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Punk Montages, Photography and Collages 1976-1981 at Boo-Hooray Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- The Boo-Hooray gallery presents an exhibit of the punk-era collage/montage work of Jon Savage and Linder Sterling, curated by Johan Kugelberg. Jon Savage is the noted author of England’s Dreaming and Teenage. Linder Sterling is a visual, performance and installation artist represented in the Tate’s permanent collection. Savage and Sterling published the art fanzine The Secret Public in Manchester during the first month of 1978. It was the second New Hormones product – catalogue number ORG 2 – after the Buzzcocks’ already iconic Spiral Scratch, and was distributed through Rough Trade, and other independent out-lets. This was followed by the portfolio Mixed Media Montages published in late 1978. Some of these images originally appeared as flyers and posters for the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Magazine, and Factory Records circa 1977-1980. * The exhibition includes original montages and collages, original p