2002-06-13 15:50:25+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments
Okay, one more instance of leeching off of Julie's cultural hipness. At least for this week. Winston Smith is a montage artist whose work has graced the Dead Kennedys albums, among others. Some cute visual puns, some a little tired and drawn out, but worth a look.
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#Comment made: 2002-06-13 17:23:50+00 by: other_todd
Winston's been around a while - as can be deduced from the Dead Kennedys comment. I have a book called Act Like Nothing's Wrong, a retrospective of his work up through about 1993, its publication date. The book is from Last Gasp Press, which should, if I recall correctly, have one or more obvious URLs (if you're interested in trying to find a leftover copy). I don't like his stuff very often - too obvious, too easy - but when it does connect with me, it connects hard.#Comment made: 2002-06-13 18:36:18+00 by: ghasty
I would have to agree...most of the time his stuff is "ok"...but ever once in a while...BAM!
#Comment made: 2002-06-14 00:47:06+00 by: ghasty
From Alternative Tenticles email --- *****Winston Smith Party!!!
Here's the late breaking news here at Winston Smith's Artcrime HQ:
Winston's throwing a GIANT WEB STORE LAUNCH PARTY TODAY!
June 13th @ 8PM at 111 MINNA STREET GALLERY in SF
Come join Winston Smith, "godfather of punk collage", to celebrate new improvements to his website www.winstonsmith.com and to officially launch his ARTCRIME WEB STORE!! See new artworks and revel with old friends. Musical guests at the party will include Storm & Michael Caveseno (of Storm, Inc., Storm and Her Dirty Mouth & FlowerSF), plus The John LoGiudici Jazz Quartet, Jana Herzen, DJ Bald Elvis, DJ-JMJ and more.
On view will be prints of new works to appear in The Montage Art of Winston Smith, Volume 3, a work now in progress. On sale will be Winston's new line of black & white T-shirts (including Artcrime & Mona Mohawk baby tees!), plus brand new Artcrime stickers and Posters as well as old standards such as Winston's two fabu volumes of surreal montage art published by Last Gasp. Come early to enjoy munchies and catch all the great tunes.