Washington Project for the Arts, Miller Ringma and Hoppe, Punk Art, Invitation, 1978

$250

Offset print on paper bag, 4″ x 5″ (closed)/8″ x 5″ (open), with 4 1/2″ x 4″ insert. Mona Lisa image by Miller, Ringma, and Hoppe. Paper bag design by Alice Denney.

The exhibition, which coined the phrase “punk art,” drew from the community of visual artists associated with the club CBGB, including some who were involved in rock bands and some who provided art for the media and music industry.

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DOWNTOWN ERA EXHIBITION HOMEPAGE

Alice Denney Bettie Ringma Curt Hoppe Marc H. Miller Punk Punk Art Washington Project for the Arts

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The Downtown Era began in the 1970s, when aspiring artists of the baby-boomer generation arrived in New York. Over the next two decades, they would radically change the art world, opening it up to new forms of media, new modes of exhibiting art, and new social perspectives.