Punk Art Surrealist
Hot off the presses! Absolute Underground Magazine in Vancouver Canada, and also online, has an original interview with Winston in their latest issue. You can check it out and download the magazine on their site. Find Winston on page 36.
This piece covers Winston’s exhibit at Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas and is a great overview of what he’s been up to lately and the general state of his art. Enjoy and let us know your thoughts and comments!
Winston will be making a special in-person appearance at Ramon’s Rags to Riches Vintage Clothing and Gallery in Highland Park (@rags2richesvintage) as part of NELAart Gallery Night.
The event will feature artwork and merch designed by Dead Kennedys artist Winston Smith, among others. Prints, T-shirts, posters, patches, stickers, more! All merch is handcrafted in San Francisco by About Being Seen (@aboutbeingseen) and it looks and feels amazing.
We will also have prints of the punk rock photography of Matthew Kadi, often featuring Winston — for examples of Matthew’s work, check out these fantastic shots of an event at Winston’s San Francisco art studio, or Winston at Jello Biafra’s 60th birthday celebration.
This event is part of NELAart, which consists of about 40 galleries and studios in Northeast Los Angeles, opening their doors to visitors on the second Saturday of every month to showcase art and culture happening in the area. See you there!
Learn more: LA Weekly, Time Out.
WHEN: Saturday, June 8th 5-10PM
WHERE: Ramon’s Rags to Riches Clothing Emporium and Gallery Space
CLICK TO MAP: 5008 York Blvd, Highland Park, CA 90042
Provoking emotions through riotous music, visual discomfort, and youthful spirit has been a combustable recipe fueling punk rock for over 40 years. Punk Rock Bowling proudly lights the match igniting Graphic Anarchy, a celebration of the art of punk through collaboration, interpretation, and individual expression. The 2019 festival art show will feature works by punk art surrealist Winston Smith, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, the early NYHC photographs of Randall Underwood, and the illustrations of Chris Shary.
Winston Smith’s iconic hand carved, glued down, and photocopied montage style has been the blueprint for punk flyers and album covers since the late 1970’s. His artful abduction and manipulation of classic Madison Avenue imagery transforms the safe and mundane into politically charged pieces that have become punk rock classics, known and beloved from the early Dead Kennedy album covers and imagery, numerous pieces in the Alternative Tentacles discography, to the cover of the New Yorker and galleries world wide. Punk Rock Bowling is proud to share in the collaboration and curation of Graphic Anarchy: Art from the Alleyways, at Punk Rock Bowling May 25-27, 2019.
Adding gas to the fire, Punk Rock Bowling and Punk Rock & Paintbrushes are pairing our favorite photographers and visual artists to create a collaborative collection of PRB past and present.
The Graphic Anarchy Gallery is free and all ages, located on the PRB festival grounds.
Artists :
Winston Smith ♦ Chris Shary ♦ Tim Armstrong ♦ Warren Fitzgerald ♦ Steve Caballero ♦ Paul Kobriger ♦ Danielle Donahue ♦ Kris Marchand ♦ Shawn Foley ♦ Danny Greene ♦ Mad Twins ♦ Mike Gallo
Photographers :
Randy Underwood ♦ Madison Stern ♦ Lindsay Beaumont ♦ Todd Huber ♦ Andrew Repcik ♦ Jason Cook ♦ Brent Broza ♦ Stacie Stevenson ♦ John Gilhooley