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Only Anarchists Are Pretty

January 23, 2008- February 3, 2008

Reception: January 24, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Russell Young

Milk Gallery

450 W 15th St
As a young man from Northern England in the mid 1970's, I was blissfully in love with David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. On the night of September 13th 1976 I saw a Sex Pistols concert at Quaintways in Chester. My life was never to be the same. I was one of only about 400 Punks in England in 1976. By summer of 1977 Punk was over. That same summer I first visited New York City and saw the subway cars decorated with huge vibrant letters; TAKI 183, SUPER COOL 223 and many more graffiti tags. This series of paintings is a clash of two rebellious cultures that heavily influenced me as teenager from the 70's, PUNK from London and New York SUBWAY GRAFFITI.

"I am an antichrist
I am an anarchist
Don't know what I want but
I know how to get it
I wanna DESTROY the passer by... "
- The Sex Pistols

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Location   Gallery Milk Gallery Address 450 W 15th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10011 United States Phone 212-645-2797 Nearby: All 2 galleries at 450 W 15th St

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