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Gorillaz Masks for Spex
May 2017
I was commissioned by photographer and long time collaborator, Axel Hoedt to custom build face masks created from the Gorillaz apparel tee-shirts to accompany an article on the band for Spex Magazine. My concept behind these masks was to play on the idea of the fan art ego and how precious they can be about their copies of the original artist’s work. If it wasn’t for Jamie Hewlett, the original artist who created Gorillaz, there would be no fan art, so who is the one to be most respected?
It was an absolute pleasure and a perfect project to be involved in, as I’m a big fan of Jamie Hewlett’s illustrations of another world, who together with Damon Albarn created the Gorillaz phenomenon.
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Spex Magazine Cover
SPEX MAGAZINE, May 2017
Wir leben in einer Welt, in der harte Fakten oft keinen Pfifferling wert sind. Und in der die Gorillaz, eine der Legende nach von Musiker Damon Albarn und Comiczeichner Jamie Hewlett erdachte fiktive Band, drauf und dran sind, ihre Sternstunde zu erleben. Ihr fünftes Album Humanz bietet den derzeit besten Anlass, um Kunst gegen alle Realismusimperative als Möglichkeitsraum zu behaupten und zu verteidigen. SPEX fragte direkt bei den Bandmitgliedern 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle und Russel Hobbs nach: Was heißt hier fake? Weiterlesen
We live in a world where hard facts are often not worth a damn. And in which the Gorillaz, a fictional band invented according to legend by musician Damon Albarn and comic artist Jamie Hewlett, are about to experience their finest hour. Her fifth album Humanz is currently the best opportunity to assert and defend art against all realism imperatives as a space of possibility. SPEX asked band members 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs directly: What does fake mean here? Read More