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tomata du plenty: primal screamers
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) PUNK officially hit the northwest about 1976. the first punk club in seattle (that lasted more than one night) opened in 1978. that club was named after the name above the doorway – the John L. … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, bette midler, clair colquit, frank edie, franko posters, Gary Panter, gorilla rose, jello biafra, New York Dolls, suzy grant, the screamers, the stilettos, the tupperwares, tomata du plenty, Ze Whiz Kidz
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punk poster art
A look at punk posters.Really an art form that can be seen as aesthetic content in a form of co-existence with politics. It goes back and contributes to the dialog that began with impressionism; namely an entente where art is … Continue reading
poster boys
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) …here’s another franko poster that really blew my socks off. i’ve never seen anybody do anything remotely like this before or since. for a ‘second color’ on this poster, he literally dipped his hand in red … Continue reading
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Tagged art chantry, bette midler, bumbershoot, frank edie, franko posters, gorilla rose, manhattan transfer, New York Dolls, penelope houston, punk rock history, Steven Heller, the dils, The Ramones, tomata du plenty, Ze Whiz Kidz
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finding beauty in the abysmal
…the classic flower in the dustbin… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) THIS is the first punk poster i ever saw. i was attending western washington state college (now, ‘university’) in bellingham, washington. it was 1978 and i was a student trying … Continue reading
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Tagged american trash culture, Dada, frank edie, franko posters, French Situationist, fruitland famine band, jamie reid situationist, Jamie Reid The Sex Pistols, jello biafra, modernism, penelope houston, punk rock movement, Sex Pistols, supergraphics, Surrealism, Ted Bundy, The Dead Kennedys, The Rocket, the rocket newspaper, western washington state college
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