Kosmo Vinyl West Ham Art
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Kosmo vinyl west ham art. As a child at west ham i saw george best denis law and bobby charlton which is the holy trinity of manchester united he recalls. Don t go to the pictures don t see bands don t go to a restaurant but go to west ham one of kosmo s most enjoyable periods as a west ham fan came during his latter years of regular weekly attendance between 1975 and 1976 when the hammers took part in an fa cup final versus fulham and a cup winners cup final against anderlecht. Vinyl has had two one man shows in england one in london in 2013 featuring the west ham themed saitches and the other in somerset summer of 2014 on the subject of england and the world cup. Dunk 9 february 1957 england was a longtime associate and sometime manager for the clash as well as being associated with ian dury the blockheads and the jam three seminal english bands of the 1970s and 1980s.
And ian dury the blockheads. Is saitch yer daddy is was my west ham united art blog which ran for a full five soccer seasons from august 2011 until may 2016. Kosmo vinyl born mark c. Photo courtesy kosmo vinyl.
His pop art influenced collages with a punk aesthetic pay homage to the beautiful game particularly his beloved west ham united fc and the england us national teams. It s a particularly chilly late january day in east london when kosmo vinyl and i first catch each other s gaze at the entrance to stratford station. Kosmo vinyl is one of the key figures of the 70s british punk scene perhaps best known as the promoter manager mogul ringmaster rabble rouser of the clash. Kosmo vinyl on lois reitzes city lights wabe atlanta kosmo vinyl interviewed by jools holland kosmo vinyl interviewed by danny baker kosmo vinyl on free seed radio kosmo vinyl interviewed by laura rawlings kosmo vinyl interviewed on listed londoners kosmo vinyl interviewed by gideon coe kosmo vinyl interviewed on west ham tv kosmo vinyl on.
A lifelong football fan kosmo has many memories of watching west ham play including matches against manchester united and manchester city. He was also co curator of the late ian dury s first art exhibition more than fair a retrospective shown at the royal college of art london. In case you missed his exhibition of collages at london s eb flow gallery earlier this month check out this collection of work created by life long west ham fan and music mogul kosmo vinyl since.