I like the part when they talk about the Dead Kennedy's logo.

I actually find this guys work really inspiring. Totally gives me a new perspective on collage, that guy has insane talent.

So nothing was mentioned about the logo

I ran into him at a 'costume' party in S.F. years ago...we were the only two in costume,so naturally enough sparked up a conversation~"whoa,you're THE Winston Smith?!?-the artist?-you're a hero to me!!!" He was very humble and gracious,we chatted for at least 2 hours and shared some great stories.Thanks,Vice-another fine piece of agitprop.

I find it incredibly ironic that Winston Smith made a 1984 reference....

lol, my art teacher actually know Winston, he showed him some of my work, winston didnt really say anything about it but now i can brag like this to people XP

This was excellent. Brought me back to that time by brother and I went to the record store and our neighbors' son picked us up to take us home. He was a young, born-again christian and he asked to see the records. My brother had picked up In God We Trust, Inc and the neighbor read the lyrics out loud to shame my brother. It was so awkward. Never forgot it. I'm much older now, obviously, and love and appreciate the DK's and all the art from that period even more so now than I did back then. It all helped me process 8 years of Ronald Reagan.

Amazing! Thanks for this short doc Vice!!

Why not title this: "Gorillas Have Sperm"?? That got as much screen time as discussion of the DK logo.

Winston is fantastic, I have always loved him because of his attitude. He does not try to be profound and over hype his stuff. He just makes stuff that looks interesting to him and sometimes the work may have meaning and sometimes it may not. Such an honest dude.

love this dudes work.totally an inspiration. thank you vice for doing an interview with him

And when talking about Biafra and DK's art, H.R. Giger comes to mind too. Frankenchrist.

A tip of the hat to you sir!!! Been a huge fan of your work for years but didn't even know it!?!?!? I worked in a record store all through high school & used to stare at those works of art everyday,, some of those images are burned into my brain!!! Thank you for the imagery & inspection... You are a true artist...

I grew up in the mid to late 70s to this guys work...always loved this man's work.This was the real scene...hand and hand for the youth movement and nobody sold out the design for any fucking gain.Such a great period and a statement of the times.

And what about the DK logo? I always loved Winstons art he and artist Gee Vaucher from British Anarcho/punk band Crass are two very interesting artists who use cut ups in a very interesting way.

Thanks for the interview . I've known his name and DK's artwork since "in God we trust" was released, but had never seen or heard him, and knew nothing of his other work.

Great interview Vice! I've always wondered where DK's album art came from :D.

This was truly great, Vice. An absolute legend

THIS is exactly what I love about Vice. Thank you guys!

The interviewer looks like he really doesn't want to be there... he looks bored

beers and great conversation. best thing ever

I live the art he did for Green Day's Insomniac. So fucking rad!

Cool vid. It's so great to see into the window of this artists life. Thanks!

A true master of his art. Always a great inspiration artistically.

winston smith has been my favorite artist for a long while. great to hear from him and get to know him. big ups vice!

something about this guy is deeply inspirational

None of this could have happened in S.F. now. No art, just money. In God We Trust, indeed.

thanks for making this interview, I had always wanted to know who had made those images.

I define art as any creation by a person that causes others to have some kind of thought or emotion.

Big Uppppp! I never saw him before, but i love his works and the "Dead Kenneys" from a very long time. Thank's Vice, greetings from Italy!

as usual, nice interview Vice :)

Very humble man.

This is such an awesome video.. It really captured what a trip on acid is.. at least for me. The intense discomfort when having to deal with something and the total pleasure after you accomplish it.

this is the best thing i've watched on the internet in a long time.

I did, it's just that I'm subscribed to Vice as they usually make interesting docs.

I just painted his design on my button for my jacket 🤘 his arts a big inspiration and so are the Dead Kennedys

First time I heard his name from Green Day's Insomniac album cover. Been a fan ever since.

Great interview! It's even better than the one on Mocatv's Art Of Punk. Vice rocks!

