A new provocative and exhilarating Exhibition at New York’s Museum of Sex that opened at the end of last year, explores the connection between sexuality and the punk movement.   Punk Lust: Raw Provocation 1971-1985 co-curated by cultural critic Carlo McCormick, journalist, writer and musician Vivien Goldman and Lissa Rivera of the Museum of Sex also features lesser-known punk icons, including LGBTI punks.

Punks did a lot to break down gender norms and social expectations  and incubated in abandoned cities like New York, London, Detroit, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, where youth culture was left unattended and given license to explore the forbidden boundaries of casual contact in an era before AIDS

The exhibit, the biggest today of its type, features over 300 artifacts, including ephemera, original artworks, film, and garments worn by punk legends—the exhibition includes a wide selection from archives and private collections set within an immersive installation and soundscape.  It will features visual pieces by LGBTI artists like David Wojnarowicz.

Punk Lust: Raw Provocation 1971-1985  runs until 20th November 2019.  https://www.museumofsex.com/portfolio_page/punk/