Harsh and daredevil: Punk/Post-Punk Graphics, 1976-82 is the first New York exhibition surveying the extraordinary diversity of Punk and Post-Punk graphic design. The exhibition showcases a wide range of American and British artistry, with influences that include the school of the Bauhaus, Futurism, Dada, Pop Art, constructivism and expressionism. The exhibition presents more features 150 rare posters, accompanied by fanzines, flyers, clothing, badges and stickers.
Rude and reckless documents an era which produced a great explosion of creativity applied graphic design, one of the most subversive of the 20th century. Vivid, violent and often acid tongued and grooved, Rude and reckless works represent one of the movements of authentic culture DIY youth in the Western world.
The exhibition is scheduled to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Punk Rock; the two album release of Ramones and mythical (and notorious) anarchy in the UK Tour were seminal punk events in 1976. The exhibition is based on the collection Andrew Krivine, who started collecting in 1977. Curated by Krivine and Steven kosher, the selection includes the rarest and finest examples removed from a more archive of 800 punk/new wave/post-punk posters and ephemera. By pure coincidence, harsh and daredevil arrives to open the day of the Bastille, July 14. Freedom, equality, brotherhood!
Beyond the "Holy Trinity" of Punk Rock (The Ramones, Clash, Sex Pistols), Rude and reckless includes more than 70 artists Punk, New Wave, Post-Punk and no. Wave materials. The exposed collection is a complete of a to z of the iconic and obscure groups, including: A Certain Ratio, announcements, Alternative TV, Awacks, Bauhaus, Blondie, Buzzcocks, chromium, Circle Jerks, the cramps, the cure, the Damned, Devo, Eater, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Elvis Costello, the fall, fear, fire, flying lizards, Gang of Four, GBH, Generation XGun Club, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Iggy Pop, the jam, band of Jim Carroll, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed, the Lurkers, Malcolm McLaren, the Misfits, new order, Nick Lowe, Nina Hagen, the only, 999, Patti Smith, penetration, PIL, the Police, the Group of Pop, the pork Dukes, Tower, rings, Sham 69, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Snakefinger, the slits, the Stranglers, Suicide, Talking HeadsTeenage Jesus & Jerks, television, Wayne County, X-ray Spex, and XTC.
The exhibition includes drawings of graphic artists, the most illustrious of the period, such as Peter Saville, Malcolm Garrett, Barney Bubbles, Gee Vaucher, Linder Sterling, Keith Haring, Robert Williams and, of course, Jamie Reid. However, several bands (some serious by art-school dropouts) designed their own graphics.
In recent years several Punk exhibitions were mounted in America and Europe, raising the artistic profile of Punk. In 2009, MOMA organized an exhibition focused on the New York scene, entitled looking at music: side 2. In May 2010, Boo-Hooray presented graphic works selected from the Public Secret (Jon Savage and Linder Sterling). In fall 2010, the kosher Steven gallery presented a show focused on Kansas City of the legendary Punk Max site. In October, 2010, two exhibitions of graphics for Punk/New Wave took place in London. Haunch of Venison has hosted an exhibition of posters Punk and memories entitled Flash Loud: British Punk on paper and space Chelsea presented an exhibition devoted to the work of Barney Bubbles. In January of this year, an exhibition of graphics Punk was mounted by the France Academy in Rome at the prestigious Villa Medici. Finally, in the current Art in the exhibition of the Contemporary Art Museum of Los Angeles streets several works by Jamie Reid are displayed. Presence of punk in the world of modern art keeps growing.
Rude and reckless documents the Visual expression of Punk, the always influential subculture infused with joyous disregard, not disguised to just about anything. The show seeks to demonstrate that nothing really rabid, venomous and coarse was produced in the field of graphic arts in the last 30 - that the period 1975-1982 reported the apex and the death knell of modern graphic design - and it was made without computers! Rude and Reckless is an exhibition that has need to see every young artist!
Rude and reckless: Punk/post-punk Graphics, 1976-82 is presented to Steven kosher Gallery in collaboration with our exhibition of photography Laura Levine: musicians, look at Insider artists to the forefront of rock, punk, indie, hip-hop, post-punk rock, new wave and no. Wave.
Harsh and daredevil: Punk/Post-Punk Graphics, 1976-82 will be on view from July 14 to August 19, 2011. Steven kosher Gallery is located at 521 w. 23rd St., New York, NY 10011. Been gallery hours are Monday to Friday, from 11 am to 6 pm. For more information or press the application please contact Christiona Owen at 212-966-3978 or christiona (at) stevenkasher (dot) com
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