Our pal, collage artist Winston Smith, recognized for creating the enduring Useless Kennedys emblem, is recovering from a coronary heart assault that struck the day after his 73rd birthday, forcing him to postpone his deliberate San Francisco solo exhibition.
Smith, who illustrated album covers for Useless Kennedys, Inexperienced Day, and Pearl Jam, was hospitalized for 3 days and spent two weeks in rehabilitation. Now again at his cabin within the woods, he faces new well being challenges, together with a Sort 2 diabetes prognosis that requires important way of life adjustments.
“As grim as this might’ve been, I am weirdly grateful,” Smith mentioned on his GoFundMe web page, which has raised over $29,000 towards medical bills and present rescheduling prices. The artist’s distant residing state of affairs — 500 ft down a steep canyon — has necessitated particular emergency preparations, together with a transportable stretcher system for potential future evacuations.
The postponed exhibition “I Noticed however I Did Not See” has been rescheduled as a one-night pop-up present at 111 Minna Gallery, that includes each new works and infrequently seen classics. His spouse, Chick, helps handle his restoration and guarantee compliance with medical doctors’ orders for a slower tempo and dietary restrictions.
“As soon as you’ve got had a coronary heart assault the possibilities of having one other, worse coronary heart assault are significantly elevated,” Smith says. “From the underside of my coronary heart, thanks on your beneficiant donations, sort phrases, and considerate messages. These have lifted my spirits in a giant approach.”
Beforehand:
• San Francisco: Winston Smith studio present and artwork sale
• Artwork of Punk movies: Winston Smith and the Useless Kennedys
• Useless Kennedy artist Winston Smith’s artwork exhibition in SF 4/4/2014
• Tote bag with Winston Smith’s iconic Different Tentacles emblem
• San Francisco artwork present: Winston Smith, Penelope Rosemont, Dennis Cunningham
• Ronald Reagan collage artwork present by Winston Smith and mates
• George Orwell’s 1984 to be rewritten from a feminine perspective
