Jump to content

Pop Art of Sheffield's King Mojo Club and Beyond


Sheffield History

Recommended Posts

Pop Art of Sheffield's King Mojo Club and Beyond

Take yourself back to the swinging 60s and the club where it all happened .. Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Small Faces. Mojo is back!

The book will be released on October 17th, Peter Stringfellow’s 68th birthday. There will also be a book signing to be held on November 3rd, from 7.30pm at Trippett’s Wine Bar, Trippett Lane. £1 from every Mojo sale will go to Sheffield Children's Hospital.

This fascinating book reveals a glimpse into the pop art history of Sheffield’s most famous club, King Mojo. The book is produced by Mojo Club owner Peter Stringfellow and artists Dave Marvell and Paul Norton. All author proceeds from the book are being donated to the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity.

Peter Stringfellow talks of how the Mojo Club originally became decorated with art, “Realising the club looked a little austere, I painted African warrior dancers with full headdress and tiled mirrors for eyes, the reason being I couldn’t paint real people. The effect was surreal and looked great.”

This look through the history of pop art in Sheffield includes the famous Mojo Club as well as The Ark Club, Broadway, The Penthouse, Chesterfield’s Victoria Ballroom and even the C&A shop. It is a real slice of local history.

The book also looks at the artists who produced this art and looks at how it affected them. Paul Norton says of his days painting the King Mojo club, “Sometimes I can still smell the paint and hear the music, and I am sure there were times when I could smell the music and hear the paint!”

Through looking at how the pop art developed within these clubs we see how culture developed from gangster art painted on the walls, to psychedelic and flower power art.

The book contains posters, adverts and membership cards from the clubs as well as pictures of paintings on the walls. These paintings ranged from the original African Warriors and stunning flower power murals of Medusa in Mojo to the biblical murals in The Ark Club.

These clubs gave many young artists the chance to express their creativity as well as a fantastic sight to the many people and famous faces who visited them. So, Pop Art of Sheffield’s King Mojo is an important piece of Sheffield history and will be a welcome walk down memory lane for anyone who remembers it as well as a stunning collection of art for anyone seeing them for the first time.

The book is published by youbooks.co.uk and is priced at £9.99.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please come along!

I saw an advert for Monday's 3rd November Calendar on ITV when they said they would be interviewing Peter Stringfellow !

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Francine

Looking forward to reading it!

We'll try and make the book signing too!

Anyone remember the name of Paul Winter (my bro. now deceased.) He won, along with another art student friend a prize to design the cover of an early Mojo Ep.???

Francine

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was too young to go to the Mojo, but used to see the posters of people that were appearing there and was so jealous as I loved these bands. I wrote to Pete Stringfellow and told him I was too young to go, but could he send me some of the posters for my bedroom wall. He sent me a letter back (hand written) telling me he was so sorry I wasn't old enough to go but when I was old enough, to come and see him and he would give me free tickets for the first band I wanted to see. He also sent me about a dozen posters, which I duly put up on my wall. I wish I had kept those posters and the letter, but of course you never think to do that. What a nice guy

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...