PHOTO BY MATTHEW KADI

Punk Surrealist, illustrator, and prolific collage artist.

Winston Smith

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Studio Fallout and Sol Collective Present

"Conspire to Inspire"

– An Exhibition Featuring Winston Smith and Matthew Kadi

A one-night only show with Winston Smith & Matthew Kadi at Sol Collective—art, music & community to support housing justice.

Join us on Friday, September 20th at Sol Collective

5 PM – 9 PM • All Ages

Food, Drinks, Vinyl DJs provided by Sounds of Solidarity 916

$10 at the Door - No One Turned Away

Public transportation stops near 2574 21st Street in Sacramento include multiple stops for the SacRT Bus Route 212, such as at 20th St & G St and at 20th St & N St. These are part of the Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) bus system. You can get real-time bus tracking, find stops, and plan trips using the SacRT app or by visiting sacrt.com

As always, public transportation is recommended.

Parking info coming soon…

Who conceptualized and designed the emblem for Dead Kennedys?

Winston did.

“Anyone claiming to have designed my DK logo is, to say the least, in Error."  ~Winston Smith

Winston's logo design from 1976 showcases his unique style characterized by angular and geometric elements. There are several examples of his creative designs before he even conceptualized the DK logo (well before Dead Kennedys were even a band).

Winston's logo design from 1976 for blues singer Jo Baker showcases his unique style characterized by angular and geometric elements.

“After working with Biafra on the inside poster art for Dead Kennedys first album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables,” says Winston, “I received a phone call from him one evening asking me to design an emblem or insignia (I don’t think that we used the word “Logo” back then) for his band.  This was discussed over the phone, so no one showed me any images or described any preconceived designs.  At that point my involvement with the band was purely artistic.  I'd never seen the Dead Ks perform till sometime later.  I just put the phone down and set off to create multiple versions of what later became the classic DK logo which people have seen (and reproduced) all over the world.”

What’s Winston doing now?

Visit Studio Fallout to find out!

“Perhaps the most vibrant collage maestro since Max Ernst and single-handedly responsible for an entire generation’s graphic style, Winston continues to stomp the upturned face of The Man, endlessly.  ~ Frank Kozik

“Following that time-tested tradition of montage, collage and random image appropriation, Winston Smith takes this medium one step further than his precursors, Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp.” ~ Robert Williams

"Winston Smith's collage art is a cutting socio-political commentary on the late 20th Century. Irreverent in style, each unique piece is bursting with color and kinetic ideas." ~ H.R. Giger

Photo by Kevin Scanlon

Winston Smith with the iconic ‘Idol’ (photo by Kevin Scanlon)

“What always struck me about Winston’s work is his ability to make a profound comment purely by reshuffling found images in a way that is both humorous and pointed. Winston’s recent work is more beautiful than ever making his visual puns that are harsh indictments of the American Dream as an ideal even more jarring.” – Shepard Fairey

Photo by Michael Tullberg (Getty Images)

Vice reminiscing with legendary punk artist Winston Smith.