X-Acto-Mundo: Winston Smith

August 13, 2013 12:09 PM

The Art of Punk: Winston Smith, collage artist. [SLYT]
posted by Rykey (5 comments total)

Smith's site + online shop - per RE/SEARCH's V. Vale, Smith and his partner were selling off artwork from his archives to make rent back in June. Throw him some business if you like what you see here.
posted by ryanshepard at 12:22 PM on August 13, 2013

It's part of a series which also includes

Black Flag / Raymond Pettibon
Crass / Dave King - Gee Vaucher
posted by RobotHero at 12:54 PM on August 13, 2013

I absolutely love Winston Smith's art. I've got two of his art books... I need to see if there are any more yet.
posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me at 3:33 PM on August 13, 2013

High school, 1980, Kevin's bedroom, sitting on the floor, listening to Rotting Fruit For Fresh Vegetables. Kevin leaves the room for a few minutes. From inside the album jacket I pull out a 14-page, black and white booklet filled with Winston Smith's art. (I know it's 14 pages because it's right here on my bookshelf.) That night I realized I could also be an artist. It changed my life. It also gave me a permanent callus on my right middle finger, which seems kind of fitting.
posted by Room 641-A at 6:31 PM on August 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

Green Day's album title "Insomniac" came from asking Winston Smith how he was able to make so much art in so little time.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:22 AM on August 14, 2013