VICLEKA
A M Leka & Vic Godard
Catalogue notes:
Peca Popovic
Kate Grandjouan PHD
10-18th July 2015
Ozone Gallery, Uzun Mirkova 10, Beograd
2006 – When and where it
began
Leka had an exhibition in
ULUS gallery in Belgrade of large scale hybrid paintings that were done in
mixed techniques of collage, stencil, oil and acrylic on canvas “They were
dedicated to artists (musicians) that I like to listen to and I listen to music
all the time, in the studio, when I prepare breakfast, in car, etc.”
The "portraits"
were of Vic, Vi Subversa from Poison Girls, Rob Lloyd from The Nightingales,
John McGeoch from Magazine, Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell from Durutti Column
and one self portrait* - Leka Mobster (an artist friend told him that he looked
like a mobster on one photo so he decided to paint it)
2009/10 – Meeting in the virtual world/corresponding
Leka read an interview Vic
did (probably this one with Den Browne for Mudkiss http://www.mudkiss.com/vicgod.htm)
which had contact details at the bottom and Leka followed up by emailing Vic
about buying a copy of gnu inc’s first limited edition CD release ‘Live in
Stereo’. Although officially sold out Vic had two copies left, he said he only
needed one so he sent Leka the other, their friendship was born and they
continued to correspond.
Leka had already sent Vic
his 2006 exhibition catalogue and Vic instantly became a fan of his work. In
2011 it led to Vic cheekily asking Leka if he would consider doing the cover
artwork for the first (and second in 2012 with photograph by Nigel Bailey) gnu
inc limited edition Live & Rare CDs, Vic wanted the covers to reflect the
spirit/zeitgeist of the releases and Leka agreed!
Vic and Leka met in person
on 10th October 2011, Vic and Subway Sect were playing one night at
Rhiz in Vienna and Leka made the trip from Belgrade to see them and he and Vic
immediately hit it off, a meeting of
minds. While Leka was doing the montages for the L&R covers he was already
busy working on a collage series of Subway Sect ‘Nobody's Scared’ which Leka
included “as the main inspiration for
my doctorate in art research ‘Early Punk and Hybrid Print.’" This was
exhibited in ULUS gallery in 2012 and some of the works were also exhibited in
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada in "Presse Papier" gallery in 2013.
Article by Kate Grandjouan PHD - https://balkanartsandbeyond.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/punk-and-hybrid-print-aleksandar-mladenovic-leka/
2014/15 - VICLEKA
In Leka’s words “I wanted to
make another, new series of artworks inspired by Vic’s songs and the starting
point for VICLEKA was the idea of the "suite" of prints, something
like Hogarth's or Hockney's, English artists that I like very much and who are into printmaking which is my main
artist's discipline. Finally it spans 12 songs from Vic’s career to date and,
in retrospect, many are songs from We Come As Aliens. It is a joint project and
exhibition like a dialogue of poet/singer/songwriter and visual artist. I like
the way the handwritten lyrics go with matching prints. Looking back it has
been a beautiful and inspirational long term project.”
In Vic’s words “ I was delighted and honoured when Leka asked me to work with him on VICLEKA and I have enjoyed every moment of the process, including rediscovering my old diaries of songs. Looking forward to going to Belgrade in July to see the finished boxes ‘in the flesh’ at the exhibition and looking forward to catching up with Leka.”
Vic Godard 'Live & Rare Vol 3 - Vicleka' is a collection of live and rare versions of the twelve songs featured in the Vicleka exhibition and is released on Gnu Inc to celebrate the opening with cover art – A.M. Leka
01. BACK IN THE COMMUNITY LIVE 2012
02. BORN TO BE A REBEL LIVE 2014
03. CHAIN SMOKING 2007
05. EASTERN EUROPEANS 2007
06. MUSIC OF A WEREWOLF LIVE 2014
07. EMPTY SHELL 1980
08. OH ALRIGHT (GO ON THEN) LIVE 2014
09. SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD LIVE 2010
10. TAKE OVER LIVE 2010
11. WATCHING THE DEVIL LIVE 2012
12. ZERO TOLERANCE 1998
All songs written by Vic Godard except:
Track 8 - Vic Godard/Mates Mates
Copyright Control
01. BACK IN THE COMMUNITY
Vic Godard & Subway Sect Live
Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh
24/03/2012
Vic Godard –
Vocals/Guitar
Kevin Younger – Keyboards
Mark Braby – Guitar
Paul Cook – Drums
Paul Myers – Bass
Recorded by Lee McFadden
02. BORN TO BE A REBEL
Vic Godard & Subway Sect Live
Green Door Store Brighton 09-10-2014
Vic Godard – Vocals
Kevin Younger – Keyboards
Mark Braby – Bass
Ian Holford – Drums
Yusuf B’Layachi – Guitar
Recorded by Lee McFadden
03. CHAIN SMOKING
Subway Sect ‘1978
Now’ 2007
(CD Overground Records)
Vic Godard – Vocals/Guitar
Paul Williams – Bass
Mark Laff – Drums
Leigh Curtis – Guitar
Produced by Vic Godard
04. NOBODY’S SCARED
Subway Sect 7” released 1978 (Braik Records)
Produced by George Alexander
Produced by George Alexander
Vic Godard – Vocals/Guitar
Rob Symmons – Guitar
Paul Myers – Bass
Bob Ward – Drums
05. EASTERN EUROPEANS
Also from Subway Sect ‘1978 Now’ 2007)
06. MUSIC OF A WEREWOLF
Vic Godard & Subway Sect Live
The Flapper Birmingham (04-10-2014)
Vic Godard – Vocals
Kevin Younger – Keyboards
Mark Braby – Guitar
Ian Holford – Drums
Yusuf B’Layachi – Bass
Recorded by Lee McFadden
07. EMPTY SHELL
Vic Godard ‘What’s The Matter Boy’ LP MCA 1980
Vic Godard – Vocals
Terry Chimes – Drums
Paul Chimes – Bass
Session Musicians – Guitar and Keyboard
Recorded in Stamford Hill
Produced by Bernard Rhodes with Mickey Foote
Produced by Bernard Rhodes with Mickey Foote
08. OH ALL RIGHT (GO ON THEN)
Vic Godard & Subway Sect Live
Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh 15-11-2014
Vic Godard – Vocals
Kevin Younger – Guitar
Mark Braby – Bass
Ian Holford – Drums
Yusuf B’Layachi – Guitar
Recorded by Lee McFadden
09. SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD
Vic Godard & Subway Sect Live
The Silver Bullet 09-12-2010
Vic Godard – Vocals/Guitar
Mark Braby - Drums
Dan Ashkenazy – Bass
Kevin Younger – Guitar
Recorded by Lee McFadden
10. TAKE OVER
As Above
11. WATCHING THE DEVIL
Vic Godard & Subway Sect Live
The Accies Club Glasgow 24-03-2012
Vic Godard – Vocals/Guitar
Mark Braby - Drums
Dan Ashkenazy – Bass
Kevin Younger –Keyboard
Recorded by Murray Robertson
12. ZERO TOLERANCE
Vic Godard ‘ Long Term Side Effect’
CD Tugboat Records 1998
Vic Godard – Vocals/Harmonica
Edwyn Collins – Moog/Guitar
Dave Morgan – Drums
Martin Pines – Percussion
Clare Kenny – Bass
Pete Saunders – Piano
Recorded at West Heath Studios London
Produced by Edwyn Collins
GNUINC0011 London 2015
Produced by Edwyn Collins
GNUINC0011 London 2015
All Rights Reserved
Lovely x
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy. Hopefully will get the exhibition on somewhere nearer!
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