Winston Smith

"Tijuanna No!"; Giclee print of original collage printed on Premium Luster Paper. Original collage is 14" x 48"

This image was commissioned by the politically out-front band, Tijuanna No, for their BMG/Latin Release “Contra-Revolution Avenue.” "Tijuanna NO!" is an image that  evokes  the effects of U.S. policy on Latin America and the oppression faced by youth living in border cultures like Tijuanna, etc…Check out Tijuanna NO music on-line at http://www.rockeros.com/tijuana/ 

About The Montage Art of Winston Smith:  

Since the 1970’s, Winston has been slashing and pasting his way onto album covers and into galleries and magazines. In 1978, his political shock piece, Idol (a “bowling trophy” Jesus nailed to a cross of US dollars) brazenly adorned the album In God We Trust, Inc. by the punk band DEAD KENNEDYS. That album, banned in England and condemned by the American religious right, landed Smith and DEAD KENNEDYS a permanent spot in the punk culture hall of shame. To this day, the DK logo that Winston designed for the band remains an international symbol of protest against authoritarianism and can be found tattooed onto arms and spray-painted onto urban walls around the world.  

The visual left hooks that Winston began throwing into the underground punk scene in the 1970’s and 80’s are now impacting a much wider audience as his images routinely show up in such well known rags as THE NEW YORKER, SPIN, PLAYBOY, JUXTAPOZ, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, ATLANTIC MONTHLY, AMAZING STORIES, ROLLING STONE, RED HERRING, THE VILLAGE VOICE, UTNE READER and many others. Winstons album cover for GREEN DAY’s “Insomniac” brought his surrealism to a new generation of rockers who gave their thumbs-up by rating his cover one of the three top favorites in a1997 Rolling Stone Magazine survey. 

contact:  find Winston’s two full-color 96 page art books, posters, t-shirts and more at: www.winstonsmith.com . email: artcrime@winstonsmith.com or phone toll-free:1-877-ARTCRIME