William Kent 1919-2012
by Alan Bisbort photos by Tom Hearn Exclusive to pleasekillme.com In the early to mid-1960s, printmaker and sculptor William Kent was on the same cultural radar screen as pop artists like Andy Warhol,...
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View ArticleIGGY POP, HENRY ROLLINS, AND GRACE JONES STAR IN A SILENT FILM!
Any film where Iggy Pop is playing a punk rock angel named ‘Vicious’ is on my must-see list. Hell, any film Iggy is in I want to watch! As reported by Evan Minsker of Pitchfork, Gutterdämmerung is...
View ArticleTHE COOLEST GUY IN THE ROOM: ART BY JASON WALTER STARRING DANNY FIELDS!
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View ArticlePAUL SIMONON: BASSIST, PAINTER, HEARTTHROB!
BY AMY HABEN The stylish former bassist of the legendary punk rock band The Clash has a passion for not only music, but also painting and political activism. I stumbled upon on a photo from Paul...
View Article90’S NYC CLUB KIDS ON DAYTIME TALK SHOWS!
If you have ever seen the movie ‘Party Monster,’ than you know a bit about some of the famous NYC club kids. Especially James St. James and the once convicted killer, Michael Alig. These legendary...
View ArticleDAVID YOW OF THE JESUS LIZARD ON ART, ACTING, AND THE GOOD OLD DAYS!
BY: AMY HABEN Randomly I posted on Facebook, “Where in the world is David Yow?” Thinking about the nineties and how I loved the ferocity of The Jesus Lizard. With David’s unique vocals and David Wm....
View ArticleFUCK SHIT UP: THE COLLAGES OF TODD COLBY
Gillian McCain interviews poet and visual artist Todd Colby about his favorite artists and influences I met Todd Colby about 25 years ago when I was the program coordinator at the Poetry Project at St...
View ArticleALICE NEEL: AGAINST THE GRAIN
A portrait painter who flew under the radar of critical acclaim and artistic trends during her lifetime is now hailed around the world as a master and one of the 20th century’s coolest people. Alice...
View ArticleGETTING THEIR NAME OUT – WOMEN GRAFFITI WRITERS
8 Exceptional Women Graffiti Writers Making Their Mark Around the World by Rick Casados The world of graffiti is a notoriously risky, rough, dark place. It is a subculture full of danger, gangs, and...
View ArticleYAYOI KUSAMA: AN ART PHENOMENON IN CHELSEA
People are lining up around the block to see this 88-year-old Japanese woman’s strange and beautiful work I hate lines. I go to a restaurant and there is a 20-minute wait. I’ll go back another time....
View ArticleDUNCAN HANNAH LOOKS BACK AT THE 1970s
The celebrated painter Duncan Hannah talks about his experiences during the punk rock era in New York and the characters in his circle, including Jim Carroll, Ray Johnson, Eric Li, and Rene Ricard...
View ArticleJOHN LURIE ON ART, POLITICS, AND THE BEAUTY AND HORROR IN THIS LIFE
In his second interview with PKM, former Lounge Lizard and cult film star John Lurie talks about his painting, and new music by his alter ego Marvin Pontiac. It’s 2:00 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in New...
View ArticlePETER HUJAR’S DAZZLING SECOND ACT
The enigmatic, uncompromising photographer Peter Hujar now stands alongside Diane Arbus as one of the masters of the New York scene, with his largest exhibition to date currently on view at the Morgan...
View ArticleTHE ART OF ROCK: 25 YEARS OF EMEK’S INCREDIBLE POSTERS
The Haight Street Art Center is currently exhibiting over 150 posters by illustrator and graphic artist Emek, who has designed album covers and posters for everyone from the Allman Brothers to ZZ Top...
View ArticleCYNTHIA PLASTER CASTER
Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Wayne Kramer, Dennis Thompson, Richard Lloyd, Jello Biafra are ‘members’ of Super Groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster’s special rock ‘n’ roll cast, as she looks back on her life...
View ArticleDUNCAN HANNAH: COLLAGE BOY
Pages from artist Duncan Hannah’s 20th Century Boy: Notebooks of the Seventies vividly capture a time when DIY artists and musicians roamed an affordable Manhattan and punk was on the soundtrack I...
View ArticleMARY ELLEN MARK: IN MEMORIAM
Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) was a world-renowned photographer and social documentarian with an eye and a soul that captured the brutality of humanity, transforming them into mesmerizing angels On May...
View ArticleLIFE AND DEATH AT THE MET
A new exhibit at the Met Breuer, ‘Like Life: Sculpture, Color, And The Body’ will blow your mind and could change your life photos by Larry Baumhor You have until July 22nd to visit Like Life:...
View ArticleTHE ANIMALS DIED LAUGHING: SUE COE’S GRAPHIC RESISTANCE
Sue Coe’s Graphic Resistance, an exhibition of prints, drawings and collages at MoMA PS1, presents decades worth of arresting visual dissidence at a time when criticizing American fascism has, out of...
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