Press Release For You Know More Than I Know
Image above by
Steve Gullick
Image above by
Corin Johnson
Image above by
James Johnston
Image above by
Harry Pye
Image above by
Aleks Wojcik
Steve, Corin, James, Harry, and Aleks invite you to an exhibition featuring photography, painting, drawing and sculpture.
For more info click: here
Here are 40 Facts about the exhibition:
1) You Know
More Than I Know is a song written by John Cale, who was a founder member
of The Velvet Underground. The song appeared on his album, Fear. Cale was born in Wales but lived and studied in South London.
2) Aleks Wojcik is the only artist contributing to
this exhibition who is under 40. She was a Scout for 5 years and
absolutely loved it. Her first time in England was when she was 13 and she had a day trip to Dover. When Aleks left Poland she moved to south London and lived above the Pineapple
pub (near Lambeth tube).
3) Steve Gullick’s first resting place in London
was at his friend Neil's flat which was above a chicken shop on Stockwell road
in 1987. They worked as ushers at the Odeon Cinema on Haymarket.
4) Harry Pye was born in Lewisham. His first job
after graduating from Art School was as a doorman at Catford Theatre during the
pantomime season.
5) Aleks Wojcik is quite superstitious : She will never
walk under the ladder, she will never open an umbrella indoors etc.
6) Harry Pye is allergic to red wine and never
learned how to ride a bike. He has never been superstitious or religious
. He has been described as being, “sooo
London”, “sooo sensitive”, “a dark horse”, “a hoarder” (as someone who) argues like a lawyer” (as
being like) Prince Myshkin and “(as someone who) can’t accept love”
7) When James
Johnston sees a magpie he clicks his fingers as his Mum and Gran used to do it.
James Johnston's Gran was a self-taught painter.
8) Harry Pye is a descendant of Sir Henry James Pye (1745–1813), who was an unpopular Poet Laureate.
9) Aleks always wanted to be a
painter and she believes that it will happen one day.
10) James Johnston
and Steve Gullick were in a band called '...bender'
11) Harry Pye once collaborated
with the composer Francis Macdonald on an album of songs and stories. Mojo
magazine gave the album 4 stars and said it was “odd but good”
12) James
Johnston started a band called Gallon Drunk and grew up near Guildford - which
is famous for virtually nothing.
13) There was a time in 1992 when
Harry Pye went through a phase of feeling he'd just walked into a cobweb but
when he wiped his face, nothing was there.
14) James Johnston still has records but no record player.
15) Steve Gullick is from Coventry and he often wore eyeliner in his
youth. His favourite John Cale album is, Fear.
16) Harry Pye often loves a handful of John Cale songs like; Been There Done That, Faces
and Names, Hallelulah and You Know
More Than I Know,over and over again but there aren’t any John Cale albums
he likes from beginning to end.
17) Corin Johnson saw John Cale give a talk about his life at, The Green
Man festival. Corin is a fan of the music Cale made with Nick Drake.
18) Aleks Wojcik doesn’t know who John Cale is. For a while Roxette were her favourite band. Her first dance with a boy was to The
Scorpions.
19) Steve Gullick is married and has three adult sons all of whom were
born in East London.
20) Corin Johnson was born in Warwick very near the castle. He used to
get peacocks flying into his garden.
21) Aleks loves having a garden and is proud of her
tomatoes. Her biggest enemies in the garden are squirrels and snails. She likes
it when is a sunny day and I water it with a hose because I can make small
rainbows!
22) Steve Gullick is still friends with his school art teachers, Chris
Lock and Pete Hillier.
23) Corin Johnson’s art teacher came from Liverpool and was called Mr
Skiffington.
24) Aleks misses her 8 pet rats. The
names she gave them were; Marcel, Fidel, Stefan, Jack, Klex, Boris, Muffin and
Shadow.
25) Steve Gullick has constant tinnitus.
26) Corin Johnson has an older sister and a younger brother.
27) James Johnston lived in a bedsit in Earl's court
when he first moved to London to go to university, it had very thin walls as
was a bit sleazy. He was studying philosophy at King's and was asked to leave.
His favourite place in London is Lambeth North.
28) Steve Gullick has only ever painted on paper.
29) Newington Library was officially opened on
Thursday 13th March 1975. The building next to the library caught fire on March 25, 2013. 100 fire-fighters were needed to put out the blaze
and there was much water damage. In September 2017
Southwark Council granted the Art Academy use of the former Newington Library,
Walworth Road
30) Corin Johnson’s mother had a print of Picasso’s Sylvette on the wall.
31) Harry Pye was born in Lewisham hospital and he went back there a few
years ago to have his appendix out.
32) Aleks Wojcik has never had anything broken apart from her
heart. Twice.
33) The last book James
Johnston read was The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene
34) Aleks Wojcik knows how to make great pancakes, and a very
nice apple pie. She loves spinach which she was never fed as a child.
35) Corin Johnson’s first sculptures were bought by Peter Snow who was a
professor at The Slade.
36) During his art degree, Harry Pye did an artist’s placement with the
sculptor and Slade professor Bruce Mclean.
37) Aleks believes all cool people smoke
38) Corin Johnson, James Johnston, and Harry Pye all contributed work to
an exhibition called, Push The Boat Out which took place at The Art Academy
last year. The title came from a song
James had once recorded with his band, Gallon Drunk.
39) Corin’s Mother’s family are from Newcastle upon Tyne and they used
to sing Geordie songs and rhymes. He owns a dog called Charlie who likes
bananas.
40) This exhibition features a photograph Aleks Wojcik took of her
mother. Aleks says her parents names are Krzysztof and Czeslawa and that they were both
employed as art restorers.
The opening party for, 'You Know More Than I Know' is on Wednesday the 11th Sept from 6pm till 9pm.
On Thursday the 12th and Friday the 13th the gallery is open from 10:30am till 6:30pm. On Sat the 15th and Sunday the 16th the gallery is open from 11am till 5pm.
The Art Academy used to be Newington Library The address is: 155 Walworth Road S.E 17 1RS
It's 5 minutes from Elephant & Castle tube.
