The world’s first Punk Art exhibition at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC, 1978, featured Punk Magazine, Alan Suicide, Miller Ringma & Hoppe, Marcia Resnick, Steven Kramer, Ruth Marten, Neke Carson, and others.
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"Punk Art Exhibit" (1978); the catalogue of an exhibition curated by Marc H. Miller, Bettie Ringma and Alice Denney for the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC. This online version of the out-of-print catalogue includes excerpts from original interviews; new introductions; additional images; and select videos.
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Punk Art Catalogue (1978) - Section 1: Preface by Alice Denney; Punk Precedents, a historical essay by Gerald Silk; and an interview with Andy Warhol and Victor Hugo on Punk by Billy Kluver.
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Punk Art Catalogue (1978) - Section 2: John Holmstrom and Legs McNeil launch Punk Magazine; visual imagery connected to the Ramones and Blondie; students at the School of Visual Art participate in the birth of Punk as a music and visual arts phenomena.
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Punk Art Catalogue (1978) - Section 3: X Magazine and the artist group Collaborative Projects Inc (Colab) give Punk Art a political, social and sexual agenda; East Village filmmakers and the first Punk films.
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Punk Art Catalogue (1978) - Section 4: Alan Suicide's electrified junk sculpture; "Frankie Teardrop" presages the music video genre; Marcia Resnick defines the fascistic element of Punk photography; and Ruth Marten stages a tattoo performance.
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Punk Art Catalogue (1978) - Section 5: Punk meets fashion with Animal X; Steven Kramer's destructive mouse; Christa Maiwald screws the camera; and Neke Carson's "rectal realist" portrait of Andy Warhol is stolen from the show.
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