Thanks for twisting my mind in the right direction during my 80s teen years.

damn Vice, you do research about anything, music movies, cultural costumes taboo themes, etc. VICE FUCKING RULES!!!

I think Winston is so good at making collages.

Really one of the best logos in punk or just ever

winston smith like the guy of the book 1984! nice

Vice still has it's groove.

Art-wise; Winston Smith and David Choe definitely have some Affinity.

This guy also made the Insomniac album art? Very cool.

You guys have to do an interview with Edward Culver!

Hipster is a versatile word. One of its uses by boring or standard people is to describe anyone creative or different.

Covered my high school walls with it.

That's a beautiful fucking studio.

Lol I can hear it now "Yo dawg quit queefing we get it already".

he also made the art for green day’s insomniac record! you can see it on the wall at 0:45 :)

congratulations on your achievement david

you got the gold medal, well done!

10 years ago I used to scribble that logo in every school desk i sat

Check out "the cut ups".

A favorite band of mine

this is brilliant...

This was the real scene...the real movement,the heart of protest about a government that didn't care(the truth)about what you're world was and still is.

stan's work still rings true.

What is art only with oil paint brushed on to a linen canvas with a size 12 round mohair brush?

His IN GOD WE TRUST imagery I had on a huge poster in my room growing up, magnificent, visceral.

9:06 That isn't a bomb it is the X-15, an experimental rocket plane. Smith is correct when he later calls it a rocket, but bomb is a bit inaccurate.

DKs are my favorite punk band. them and BR.

Awsome stuff

i want to hangout in smith's studio.

He looks like sk8boarder Andrew Reynolds in that teenage photo of him !

song at the beggining?

What's the background music?

it's about time

I can see where you are coming from. But there are two sides to art. The technical skills and the ideas. This guy is all about ideas. Well to each their own.

Wow I feel the same, I can draw really good, but it takes TREMENDOUS effort.

he's drinking a Sierra Nevada, fucking good beer too!

I love his work, but...... that's not a missile. That's the X-15. It's an airplane.

In God We Trust, Inc. Is one of my favorite punk cds of all time...

yes! totally agree.

There's a lot of detail put into what he does. I suppose anyone can do it, but I don't think that really makes it bad. It probably devalues it in a sense, but any decent painter could recreate the mona lisa, or picasso, or any other famous artist's work. It's really about innovation, without being overly avant-garde or pretentious, which Winston Smith clearly isn't.

That's the point, any thing is art. It's always been that way, how ever art is a illusion for most.

Hey VICE, do an interview with Jello Biafra! Please. You're so close to it.

the best logo band ever made!

vice shows so much cool shit

1:05 that could be the cannibal from the other vice vid

Does he sell Shirts

what are the feature assosiate with the term hipster?

Where do Vice find their "journalists" ? This guy has as much trouble asking his questions as he does writing them.. He didn't even ask him about designing the logo mentioned in the title.. He';s more focused on the negative reactions to his art than the actual art.. Subversive art is supposed to challenge people. Thats the point. Nice work vice. Another great story topic executed atrociously...

Caesar's way of saying "You've gone and fucked up now!"

His work is fucking rad!

What song is that at the intro to this video. A DK song?

art of punk already did dis

excellent.

I love the Dead Kennedys

Hi, Punk Surrealist Winston Smith .

Any artist knows that traveling is a must. If you stay in one place you only become known in that one city. Where as if you travel you create demand showcasing your art world wide. $upply and demand.

what constitutes a hipster? All I see is an old artist and a dude with a mustache and they both seem fairly learned, I don't understand why one would "hate" these gentlemen.

If Pat Robertson dislikes his work... he gets my seal of approval!

So funny to hear him talk about the 'in god we trust' art and what the meaning was behind it. I bought that shirt when I was about 12 and wore it to school. The librarian made me turn it inside out. Ha!

inspiring.

give us convenience or give us art

I dont have the patience to draw, but i have the vision.

yeah. im subscribed to HBO and they usually have interesting shit. i dont much care for a lot of it but i dont go around screaming it because they have a LARGE AUDIENCE! thank you.