Arturo Vega was, for 22 years, artistic director, guardian dog (His own words) and very close friend to the Ramones, creating not only their iconic logo and supervising the art work for many of their their album covers, always on the road with the band he designed the stage lighting and backdrops. The Ramones logo came to be the flag for the punk movement in New York in the 1970s and is now one of the most recognised band logos in the world. Vega has produced a solid body of work that includes paintings using a series of images taken from mass media as well as fragments of the band's lyrics.
Arturo created a wall installation in the Never Records shop. Arturo presented a Ramones slide show at the Tate Modern as well as screen printing T-shirts in the Never Records Shop where anyone could bring an item of clothing for Arturo to screen print directly onto.
ARTURO VEGA EXCLUSIVE T-SHIRT PRINTING
Saturday 17th September 2 - 4pm
Never Records Shop
11 Southwark Street
London Bridge
SE1 1RQ
ARTURO VEGA - RAMONES AND ME
Monday 19th September 6.30 - 8.30pm
Tate Modern Star Auditorium
Bankside
SE1 9TG
