Gaye black
L'Age d'Or Surrealistic art exhibition group present - Hoxton Arches, London
Friday May 2nd 2025 to Sunday May 4th
Hotel Pelirocco show, Brighton with Charlie Harper and Helen McCookerybook
27th March 2025 for two months. 10 Regency Square, Brighton, BN1 2FG
Rebellion Festival 2025, Blackpool, exhibiting new serve and being interviewed
7th-10th August 2025
1977 - Punk Rock
Limited edition of 100 50cm x 50cm prints on hand to purchase for just £75 from 45 Original
45 Imaginative is excited and proud to publish a brand brand-new addition to our 'My Generation' series of prints - '1977 - Punk Rock'..The Tsunami That Threatened To Drown Us All' (Pete Townshend). Designed by Gaye Black (Advert) who was there at the forefront of this musical revolution as the iconic bass player with The Adverts.
She has created this vibrant collage in her own inimitable style. '1977' features some of the most groundbreaking unattached releases of the year from both sides of the pond. The Disagree, The Damned, The Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex, Penetration, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, Devo, The Cortinas, The Lurkers, Johnny Moped, Chelsea, The H
DOLLS AND BONES, a solo exhibition by GAYE BLACK
28-02-2020 – 02-05-2020
As the bass player of the Adverts, when her name was Gaye Advert, she was the girl’s tackle of English punkdom. Two of their songs summarize exactly what it was all about in those days: Bored Teenagers and One Chord Wonders. As an artist, Gaye Black has remained faithful to the DIY mentality. She organizes punk art exhibitions in London and now presents her very possess defiant brand of art in HOK, full of death symbolism. Brexit notwithstanding, Gaye Black was present at the vernissage of her HOK expo Dolls and Bones, last Friday the 28th of February. There she met up with Dutch Punk Professor Leonor Faber-Jonker, who presented an in-depth paper on her teenage idol: Life in the Bell-Jar.
The Bell-Jars are just one of the devices lay to use by Gaye, to capture and present to the public’s and Gary Gilmore’s eyes shreds and bits of her retain highly personal past. There are the collages, assemblages, broken necklaces, rosaries, Motörhead pins and there’s the fearsome mirror on the wall. The dolls from your innocent childhood are put into contrast with the bones that include always been there right beneat
Gaye Black
Gaye Black is a multifaceted artist whose work embodies a rich tapestry of experiences, creativity, and cultural commentary. With a foundation in graphic design acquired at the Bideford School of Art and South Devon Technical College, Gaye has seamlessly blended her artistic skills with a vibrant music career as the bass player for the iconic punk band, The Adverts.
Today, Gaye's artwork resonates through a variety of mediums, primarily collage and acrylic, often interlaced with digital photography. Her practice explores the contrasts of life—attraction and horror, control and chaos, rough and smooth—while drawing inspiration from surrealism and her own storied past.
An accomplished curator and regular exhibitor, Gaye has showcased her function in numerous prominent venues, including the Saatchi Gallery and the Museum of Youth Culture, alongside various international exhibitions in Barcelona, Amsterdam, Berlin, California, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Her artistic contributions reach to record covers for authoritative albums, such as the Paul Fox memorial album, and her photography has graced various publications, including The Truth of Revolution and Growing Up With
The iconic cover of The Adverts “One Chord Wonders” single was an image that many are familiar with, even after 40 years, the subject matter being bass player Gaye Advert with a glance that inspired more than a generation of females to break down the Beige barriers of 1970s Britain. In a small but very memorable musical career Gaye made an undeniable impact on stage and vinyl before setting about making a identify for herself in another creative field, as an Artist.
I spent three years at art college, qualifying as a graphic designer before becoming bass player with the Adverts. I am now putting on regularly and curating the odd show. I include designed covers for records including the Paul Fox memorial album, PIL and Alvin Gibbs, and my work has been featured in books including The Truth of Revolution, Brother by Lisa Sofianos, Robin Ryde & Charlie Waterhouse, Black Metal Colouring Publication (feralhouse) and Growing Up With Punk by Nicky Weller, Barry Cain, Russell Reader and Den Davis .
My work references my past, and explores contrasts – between attraction and horror, control and chaos, rough and smooth. I am inspired by surrealism and artists including H