PuNk.ArT!!

This type of art is a little bit different from the rest .. Why ?

Punk art is based on album covers, flyers, posters and anything that has to do with music and and gigs. This type of art is based on 'violent' look where lettering are generally used as cut outs from newspapers and magazines which one can see in letters/notes left to anyone in violent/kidnapping movies.Punk art was/is generally done in black and white as they were cheaper product where bands had to do it from it's pocket, but .. when they used to print it in colour, fluorescent (highlighter) colours such as bright pink, sky blue, yellow and green

Sex Pistols album cover - 1977         Gig Poster - Dead kennedys & The Bags

One can notice that punk art is quite unique. It was back then a shock for the eyes and considered as ugly where it was only used by punks in posters and covers only. this art came to 'fashion' when England was going trough political changes and teens back then were being rebellious and a big percentage of them went against the government and anarchy was being practised and punk music and fashion were getting famous.

Punk art sometimes includes cruel scribbles and shocking figures which were drawn in sharp outlines and as I said before they were cut and pasted from magazines so they used to create contrasting scenes with 2 tone colours yet their posters used to create sense for those days and the revolution that was happening and their themes were usually; fun of politics, sex, violence, social facts and sarcasm.

     

Modern punk is still on the same style in music, even in posters etc. but yet technology have done a great step and so did the posters. The difference is that now a days more colours are being used, some cut outs are being used, photos are modernised and different styles are being used .. yet still based on the traditional punk design as their themes are still considered as rude.

  

 
Reference: Punk visual art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Punk visual art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_visual_art.