1980
Raymond Pettibon was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1957, but spent his childhood in Hermosa Beach, California. After graduating from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in economics, Pettibon received his BFA in 1977. His artistic career began to take off in the early 1980s. During this time, he produced album artwork and posters for many punk rock bands such as Black Flag and Sonic Youth.
Many of Pettibon’s prints, paintings and mixed media works incorporate harsh and equivocal text and imagery. While some of the text is borrowed, others are Pettibon’s original words. His style echoes that of comics and includes motifs from youth culture, politics, sports, and celebrity. While his early works were completed in black and white, often with the use of India ink, later in his career Pettibon began incorporating color in his use of paint, collage, watercolor, gouache, and pencil. He is known for his edgy one-liners and raw depiction of youth culture and the punk scene.
Pettibon’s most recent works critique contemporary controversies such as the Iraq War and American politics. Pettibon is currently living and working in New York City.
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Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1981 (Raymond Pettibon punk art)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag, 1981: Rare early Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Punk Flyer - illustrated by Pettibon on the occasion of: Black Flag, Stains, Youth Gone Mad, Caustic Cause,...
Paper, Offset
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag flyer 1982 (Raymond Pettibon punk flyer)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag flyer Los Angeles, 1982: Black Flag Olympic Auditorium, Los Angles, CA, Saturday July 17, 1982. Flyer/handbill for gig by Black Flag, DOA, Descendents, U...
Offset
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag poster (Raymond Pettibon punk)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag poster circa 1983: Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist once said of Pettibon's Black Flag illustrations and iconic l...
Lithograph, Offset
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1983 (Raymond Pettibon punk flyer)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1983 (punk flyer): Black Flag at Mi Casita, Jan. 14, 1983: Offset-printed, 11 x 8.5 in. (28 x 21.6 cm). Black & white. Handbill / flyer for performance by...
Offset
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Flyer (early Raymond Pettibon)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag flyer New York City 1981: Rare early 1980s Punk flyer illustrated by Pettibon to advertise one of Black Flag’s first ever East Coast shows hel...
Offset
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1984 (Raymond Pettibon punk flyer)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Black Flag: Rare 1984 Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag promotional flyer published to advertise the release of the Black Flag album 'Slip It In'. Offset printed; 8.5 x 11 inches. 1984. Fair overall vintage condition. Fold-lines; signs of handling; tape marks reverse; some minor handwriting. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist once said of Pettibon's Black Flag illustrations and iconic logo: "Before I knew what Black Flag was I remember walking around Hollywood and seeing Raymond's flyers and being like, 'What the fuck is that?'… Those flyers made me feel like something is going on and it's romantic and it's mysterious and it's heavy and I don't know what it is but I wanna know." About Raymond Pettibon (Americanb. 1957) Raymond Pettibon is a contemporary American artist known for his stylized ink drawings combining images and text. His inventive narratives blend historical content with consumer culture to yield incisive critiques of contemporary society. “I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology,” he explained. “There's a lot of conventions in the art world that are not to be transgressed, but my economy of means doesn't abide by those strictures.” Born Raymond Ginn on June 16, 1957 in Tucson, AZ, the artist is self-taught, but cites drawings by William Blake, Edward Hopper, Francisco Goya, and John Sloan as instructive to his practice. Deriving inspiration from comics, cartoons, and other pop culture iconography, Pettibon began designing album covers and ephemera for his brother’s band Black Flag in the mid-1970s. He went on to produce cover art for Sonic Youth, the Minutemen...
Lithograph, Offset
Sonic Youth at Frankfurt Music Hall (Signed by Raymond Pettibon and Kim Gordon)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Pettibon, Kim Gordon Sonic Youth at Frankfurt Music Hall (Hand Signed by Raymond Pettibon and Kim Gordon), 1990 Offset Lithograph Poster Boldly signed, and dated 2016 in ink ...
Lithograph, Offset, Ink
Black Flag - Who’s Got The 10 1/2? (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Black Flag - Who’s Got The 10 1/2? Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2020 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1638 *Black frame with a mirror...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Keith Morris Shepard Fairey Screen Print Signed By Glen Friedman Black Flag Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
4 color screen print. Signed by Shepard Fairey, Glen E. Friedman and Keith Morris. As a founding member of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, songwriter and vocalist Keith Morris was at t...
Screen
Setlist: Black Flag at Hong Kong Cafe, Los Angeles - June 18, 1979 (Set 1)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Setlist: Black Flag at Hong Kong Cafe, Los Angeles - June 18, 1979 (Set 1) House paint, acrylic and masking tape on torn canvas Year: 2021 Size: 55x27in Framed: 69x43x3in...
Acrylic, Paint, Tape, Cotton Canvas
Black Flag #3
By Kevin Salk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henry Rollins of Black Flag at Federal Building Legalize Weed show. Photo by Kevin Salk shot July 4, 1983 at the 'Smoke In for the California Marijuana Initiative. Edition Details: ...
Archival Pigment
Untitled (The sense must...)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Description Raymond Pettibon (1957) Untitled (The sense must...), 1990 Ink on paper Signed/dated by artist on verso Image: 11.5 x 9.5 in; Framed: 19 x 17.5 in
Ink
