Sunday 26 January 2014

Punk art Movement

Punk was counter culture established in London England in the mid 70’s. This new subversive culture embraced art, music, fashion.  The principles behind punk were anarchy and anti establishment. Followers of the style were to be recognised by their aggressive and anarchic behaviour.

A strong influence to the style was brought by the Sex Pistols a famous punk rock band of the era. The art on their albums was the visual identify of the culture.  The art style behind punk was characterised by throw away collage technique, chaotic typography and shocking slogans.
The style made use of element which were present in dada (photo montage and collage), Pop art ( use of celebrity figures in imagery, Warhol) Psychedelia (especially the underground comic scene, R.Crumb) and also New wave influence of Deconstructivism in graphics (Weingart)

Work by Neville Brody














work by barney Bubbles















work by Pter Saville




















work by Jamie Reid







































Designer that emerged from punk style include Neville Brody, Barney Bubbles, Peter Saville and Malcolm Garret which their work was feature in editorial and album cover design through put the post modern artistic era. But  thee most influential designer of punk design was Jamie Reid which also was responsible for designing all of the sex Pistols Album covers and was the pioneer for the visual principles found in the style.



References

The Thames and Hudson
 Dictionary of Graphic design and Designers
1992-98 Thames and Hudson Ltd, London UK




accessed 25/1/2014 @ 10:00

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