Special thanks to Gerry’s Soldiers
We want to thank all of you hundreds of incredible humans who have given your generous time to help, advise, share, visit, support, donate or put your name to our letters of support, all of which have been vital in keeping our campaign to save and preserve Gerry’s Pompeii alive… particular thanks goes to Gerry’s friends, neighbours and campaigners on Hormead Road.
Thanks to Gerry’s family and friends for not giving up hope and to our main partners & supporters and working group members; The Mayor of London’s Culture at Risk Department, The Arts Council England, The Museum of London, The National Trust, City & Guilds University, David Parr House. Also to the Canal & River Trust where Gerry had the space to make his work and the Irish Cultural Centre for their support and advice.
Special thanks to the consistent generosity of Nick Hall & Alison Sage, Gerry’s first patrons who’ve hosted numerous visitors to Gerrys. To Roc Sandford for introducing me to Gerry and for encouraging him to continue to make. To Niklas Gustafson for his stanch support, huge thanks to Jon Sharples and Richard Wentworth CBE for their consistent and generous help and advice, to Raja for everything, also to Gerry’s closest friends and campaign supporters, Isaac, Evelyn, Roc, Phillip, Marie, Elaine, Julia, PK, Leila, Lily, Vera, David, Clive, Connie, Pat, Ilana, Amanda, Micheal and the whole of Hormead Road. To Cody Ledvina and Cody Cochrane for their hard work. Also to Jacek Zmarz, Louis Harris White for their incredibly generous time, to Sophie, to Ian Borman of Trust Law, to Jamie Muir and everyone who’s documented Gerry’s work. Very grateful to Justine Simmons, Dr. Dan Hicks, Dr Thomas Marks, Stephen Witherford, Tamsin Wimhurst, Nicholas Kent, Ben Street, John Maizels, Jane Hill, John Phillips, Ruth Bush, Emily Smith, Rowan Moore, Louisa Buck, Eleanor Nairne, Helen O’Hara and numerous others who has been advising us along the way.
Huge thanks to the Art Fund & the Barker-Mill Foundation and to The Kathleen Hannay Memorial Trust and Tamsin Wimhurst for your generous donations.
Huge thanks to the local organisations who supported the campaign.
Local Forums: Maida Hill Neighbourhood Forum - local neighbourhood forum, Golborne Neighbourhood Forum - local neighbourhood forum, Queen’s Park Community Council - local parish council, ONE WESTMINSTER.
Local Trusts / Not-for-profits organisations: Paddington Development Trust (PDT), Meanwhile Gardens Community Association, Age UK, Westway Trust, London Print Studio, Paddington Arts, The Avenues Youth Project, Goldfinger Factory/Panella.
Local parishes, Emmanuel Parish Church, Harrow Road W9, Fr. Henry Everett, Vicar of St.Mary Magdalene & St.Peter, Paddington.
Local members clubs, Chelsea Arts Club, Laylow.
Those who generously donated to our JustGiving Campaign:
Helena, Dulcie MacKechnie, Edna and Chris, Satoshi Kitamura, George Butler, Anthony Lacey, Nayu Kim, Richard and Debbie, Julie, Gill Conway, Valerie Booth, Lucy, Fedja, Lila, Toto Lucy, Harriet, Josie, Flora Ellis, Octavia Sheepshanks, Louise Benson, Rochester Square team, Julie Falkingham, Megan W, Andy, Marion Lyon, Fiona, Stephen Fry, Anna Berry, Sue Dowd, Eve Dawoud, Sophie Clinch, Hattie Ellis, Sean, Tina Stenning, Madeleine Boulesteix, Carolyn Brown, Catherine Ames, Hannah Lawtey, Jan, Sam Bennett, Chloe Mcclellan, Tula, Phil Baird, Lisa, Eliza, Alice, Ari Helgason, Sam Carlisle, Felicity Cloake, Vendela, Crispin Gordon, Kerry Jensen, Digby Leighton-Squires, Betti, Nicoletta, Michael Perri, Edwina, Jon Todd, Rowan Moore, Asia Grzybowska, Mike Musial, James Keenan, Evelyn Emina, Sandra Lsne, Paul Cornforth, Jane Ryan Murphy, Jane, dVb, Susie Dye, Lynda, Claire Worthington, Roc Sandford, Sarah Harrison, Bridget, Pat, Vera, David Motion, Elaine Arthur, Andy Humphries, C Dee, Katka, Amanda Evans, Nadya, Tony Elliott, I. Galkin, Marion Catlin, Patty Callaghan, Florence, Nick, Carmen Blanco Santos, Isabella Ramsay, Anna Volosenko, Peter Foster, Jane Inglesfield, Gergana Georgieva, Nia, Victoria Fabbri, E Fagan, Michael, Liv Proctor, India Rose James, Nadia G,JE, Anna Hart, Alison Homewood, Lissa, AL, Rosie and to those who'd like to remain Anonymous!!
