PHOTO BY MATTHEW KADI
Punk Surrealist, illustrator, and prolific collage artist.
Your favorite record label and cult heroes Alternative Tentacles and Studio Fallout are partnering up again to present a retrospective of the Winston Smith original “bat” icon plus new artist interpretations.
The Alternative Tentacles
Bat Show Redux
Winston Smith and Alternative Tentacles present...
This time, we are celebrating Alternative Tentacles’ 45th Anniversary - “Giving Art a Bad Name since 1979.”
Artists include: Nxoeed @nxoeed; Hank von Hellion @badadvice_club; Mook Simpson @mooksimpson; Alex Graham @alexggraphics; Rob Ginsberg @rob_ginsberg; Seth Campbell @___sethamphetamine___; Josef Buchanan @beendeleted; Clyde Richard Brittain @undergrowthpress; Topo; Michael Angelo Torres; Scooter Harris; David Parker; Robin Street-Morris @streetmorrisart
Golden "Idol" Skate Deck
The “Idol” image, dating back to 1977, gained notoriety as the provocative record cover for Dead Kennedys, “In God We Trust, Inc”, and its ‘Cross of Dollars’ image is hailed as a significant contribution to punk history.
Sanctioned by Winston Smith and produced by his company, Studio Fallout, this board is available exclusively at Alternative Tentacles.
Get your hands on this exclusive GOLDEN “IDOL” limited edition Skate Deck featuring Winston Smith’s “In God We Trust, Inc.” composition!
“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
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.