Lawyers for Guns N’ Roses leader Axl Rose have sent a cease and desist letter to an L.A. photographer over an exhibit using his name.
TMZ reports photographer Laura London is promoting a September 29 art exhibit called "Once upon a time ... Axl Rose was my neighbor."
The exhibit is described as exploring “the fine line between constructed narrative and documentary, private portraiture and celebrity posing, and, most intensely, melodrama juxtapozed with the all out rock and roll lifestyle.”
Laura claims her main piece - a photograph of a garage door with "Sweet Child O'Die you R 1 of many nothing special " spray-painted on it - is a picture of Axl's garage from years ago.
According to the cease and desist letter (read it here), Laura advertised the piece claiming Axl himself spray-painted the garage during a fight with his then wife, Erin Everly.
But the Guns N' Roses frontman claims that statement and the photograph are "outrageous, false, fabricated and highly defamatory."
The letter, drafted by Axl's attorney, states ... "Mr. Rose never spray-painted anything. Your salacious and inflammatory statements are plainly designed to garner attention and line your pockets with money."
Axl is demanding an apology, and wants the art show cancelled.
TMZ has updated the story, reporting that since the letter was sent, the description of the photo was removed from a website for the show, but the photo is still there ... and the exhibit is still scheduled fro September 29.
Learn more about the exhibit here.
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