To our Irish Supporters:
The Irish Embassy in London
The Irish Culture Centre, Sally Mulready, OBE, Distinguished Service Ward From President of Ireland
The London Irish Culture Centre and Garry Dunne
Ireland Funds
Dorothy Cross, Kathy Prendergast and Michelle Deignan for their consistent advice and support wrangling as well as Patrick Murphy.
Aideen Barry ARHA, Hazel Burke, Black Church Print Studio, Miriam de Búrca, Helen Carey, Director Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Rhona Clarke, Composer, Member of Aosdána, Maeve Connolly, Evelyn Conlon, Writer, Rian Coughlan, Artist, Ita Daly, Writer, Philip Davison, Writer, Raymond Deane, Composer, Member of Aosdána, Michelle Deignan, Irish artist and filmmaker living and working in London, Theo Dorgan, Member of Aosdána, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Writer, Ciarán Farrell, Composer, Sean Fingleton, Aosdana member, Marie Foley, Sculptor, Mia Gallagher, Author, Anita Groener, visual artist, Dublin, Ireland, Vivienne Guinness, Director & Curator Festival of Writing & Ideas, Marie Hanlon, Artist, Dr Isobel Harbison, Art critic and lecturer Goldsmiths, London, Pat Harris, Painter, Dr Georgina Jackson, Director, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Katie Jemmett, Director, The Ireland Funds Great Britain, Dr. Fergus Johnston, Composer, Member of Aosdána, Trevor Joyce, Poet, Margaret Irwin West, Artist, Donal Lunny, Musician, Member of Aosdána, Brian Lynch, Writer, Member of Aosdána, Alice Maher, Artist, Louis Marcus HRHA, Member of Aosdána, Paula Meehan, Irish Poet, Member Aosdána, Ireland Professor of Poetry 2013 -2016, Donna Romano, Head Librarian, The Edward Murphy Library and NIVAL, National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh, Irish Human Rights Commissioner, Úna McCarthy, Director/Curator Limerick City Gallery of Art, Mairead McClean, Artist/Filmmaker, Frank McGuinness, Playwright, Member of Aosdána, Dennis McNulty, Artist, Pádraic E. Moore, Curator and Writer, Pat Murphy, Film maker, Patrick T Murphy, Director Royal Hibernian Academy, Little John Nee, Liam Neeson OBE, Actor, Professor Fiona Kearney Director, the Glucksman University College Cork, Tanya Kiang, Director, Gallery of Photography Ireland, Kelly O'Connor, Director and Programming Director of Irish Film London, Gwen O’Dowd, Artist, Geraldine O'Reilly, Visual artist, Dermot Seymour, Artist, Derry O'Sullivan, poet winning poem, "Open Prize" of The Times Stephen Spender Prize 2012, Michael Quane RHA, Artist, Sculptor, Aideen Quirke, Director Cork Printmakers, Gabriel Rosenstock, Poet, Maurice Scully, Poet, Dermot Seymour, Artist, Cliodhna Shaffrey, Director Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S), Fiona Shaw, Actress, Ronan Sheehan, Lawyer/writer, Amelia Stein, Artist, Anne Tallentire, Artist, Charles Tyrrell, Artist, Samuel Walsh, Artist, Enda Wyley, Poet, Member of Aosdána, Affiliation of Irish Artists.
Those who signed our final letter of support to Genesis Notting Hill in support of preserving Gerry’s flat in situ, many of whom have been consistent advisors for the campaign.
