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Twisted Teenage Plot April 2 - May 29, 2016
Michael Reidy,
Portrait of Kevin MacDonald incorporating his drawing, Reflections, The Embassy, 1981.
Pencil, color pencil, and collage.
Courtesy of the artist.
Exhibition
Coinciding with a retrospective of Kevin MacDonald, the Alper Initiative for Washington Art presents its second exhibition: Twisted Teenage Plot.
Besides being an excellent artist, MacDonald also played in bands, most notably Twisted Teenage Plot. The Alper Initiative exhibition will showcase visual artists who played in bands in Washington in the late 70s and early 80s, including Robin Rose, Joe White, Dick Bangham, Clark Fox (aka Michael Clark), Michael Barron, Judith Watkins Tartt, JW Mahoney, Steve Ludlum, Root Boy Slim, Michael McCall, and Michael Reidy.
In addition to the artist's visual work, the exhibition will include sound recordings, posters, videos, and memorabilia from the bands these artists were a part of: Urban Verbs, Root Boy Slim, Tiny Desk Unit, The Examiners, Twisted Teenage Plot, (the) Razz, and The Slickee Boys.
Additional Resources
DCist "When Art and Punk Collide" from April 1, 2016
Washingtonian "New Exhibit Showcases Visual Artists in DC's Early Punk and New Wave Music Scene" from April 1, 2016
WETA "Around Town" discuss Twisted Teenage Plot and other exhibitions
Read Washington City Paper's 'Twisted Teenage Plot' by Kevin MacDonald, Reviewed
JW Mahoney,
House, 1984.
Xerographic reproduction on Japanese paper.
Courtesy of the artist.
Clark Fox,
Portrait of Pamela Webster, 1979-1982.
Oil on canvas.
Courtesy of the artist.
Twisted Teenage Plot album cover designed by Clark Fox
From the Washington Review, June/July 1985. Photo by Mary Swift. Twisted Teenage Plot from left to right: Kevin MacDonald, Robin Rose, Robert Goldstein, Joe White, Judith Watkins Tartt and Clark Fox.
Twisted Teenage Plot live performance in Lafayette Park and D.C. space