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Sarah Dwyer ..Rose Gibbs ..James Jessop ..Jasper Joffe ..
Peter Lamb.. Gavin Nolan ..Gretta Sarfaty Marchant ..
Harry Pye ..Martin Sexton ..Stella Vine

at nomoregrey
23 -25 Redchurch Street
London E2 7DJ
www.sartorialart.com
T: 020 7792 5882
E: art@sartorialart.com

Preview & Party Thursday 16th March 7pm till long after midnight
After party hosted by Tektonix: hip hop and drum & bass DJs

10 artists show new work in a brand new East End space called "nomoregrey".
'People Like Us' is organised by Sartorial Contemporary Art and curated by the artists Gretta Sarfaty Marchant
and Jasper Joffe.

Outside, in the parking lot, large paintings are exposed to the cars and the public.
James Jessop dazzles with an enormous picture derived from pulp paperback fiction combined with a touch of
Rubens and street graffiti. Martin Sexton presents an 'obituary for John Latham' and it is a little unusual in that
it is partly constructed from a car and will be shown amongst other cars, it is a tribute to the late great British
Artist Latham. Peter Lamb climbs the walls with a witty melange of stuff and art nonsense. Jasper Joffe exhibits
paintings of pubescent visual fantasia manga-ed.

Inside, in a space pumping with drum and bass beats on the opening night, are the "People Like Us" with
museum airs. Gretta Sarfaty Marchant is unique, straight from the movies, with her wallpaper and video
exposing the clichés of celebrity and controversy and the way they affect daily consciousness. Stella Vine shows
her most visceral and bold painting yet: "In it for The Money", summing up fame and feeling with a self-portrait
of herself as a stripper getting the cash stuffed in her vagina. Rose Gibbs amps up the visions of women with
vases friezed in guttural paintings of sex and pregnancy, and combinations there-of.

As we recover from the shock of these few, we can luxuriate in Sarah Dwyer's unreal landscapes, her head's in
the clouds, grottoes, and tombs, but it is all paint isn't it. In Gavin Nolan's paintings disparate elements combine
resolutely to form freakish portraits. The delicate brushwork is at odds with brutally applied splashes, swathes
and scumbles.

And to top all that : Harry Pye will launch a new publication which has been inspired by both Albert Camus and
Tony Hancock. REBEL magazine features interviews with writer Rob Newman and comedian Paul Foot as well
most of the artists in 'People Like Us'. The magazine is about the contrast of romantic artistic dreams and
aspirations, and the harsh reality of the struggles creative people often have to endure. The first 100 people who
attend the show will receive a free copy.

"I don't think being an artist is that far from being a priest because you are communicating to share a spiritual
enjoyment of life... I like shouting and declaiming and using my voice and playing the tuba loudly and painting
loudly... I could cut off my hair, not wear my tie or my matching aubergine socks and shoes but there's enough
grey out there already and I feel comfortable in them."
Viv Stanshall December 1988
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Sarah Dwyer, a graduate of painting from the RCA, recently exhibited at Wooster Projects NY.
Rose Gibbs is an unknown artist out of St Martin 's College and the Pulp song Common People.
James Jessop was in New Blood at The Saatchi Gallery and is a drum & bass DJ.
Jasper Joffe painted 24 paintings in 24 hours at the Chisenhale Gallery. His first novel "Water" is out in
April (Telegram Books)
Peter Lamb will have a solo show at Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles in 2006 and he curates and exhibits
globally, currently his show “ Cold Climates ” is on in Iceland .
Gretta Sarfaty Marchant. An Arthur Penn film starring Lauren Baccall and Gregory Peck was based on her
life. She worked closely with Pele on her ‘Self-Portrait of Brazil' project.
Gavin Nolan, was in Mai Jabi!!! Fucking Brilliant!!! Tokyo Wondersite , Japan
Harry Pye is a serial publisher of eccentric magazines and curated ‘Mothers' and ‘A Night on Earth'.
Martin Sexton presents 'New Gothic' at Late at Tate Britain in March.
Stella Vine is famous for her paintings of celebs and has had recent shows in Tel Aviv and Los Angeles.

Sartorial Contemporary Art was founded in March 2002
in an 18th century Georgian house in Kensington, near Notting Hill, London .
Sartorial is a project-led space set up by artist/curator Gretta Sarfaty Marchant.
The aim of the gallery is to present the work by both upcoming and established artists /curators
and to promote the exchange of current ideas and practices.

with thanks to ‘nomoregrey' www.nomoregrey.co.uk

for more info or images please contact Sartorial Contemporary Art T: 020 7792 5882
E: art@sartorialart.com or Jasper Joffe on M: 079571 36066