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Blu’s Iconoclasm and the End of the Dada Century
Franco “Bifo” Berardi and Marco Magagnoli
On November 26, 2016, the fortieth anniversary of the release of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK,” Joe Corré will burn his £5 million collection of punk memorabilia. This gesture by the son of Malcom McLaren and Vivian Westwood—two icons of punk’s first wave—is a response to Punk London, a year-long slate of concerts, films, talks, and exhibitions organized by the British tourism board. As Corré explained to NME Magazine :
You talk to people about it these days and it’s almost…
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2016
Category
Communism, Avant-Garde
Subjects
Money & Finance, Street art, Public Art, Withdrawal, Dada