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| Ian Dury, Jemima Proust, 1969 |
Ian Dury (1942-2000) was a student at the RCA between 1963 and 1966 and continued to paint until the early 1970s when music took over his life.
This exhibition has been organised by Ian Dury's daughter Jemima along
with Kosmo Vinyl (former manager of The Clash) and Jules Balme (fomer art director at Stiff Records).The exhibition title obviously refers to the song (You're More than Fair originally released as the B-side of Sweet Gene Vicent):
You're
more than fair, you've got a gorgeous bum
Why
don't you come to my house and meet my mum...
(it gets a bit rude after this) but perhaps also refers to Dury's own estimation of himself as an artist as related by Kosmo Vinyl:
"In the time I knew him, he completely downplayed [his art]. 'Good enough to know I wasn't good enough' was one
of his quotes – but [looking at his art] I kind of beg to differ."
A Pop artist with a taste for 'naked ladies'. Listen to Jemima Dury and Humphrey Ocean talking about the exhibition to John Wilson on Front Row (23 July; begins at 13mins). Listen to Reasons to be Cheeerful, Part 3 (Why don't you get back into bed?)
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| Ian Dury, Sir Bernard and Lady Docker, c1965-7 |
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| Ian Dury, Night Boy, 1966 |
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| Ian Dury, Dany Bubbles |
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| Ian Dury, Hey, Hey Mobile |
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| Jemima Dury with some of Ian Dury's work |
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