The relationship between music and art has always been obvious but difficult to clarify. The creative impulse behind both is the same and the dialogue between artists and musicians concerning the different ways that this can be achieved can be heard in relationships from Warhol and The Velvet Underground to Status Quo and Lowry (which you prefer is up to you!). But they have perhaps never been sold together in quite the way that Fred Mann of Fred [London] LTD is selling them now.
“Why not release an album?” says Fred. The buoyant Vyner Street gallerist has lived as much through music as he has through art. His space in the east end opened in 2005 but he had managed and curated other spaces for years before going solo. The record label was launched on Halloween 2006, making it one-year-old next week (he’s celebrating with a good cup of tea).
