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.
Kosmo vinyl west ham.
Kosmo vinyl born mark c.
A lifelong football fan kosmo has many memories of watching west ham play including matches against manchester united and manchester city.
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.
For five years the avid west ham fan visually recorded the trials and tribulations of his team.
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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.
Greetings completed we make the short walk to our.
The show s title is saitch yer daddy is taken from 60s graffito adorning a wall near west ham s home ground.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I produced a piece for each game the hammers played each being posted before the next game kicked off.
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.
Next month sees the opening of an exhibition of 53 collages tracking the fortunes of west ham united fc over a season.
Photo courtesy kosmo vinyl.
Kosmo s story like many west ham supporters of his generation begins deep in the bowels of what was once a very working class east london.
They are all the product of expat football fan and music industry maverick kosmo vinyl.
Kosmo vinyl s exhibition is saitch yer daddy is running at the national football museum in manchester until 5 may.
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.