Les pistolets de sexe
Bring out the Doc Martens and bondage trousers for a brand new exhibition at Snap Galleries. Never Mind The Sex Pistols, photographs by Pierre Benain runs from the 19th January to 5th March 2016...not to be missed (or I'll bottle ya...only joking, I'm not that punk).
Who is Pierre Benain?
Here's a little background information from the Snap Galleries website:
From the early age of seventeen, Pierre Benain had been writing and photographing for French music magazine Rock & Folk. On his frequent visits to London he discovered Malcom McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s shop Too Fast to Live too young to die, which later became SEX. Soon after, as a contributor to Rock News, Benain was introduced to Malcolm McLaren, and was asked to promote a Sex Pistols gig for the re-opening night of the Châlet du lac club, in the Bois de Vincennes, on the outskirt of Paris. The Sex Pistols played on 3 September 1976 in front of a mixed crowd including the usual regular customers and the Bromley contingent with Siouxsie Sioux, Billy Idol, etc—an explosive combination.
What's so special about this exhibition?
It's the first time UK folks will set their eyes on these mainly unpublished photos. There's also a poster from the Pistols (yes, I went there) first concert in Paris 1976. AND Pierre Benain himself will be at the gallery till 6pm today.
So, postpone everything (even that pub outing with your ex), and get down to Gunter Grove - sorry Snap Galleries 12 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1Y 6NH.
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