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Peter Doig: why is the painter being sued for not being Peter Doige? Peter Doig: why is the painter being sued for not being Peter Doige?
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Name: Peter DoigName: Peter Doig
Age: 53.Age: 53.
Occupation: Artist.Occupation: Artist.
Is he any good? Yes. He's very good. He paints beautiful landscapes with an eerie, dreamlike flatness.Is he any good? Yes. He's very good. He paints beautiful landscapes with an eerie, dreamlike flatness.
Lovely. Maybe I'll buy one. Do you have several million pounds?Lovely. Maybe I'll buy one. Do you have several million pounds?
I do not. Pity. A Peter Doig is worth a fortune. Perhaps you could get a Peter Doige instead? He also paints landscapes with an eerie, dreamlike flatness.I do not. Pity. A Peter Doig is worth a fortune. Perhaps you could get a Peter Doige instead? He also paints landscapes with an eerie, dreamlike flatness.
You mean he's just a cheap imitation? Well the two do have much in common. Doig was a teenager in rural Canada in the mid-1970s, and Doige was a teenager in rural Canada in the mid-1970s. Doig took LSD, which influenced his painting, and Doige took LSD, which influenced his painting.You mean he's just a cheap imitation? Well the two do have much in common. Doig was a teenager in rural Canada in the mid-1970s, and Doige was a teenager in rural Canada in the mid-1970s. Doig took LSD, which influenced his painting, and Doige took LSD, which influenced his painting.
OK. Perhaps I'll commission a Doige then. Is he expensive? No. He has only ever sold one canvas, a desert scene, and that went to his parole officer Bob Fletcher for Cdn$100 shortly after he was released from an Ontario correctional facility in about 1976. There is a problem, however.OK. Perhaps I'll commission a Doige then. Is he expensive? No. He has only ever sold one canvas, a desert scene, and that went to his parole officer Bob Fletcher for Cdn$100 shortly after he was released from an Ontario correctional facility in about 1976. There is a problem, however.
What's that? Doige, unlike Doig, is dead. It is one of the differences between them.What's that? Doige, unlike Doig, is dead. It is one of the differences between them.
Quite a big difference. Yes. Doig is also considered a great artist, whereas Doige, to judge from the desert scene, was only OK.Quite a big difference. Yes. Doig is also considered a great artist, whereas Doige, to judge from the desert scene, was only OK.
Has anybody suggested yet that Doig and Doige might be the same person? Funnily enough, Bob Fletcher has. He wants to sell his Doige, insisting it is really a Doig, whom he claims to recognise on YouTube as the young man he met in the 70s, when he was supposedly adding an "e" to his name.Has anybody suggested yet that Doig and Doige might be the same person? Funnily enough, Bob Fletcher has. He wants to sell his Doige, insisting it is really a Doig, whom he claims to recognise on YouTube as the young man he met in the 70s, when he was supposedly adding an "e" to his name.
Aha! Doig denies it, however. There is quite a lot of rural Canada, you see, and he says that he and Doige were in different bits, and that he never served time anywhere. So Fletcher is suing him.Aha! Doig denies it, however. There is quite a lot of rural Canada, you see, and he says that he and Doige were in different bits, and that he never served time anywhere. So Fletcher is suing him.
Maybe Doig is embarrassed that he used to be crap? Maybe. But his lawyers say they have tracked down Doige's sister, and have an affidavit from her saying her brother was responsible.Maybe Doig is embarrassed that he used to be crap? Maybe. But his lawyers say they have tracked down Doige's sister, and have an affidavit from her saying her brother was responsible.
Pity. So perhaps you can afford Bob Fletcher's picture after all?Pity. So perhaps you can afford Bob Fletcher's picture after all?
Do say: "Peter! Long time no see!"Do say: "Peter! Long time no see!"
Don't say: "Want to buy a Picassoe?"Don't say: "Want to buy a Picassoe?"
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