Elaine Arthur Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Jennifer Balge Communications Coordinator, SPACES Archives, Councillor Geoff Barraclough Westminster city council, James Brett Founder and executive director of Museum + Gallery of Everything, Louisa Buck Author, broadcaster and Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper, Richard Calvocoressi CBE Director, Henry Moore Foundation, 2007-15, Jennifer Dinsmore MSc ACR Stone conservation lead tutor, Conservation department, City & Guilds of London Art School, Jeremy Deller Artist, Chandrika Dalpat Project Manager at Meanwhile Gardens Community Association Roman and Amanda Evans Gerry’s friends and neighbours, Gabriel Eyre Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Eleanor Fellowes Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Julia Finlay Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Stephen Fry Actor, writer and presenter, Jim Foy Assistant Director of Operations, National Trust, London & South East, Annalise Flynn Vernacular Art Services LLC, SPACES Archives, Sasha Galitzine Curator, friend of Gerry and Gerry’s Pompeii Campaign Co-Coordinator, Sir Antony Gormley RA Artist, Niklas Gustafson Artist and Gerry’s Pompeii Campaign Co-Coordinator, Nick Hall Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Jane Hamlyn Director and Founder of Frith Street Gallery and Chair of Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Adam Hills Co-founder of Retrouvius Architectural Reclamation and Design, Andy Holden Artist, Stacey Holder Preservation Manager, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Jools Holland OBE DL Musician, Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner FSA Architectural historian and curator, Caro Howell Director The Foundling Museum, Dr Michael Hrebeniak Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer in English Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, Alan Kane Artist, Nicolas Kent Founder Tricycle Theatre, Paul Kelly Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Sigrid Kirk Co-Founder of AWITA, Andrew David Logan Artist, James Lingwood Co-Director of Artangel, Illana Audet Levine Resident of Hormead road, John Maizels Founder of Raw Vision Magazine, Dr Thomas Marks Editor and Publisher, Apollo art magazine, Sara Masters London Programme Lead, National Trust, Michael McFalls Director of Pasaquan and Professor of Art at Columbus State University, Jeff McMillan Artist & Curator, Jill Mead Friend of Gerry and photographer, Dr Nick Merriman Chief Executive, Horniman Museum and Gardens, Rowan Moore Writer, architectural historian, Michael Morris Co-Director Artangel, Michael and Mateo Millership, Gerry’s friends and neighbours, Melody Odusanya Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Jon Orton Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Hans Ulrich Obrist Director of Serpentine Galleries, Cornelia Parker OBE RA Artist, Kathy Pendergast Artist, Dr John Phillips Founder London Print Studio, Councillor Emma Plouviez Chair of Licensing Committee, Hackney Council, Organisations Support Officer, ONE WESTMINSTER, Alison Sage Gerry’s friend and neighbour, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith CBE Writer, curator and art historian, Jon Sharples Art Lawyer, Steve Shaw, Director of Paddington Arts, Professor Bill Sherman MA PHD FRHistS, Director of the Warburg Institute, Lisa Slominski, Curator & Director of Slominski Projects, Mr Christopher Simon Sykes, Photographer and writer, Bob and Roberta Smith OBE RA, Artist, Emily Smith, Executive Director, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Lisa Stone, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Art History, Theory, & Criticism; lecturer, Historic Preservation graduate program, both at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ben Street, Art historian, lecturer and writer, Danielle Thom, Curator of making, Museum of London, Liz Trafford-Owen, Gerry’s neighbour, Jenny Waldman, Director, Art Fund, Richard Wentworth CBE, Artist, Dame Rachel Whiteread CBE, Artist, Nick Williams, Gerry’s neighbour, Tamsin Wimhurst, Founder David Parr House CIO, Stephen Witherford, Co-Founder of Witherford Watson Mann Architects.
Those who signed our first campaign letter to Genesis Notting Hill housing:
Sharon Ament - Director Museum of London, Evelyn Emina - Gerard’s neighbour, Elaine Arthur, Gerard’s neighbour, Connie Affrey - Gerard’s neighbour, James Brett - Director Museum of Everything, Jarvis Cocker - Musician, Nicolas Cullinan - Director of National Portrait Gallery, Gillian Darley OBE - Writer and Biographer, Jeremy Deller - Artist and Turner Prize winner, Amanda Evans - Gerard’s neighbour, Marilyn Elliot - Gerard’s niece, John Elliot - Gerard’s nephew, Paloma Faith - Musician/Actress, Ruthie Falconer - Campaigner, Julia Finlay - Gerard’s neighbour, Donatien Grau - Head of Contemporary Programmes Musée d'Orsay, Simon Grant -Editor - Tate Etc magazine, Catherine Goodman LVO - Artist, Founder of the Royal Drawing School, Grey Gowrie - Arts Minister, Niklas Gustafson - artist and campaigner, Nick Hall - Gerard’s neighbour, Dr. Olivia Horsfall Turner - Senior Curator, Designs | Lead Curator, V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership, Caro Howell - Director The Foundling Museum, Dr. Tristram Hunt - Director, Victoria and Albert Museum, Neil Johnston - director of Paddington Development Trust, Andrew Logan - Artist, James Lingwood and Michael Morris - Co-Directors Artangel, Paul Nesbitt - Former Director Inverleith House (1988-2008), Dr. Thomas Marks - Editor APOLLO, The International Art Magazine, Simon Martin - Director Pallant House Gallery, Tim Marlow - Artistic Director of Royal Academy of Art, Jill Mead - campaigner and photographer at the Guardian, Vera and David Motion - Gerard’s neighbours, Dame Julia Peyton-Jones OBE - Senior Global Director at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London, Paris and Salzburg, John Philips - founder of londonprintstudio, Alison Sage - Gerard’s neighbour, Roc Sandford - Gerard’s neighbour, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith CBE - Senior director of Blaine and Southern, Sam Thorne - Director Nottingham Contemporary, Hans Ulrich Obrist - Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, Richard Wentworth CBE – Artist, Christopher Woodward - Director of Garden Museum.
To all the supporters & journalists that helped spread knowledge of Gerry’s work.
