Michael Worthington
Torn Apart
Torn Apart: Punk + New Wave Graphics, Fashion & Culture, 1976–86
September 2024
9 x 6 in. 260 pages.
Published by MW Books and OMA
This 260 page softcover book accompanies the Torn Apart exhibition at OMA. It includes graphic works from the exhibition plus a selection of Sheila Rock photos. Includes short essays by Malcolm Garrett, Peter Silverton, Sheila Rock, Andrew Krivine, and Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon, with section texts by Michael Worthington.
Michael Worthington
Torn Apart
Torn Apart: Punk + New Wave Graphics, Fashion & Culture, 1976–86 (pdf download)
Feb 2024
48 pages
Published by MW Books + SMU Libraries
This small format catalogue accompanies the Torn Apart exhibition at SMU Dallas. The publication is available for free to visitors to the exhibition (while stocks last). It includes highlighted works from the exhibition plus short essays by Malcolm Garrett, Sheila Rock, Andrew Krivine and Michael Worthington.
Michael Worthington
Torn Apart
Torn Apart: Punk, New Wave + the Graphic Aftermath, 1976–86 (pdf download)
June 2022
64 pages
Published by MW Books
This small format zine accompanies the Torn Apart exhibition at the PDC. Printed on two different newsprint papers the zine is available for free to visitors to the exhibition (while stocks last). It includes highlighted works from the exhibition plus short essays by Peter Silverton, Andrew Krivine and Michael Worthington. First and second run sold out.
Sheila Rock
Young Punks
Young Punks by Sheila Rock
September 2020
288 pages
Published by Omnibus Press
As the 1970s drew to a close and changes in music, fashion and attitudes collided to form Punk, Sheila Rock was right at the heart of the electrifying youth movement. Whether candid or posed, her striking photographs perfectly capture the innocence of the early days, the DIY fashion ethos and the raw energy of Punk.
Andrew Krivine
Reversing Into the Future
Reversing Into the Future: New Wave Graphics 1977–1990 by Andrew Krivine
December 2021
320 pages
Published by Pavilion Books
Andrew Krivine’s vast collection of posters, flyers, artworks, and memorabilia form the basis of this unique record of graphic design connected to New Wave music. The book features graphic ephemera from the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s, the designs are as eclectic and varied as the music of the time, jumping stylistic barriers, and refusing to behave! The book includes essays by curator Andrew Blauvelt, and designers Malcolm Garrett and Chris Morton, with an intro by Chip Kidd.
Sheila Rock
80s Sound and Vision
80s Sound and Vision by Sheila Rock
Published by Frances Lincoln
336 pages
Released in the US/Canada 17th October 2022
Chronicling the explosion of imagination and innovation that shaped a decade, 80s Sound and Vision by renowned photographer SHEILA ROCK offers an evocative visual perspective of an unforgettable era, capturing the raw energy, creativity and flamboyance of the time. This unique collection includes many rare and never-before-seen images from the photographer’s archive, alongside those originally featured in seminal publications such as The Face and Rolling Stone and is a fascinating visual throwback to the decade that millennials now admire and look to for inspiration.
Andrew Krivine
Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die
Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die: Punk & Post Punk Graphics 1976–1986 by Andrew Krivine
March 2020
352 pages
Published by Pavilion Books
Too Fast to Live tells the story of punk and post-punk not through the music of the time, but through the graphic artifacts it left behind. Assembled for decades by collector Andrew Krivine, this unique collection of printed ephemera is contextualized through essays from an array of renowned designers, curators, educators and journalists. The result is a definitive treatise on the graphic design revolution within the punk and post-punk movements of America and the UK.