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 west ham.
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.
A lifelong football fan kosmo has many memories of watching west ham play including matches against manchester united and manchester city.
Photo courtesy kosmo vinyl.
Once a music mogul for the clash and ian dury the blockheads and an mc for stiff records during britain s punk heyday now an artist based in new york city.
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.
The show s title is saitch yer daddy is taken from 60s graffito adorning a wall near west ham s home ground.
Next month sees the opening of an exhibition of 53 collages tracking the fortunes of west ham united fc over a season.
For five years new york city based british born west ham supporting artist kosmo vinyl created a signature collage after every match played by his favourite football club.
For five years the avid west ham fan visually recorded the trials and tribulations of his team.
They are all the product of expat football fan and music industry maverick kosmo vinyl.
My family on my dad s side were dockers from poplar he tells.
I produced a piece for each game the hammers played each being posted before the next game kicked off.
He can be heard introducing the clash at shea stadium on the clash s live album live at shea stadium as well as many bootlegged performances such as.
Kosmo vinyl born mark c.
An exhibition of over 40 pieces of unique artwork based on west ham united are currently on display in manchester at the national football museum.
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.
Greetings completed we make the short walk to our.
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.
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 s exhibition is saitch yer daddy is running at the national football museum in manchester until 5 may.
