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Description: | Levi lived in Peckham and was the jazz dancing star at The Vox in Brixton's Brighton Terrace. Romp first met Levi at Dingwalls in Camden Lock in the early 1990s. Romp had a long interest in dancers as a subject and had drawn at Northern Soul all-nighters and London's jazz fusion clubs during the 1980s.
Levi sat for his portrait at Romp's house, but is shown in one of his dance poses. He is dressed for the occasion in a double-breasted jacket, black and white shoes, a roll-neck jumper, and earrings. Romp completed Levi's portrait just before The Vox abandoned its Sunday jazz funk night in 1993. It had lost its audience to the Blue Note in Shoreditch's Hoxton Square. Levi later emigrated to Amsterdam to become a professional dancer.
Romp also specialises in murals. His work appears in several London hospitals. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Digital image Museum of London | Subjects: | Leisure Youth Culture and Fashion Art and Design | Temporal: | 1993 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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