“His first pieces were made for punk albums and self-published zines. Now, decades later, Pettibon’s drawings and other artwork have made their way into some of the top art collections in the world. The artist has long moved on … Read More/Lire plus
Given the trendiness of political correctness, this might be viewed a criticism of the present age, if it weren’t for remarks made by the two brothers, who as self-professed “old punks” eschew any political aims. “We just wanted to … Read More/Lire plus
If you’re gonna have art or comedy or music that is chaotic, then it will have a tendency to be nihilistic. Punk or the Goons or Dada or alternative comedy would include an element of that, yes, because it’s … Read More/Lire plus
Anthony Roberts realised that experimental, counter-cultural art practices, especially those of performance art, epitomised everything that punk was about: they brought together fashion, politics and art, they were artist-led and autonomous, they gave voice and visibility to the disenfranchised, marginalized and … Read More/Lire plus
Shepard Fairey’s background is rooted in American skate and punk rock culture, with his work born out of a combination of a graffiti aesthetic and a Pop art sensibilities. Straddling the divide between the fine art world and the street art … Read More/Lire plus
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Post-Punk Art Now showcases how the genre morphed into a movement, then a universal cultural influencer.
The exhibition ultimately aims to explore the simultaneously camouflaged, yet ubiquitous role of punk within culture today. “It’s impossible to say exactly what … Read More/Lire plus
At the Spring/Break Art Show, filmmakers Tom DiCillo and Jim Jarmusch will show their art for the first time alongside Barbara Kruger, David Shapiro and Robin Winters. The curator-led fair is known for its decidedly DIY aesthetic and alternative business model wherein … Read More/Lire plus
Performing a painting becomes its own medium, as finished works are crumpled, overturned and flung. Fixed between states of de- and re-composition, battle scars from past performances become gestural abstraction via mischievous punk irreverence.
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“Maurizio Cattelan’s art-world reputation is as a kind of trickster figure in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp and Marcel Broodthaers, though brasher and more punk rock, creating works that are by turns comic and critically potent and sometimes rudely aggressive.”
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“It has become routine to look back wistfully at punk from our increasingly monitored and corporate world and see it as a halcyon interlude when the audience took charge of its own culture. The familiarity of the sentiment doesn’t make … Read More/Lire plus
“Sophisticated artists recognized punk’s strategic value and co-opted its violence in order to transition from the hippie sentimentality of the early 1970s to the suave new wave irony of decade’s end. Curiously, the socially transgressive alignment between punk musicians and … Read More/Lire plus
John Kissick : “So that’s why my paintings are like that. I’ve been trying to punk my disco and disco my punk”
In the Canadian art scene, Ontario’s John Kissick is known for both splashy, super-intense paintings and a quite sharp critical writing practice. … Read More/Lire plus
Christian Marclay : Punk rock music was also very important to my development. To me there was a strong connection between performance artists such as Vito Acconci and the punk rock movement—not just because a lot of punk came out … Read More/Lire plus
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
“I wanted to explore how art and punk influence each other and always have”
Bryan Ray Turcotte
Posters for The Art of Punk, Bryan Ray Turcotte’s new documentary series for MOCAtv
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Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art: This exhibition shows how the echoes ot the punk attitude are still alive, and are a reference in contemporary art. In this exhibition, punk appears as an explicit reference in many artists; in the use of … Read More/Lire plus
“Cheap, democratic, easy to “tag,” and not always fast to fade, the sticker has been an ever-present medium—from the New York and London underground punk scene to skate culture and political expression…with works by Raymond Pettibon, Jenny Holzer, Banksy, … Read More/Lire plus
“For more than 100 years, art has been defined by rebellion. From the surrealists’ rejection of the rational to the political paintings of Picasso, from the rage of the punks to the sly irony of the YBAs, the work … Read More/Lire plus
Happy Birthday Punk: the British Library celebrates 40 years of anarchy and innovation
Photograph: Jorgen Angel/Redferns
To mark the movement’s anniversary, the library is unpacking its punk archive. The show’s curator talks us through some of the highlights.
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This month, if you’re looking for punk from the 1970s and ’80s, you can find it in downtown Manhattan, right where it came from: PUNK Magazine, the publication that documented it all, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary at Howl! Happening, while … Read More/Lire plus