Green Day will showcase a gallery of artwork of paintings inspired by the songs from their 21st Century Breakdown album on their upcoming US tour.
Stencil artist and punk fan Logan Hicks was commissioned to curate the paintings which include portraits of the Green Day members Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool."I chose artists whom I felt had a similar visual approach to art as Green Day does to its music," Hicks says. "Although most of the artists represented are well-established in their careers, they embrace the same emotional rawness with their art, which speaks from the heart and swings with the fist. Their subject matter is struggle and injustice, they shoot from the hip and their art is their weapon."
"We are really excited to be touring with this incredible show," says Armstrong. "Seeing the pieces that our new album has inspired is very exciting. Many of the artists Logan has chosen show their work on the street, and we feel a strong connection to that type of creative expression. We think the fans coming out to see us on the road will love it."
Work for the gallery was done by New York’s Ron English, Amsterdam based The London Police, French stencil artist C215 and British illustrator Will Barras.
The work features:
Song of the Century by Broken Crow
21st Century Breakdown by Ron English
Know Your Enemy by London Police
Viva La Gloria by C215
Before the Lobotomy by Dabs/Myla
Christian’s Inferno by Meggs
Last Night On earth by Lucamealeonte
East Jesus Nowhere by Chris Stain
Peacemaker by M-City
Last of the American Girls by Eelus
Murder City by Adam5100
Viva La Gloria by Will Barras
Restless Heart Syndrome by Peat Wollaeger
Horseshoes and Handgrenades by Sixten
The Static Age by Sadhu
21 Guns by Pisa 72
American Eulogy by Jeremiah Garcia
See The Light by Component
Portraits of Green Day by Logan Hicks
