PUNK AT QUAY ARTS
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ntil 9th February this year we’ll be celebrating punks past and present, on the Island and further afield, in the form of visual art, graphic design, graffiti, music and fashion in our
exhibition titled, PUNK.
This in-house curated show aims to explore the traditional visual art of punk culture from the mid-1970s to now, and its impact on the Isle of Wight through memorabilia such as posters, badges, ticket stubs and vinyl records, as well as showing artworks by contemporary artists that retain a bit of punk ethos in their work today. Much of the work on display is kindly loaned by punk enthusiasts and ex-punk band members from the Isle of Wight.
For the exhibition we asked local people to come forward with their artefacts, stories and memorabilia, building a picture of how Punk culture has made its influence felt on the Isle of Wight. Punk culture includes a diverse array of ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, literature, music and film. It is largely characterised by anti-establishment views and the promotion of individual freedom.
Another notable punk from the Island is Nicholas Dingley, otherwise known as Razzle. A gifted drummer, Razzle played in an Island band called Thin Red Line and, in early 1982, he joined London punk band The Dark. Later he went on to play in a famous band called Hanoi Rocks, but sadly Razzle died in a car crash aged only 24 while on tour in the US and never gained the full recognition he deserved as a musician.
A local punk hero is the very person that helped found Quay Arts back in the late ‘70s. Artist Anne Lewington was across the River Medina one afternoon in ’75 and saw the Quay Arts building, then a disused brewery warehouse.
Upcoming Events
ARTIST NETWORKING EVENINGS / DRINK & DRAW Café
10th January, 7th February, 7th March at 6pm until 8pm
A free monthly event for artists and creative practitioners on the IW chaired by myself, joined by guest speakers. Through these informal events, conversations are aimed to explore how we can better provide arts opportunities for everyone and what is needed to help support creative indu-
stries on the IW. We’ll also be tying in these sessions with our popular Drink & Draw event in the Café. So come along with your creative hat and get drawing, drinking and talking about art!
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She broke into the building, only to find the place filled with pigeon poo and disused arcade machines. It was all soon cleared and became the Isle of Wight Visual Arts Centre. What you see now is all thanks to the punky charm of those artists who took that bold risk back in ‘75.
Also taking the risk with a punk-edge to their work are artists Paul Woods aka Paradox Paul and Arnold P Fetid’s performance-based installations. Both anti-establishment, both anarchic in style, they provide a fresh and alternative look at contemporary punk art as part of the exhibition.
Alongside these installations we have displayed works by contemporary graffiti artist Steve Miles. Miles provides an insightful connection to how graffiti art dates right back to the punk scene in Downtown New York in the late ‘70s and how it transformed an entire visual look of album covers and public spaces throughout the rest of the world.
Don’t forget to come along to our end of exhibition Punk Party on Saturday 9th February wearing your best punk gear and party the night away to an eclectic array of punk performances. See website for more details
www.quayarts.org
By Georgia Newman VISUAL ARTS MANAGER, QUAY ARTS
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