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Reg Perfect and the Squeegees - London, July 2009
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Reg Perfect and the Squeegees / curated by Leigh Clarke
Portman Gallery
Morpeth School,
Portman Place,
London E2 OPX
Private view 2nd July
Exhibition until the 11th July
The dissemination of promotional material to advertise bands and music venues has been a wide source of inspiration for artists as well as being an art form in itself. Throughout musical history, artists have found new methods of communication to promote the impact of new musical acts; from the more iconic figures like Toulouse Lautrec, Peter Blake and Jamie Reid to the anonymous poster and flyer makers in underground subcultures like punk, techno and death metal.
The contributors in this exhibition have each generated a campaign for an imaginary music band named Reg Perfect and the Squeeges. The word play in the title alludes to technical terms in printing and the morning registration in school. Each artist will generate a piece of work that envisages the bands image using their own experiences and influences of art and music.
Pat And Trevor have used a discarded licence plate printing machine to make two pieces of work; 'perfect' and 'parfait'.
other participants include:
Leigh Clarke
Bob Matthews
Fru Kenworthy-Browne
Bob and Roberta Smith
Victor Mount
Ima Okon
boyleAndshaw
Martin O'Neill
Chris Plowman
Paul Sakoilsky
Jo Stockham
Chisato Tambayashi
Jessica Voorsanger
George Barker
Hannah Birkett
Crispin Finn
Andrew Craig
Mark Hampson
Mark Harris
Lucy Harrison
Daniel Holliday
Melodie Holliday
Dick Hogg
Guests to the private view witnessed the the birth of a new band through a process of improvisation.
Here are Pat And Trevor (Justin and Simon form the Squeegies) on drums and shakers respectively. All costumes by Jessica Voorsanger.
The band with the headmaster of Morpeth school
Reg Perfect and the Squeegees with Jessica Voorsanger
Reg Perfect (Parfait)