A new exhibition opened at The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, focusing on the art and iconography of the original Punk Rock movement. Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die Punk Graphics 1976-1986 exhibition is open and curated by is organized by Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and curated by Andrew Blauvelt, Director, with the assistance of Steffi Duarte. The presentation at the Museum of Arts and Design was managed by Curatorial Assistant Alida Jekabson. Unless otherwise noted, all objects in this exhibition are courtesy of Andrew Krivine. Today at the museum Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols, PIL) will take part in a discussion, interviewed by acclaimed author Gillian McClain, co-author of Please Kill Me, with Legs McNeil. The early session is sold-out but you can find more info on becoming a member of the museum and attending the evening session here.
About the Exhibition:
More than forty years after punk exploded onto the music scenes of New York and London, its impact on the larger culture is still being felt. Born in a period of economic malaise, punk’s energy coalesced into a powerful subcultural phenomenon that transcended music to affect other fields, and especially graphic design. Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die explores the visual language of punk through hundreds of its most memorable graphics, from the shocking remixes of expropriated images and texts to the DIY zines and flyers that challenged the commercial slickness of the mainstream media.
Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976-1986 is organized by Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and curated by Andrew Blauvelt, Director, with the assistance of Steffi Duarte. The presentation at the Museum of Arts and Design was managed by Curatorial Assistant Alida Jekabson.
Unless otherwise noted, all objects in this exhibition are courtesy of Andrew Krivine. The Museum of Arts and Design is extremely grateful for his support of this exhibition.
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Sponsors
The exhibition is sponsored in part by Dr. Martens with the support of Marian and Russell Burke, Michael and Patti Dweck, The Paulsen Family Foundation, and Flora Major for the Kutya Major Foundation.
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