PHOTO BY MATTHEW KADI

Punk Surrealist, illustrator, and prolific collage artist.

WINSTON SOLO SHOW POSTPONED

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WINSTON SOLO SHOW POSTPONED 〰️

ATTENTION: WINSTON SOLO SHOW POSTPONED

Winston had a mild heart attack on Wednesday. He’s okay, but we’re postponing his show until further notice. Here is the official announcement in his own words.

Heart Attack - Art Attack

Due to an unforeseen emergency we are needing to temporarily postpone my art show (which was set for this Friday, June 6th).

The reason being that just the other day I had a “mild” heart attack (like being “just a little bit pregnant”). Mild or not it was an unexpected surprise, the day after my Birthday, no less.

They stuck countless needles in me and finally turned me loose, but I’ll definitely be in the slow lane for the next couple weeks.

So, with regret we’ll need to reschedule the new show for now and maybe plan to do it in mid-July.  We’ll send out a notice once we nail down a new date. 

Thanks to everyone who’s checked in.  I’m doing Ok and I very much appreciate the kind words and support.  In case I can’t write back or answer all messages, texts, e-mails, carrier pigeons, smoke signals, etc. please know that your kind concern has really cheered me up.  As grim as this could have been I’m inclined to regard this as the best birthday I’ve ever had.  My guardian angels were definitely working over-time.

Thanks you guys!

Over & Out.

Winston

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“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

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“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

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