Punk Rock Art in the Raw!

This collection of work is art,illustration,typography – design – in the raw. Take a look at this newly published book, WHITE GLOVE TEST : LOUISVILLE PUNK FLYERS 1978 -1994 (DragCity $40), when you buy your next cup of Starbucks at your local Barns & Noble bookstore.

Here is a sneak-peek from The New York Times article if you don’t get a chance to view it “live”…

Celebrating The Lost Art of Flyers The Through the Lens of the Louisville Punk Music Scene

“Gone are the days when all a person needed to disseminate information were some paper, markers, a glue stick and a stapler — along with the required telephone poles on which to attach the resultant flyers…”

read more: 

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/louisville-punk-music-scene-flyers-kentucky-museum-art/?hpw&rref=t-magazine&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

From left: “No Fun in Vogue,” 1978; “Ideals of Order (Your Food and Falconetti),” 1983; “Kinghorse (and Endpoint) Descend,” 1989.

Also, The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft has an exhibit up until May 10th displaying some of the flyers.

Here is a link to view some more Punk Art: http://www.kmacmuseum.org/#!white-glove-test/c8o8