 代表 of a smiley 直面する ? the emoji ? should not be classed as a Smiley.

He said: 'What I love is the classic Worcester Smiley which has 確かな dimensions, わずかに off-centre.

'I don't recognise emojis as Smileys, they're something 完全に different.'

The first single Norman Cook bought was Psycho Killer by Talking Heads which featured a T-shirt with a Smiley print

?The first 選び出す／独身 Norman Cook bought was Psycho 殺し屋 by Talking 長，率いるs which featured a T-shirt with a Smiley print

Cook had his Smiley tattoo in the late 1980s and began using a smiley 直面する and cross bones as the logo for Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした.

His 展示 follows 共同s with Portuguese artist Vhils, real 指名する Alexandre Farto, who owns the Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon.

Those taking part 含む The London Police, Ron English, James Joyce, and Jimmy Cauty ? half of The KLF who burnt £1 million in 1992.

'I've spent 30 years 存在 a DJ or a musician or a 生産者 and I'm just like a kid in a 甘い shop with this,' Cook said.

'I'm a fan of art and I'm a collector but now to be 伴う／関わるd and working with artists ? I feel like we're 共同製作.

'I can't draw and I'm colourblind, so I could never be an artist.'

The centrepiece of the 展示 is his sprawling Smiley collection, which has been painstakingly 輸送（する）d to Lisbon.

This will sit opposite an image of the 閣僚, which has been 逮捕（する）d by British photographic artist 示す Vessey.

'The only thing that isn't for sale in the 展示 is my Smiley collection,' Cook said.

'In it is everything from a motorcycle helmet to condoms, to a toaster, portable ashtrays, slippers, cuff links, はしけs ? 基本的に anything you can stick a Smiley on.'

Smile High Club will run at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon from June 21 to July 21.

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