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This painting is a reflection on 1970’s Punk style, the alternative culture emerging in the 1970’s that shook up a whole generation, and has lived through the 80’s and onwards.
Many viewed Punk as a decadent culture with anarchic music from bands such as The Ramones in the US and The Sex Pistols in the UK. Punk brought with it a new world of distinctive clothing , hair styles, and attitude, with designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Zandra Rhodes gaining international recognition and men matching punk female fashions with as much style and rebelliousness.
This painting titled ‘Sheena is a punk rocker’ after the Ramones classic recording, is painted in a pop art style reminiscent of Peter Blake. The T shirt with Sex pistols graffiti is based on a home made T shirt I once created with a friend in the true spirit of do-it-yourself punk fashion !
The mohawk hair style is incorporated along with tartan, leather, with just a subtle hint at use of collars, studs , safety pins and so on with the girl on left wearing a studded collar resulting in a colourful punk fashion picture.
This work is now available as a poster and canvas print. Visit the art shop to find out more.
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