ASH FOM CHAOS - Joe Corre
Lazinc Gallery, 29 Sackville Street, Mayfair, London W1
Private View 19 April 2018
Pictures by Edward Aydin

In Nov 2016, Joe Corre - the son of Vivienne Westwood and the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren set fire to an estimated £5m worth of punk memorabilia on a boat on the river Thames. Joe Corré torched the items alongside effigies of politicians loaded with fireworks, as part of a protest near Albert Bridge in Chelsea, west London. Corre, who was wearing a top hat and bandana tied around his head, told the crowd before setting the items alight: “Punk was never, never meant to be nostalgic – and you can’t learn how to be one at a Museum of London workshop. “Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don’t need. The illusion of an alternative choice. Conformity in another uniform.” Situated upstairs at the gallery in a dark room sits a glass coffin containing the ashes from the burning. A 5 five minute video showing the burning is accompanied by an orchestral Anarchy in The UK (from Rock 'n' Roll Swindle LP). In attendance at the viewing were Joe Corre, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Jordan (SEX boutique), actresses Rose McGowan & Meredith Ostrom, John 'Boogie' Tiberi (McLaren/Pistols associate), Ed Tudor-Pole, singer Patti Palladin, and Philip Sallon ('Bromley Contingent'). [Report by Ray Morrissey]

Joe Corre Vivienne Westwood

Special thanks to Edward Aydin and Ray Morrissey

Pictures ©Edward Aydin / www.sex-pistols.net 2018
All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission.

God Save The Sex Pistols ©Phil Singleton / www.sex-pistols.net 2018

Although every attempt has been made to ensure the following listings are as accurate as possible, errors may have occurred. Please e-mail any additions and/or corrections.
Errors that may have occurred will make it obvious if an attempt is made to copy the above piece of work. Do not publish elsewhere and claim authorship. You have been warned.