Sebastien Gorey was born in Paris (France) in 1976. He currently lives in Brooklyn. He is regarded as one of the New York’s influential and viable designers today. Next to works in the streets and art galleries, Gorey has been making graffiti, illustrations and graphic designs for some of the most profound companies in street culture. Starting his career drawing as a child, it didn’t take long for him to realize that “walls were much more intriguing than paper”.
Gorey has been working for clients such as Zoo York, Upper Playground, Six Pack, and Think Differently Music.
ill-Studio is a multidisciplinary studio of applied arts and design. Based in Paris, the group is made up of 10 specialists in graphic design, illustration, photography, typography, video and motion design.
The studio’s originality is to offer its members a working environment in which they can do their own thing or work together; it’s a melting pot in which influences coalesce to form a group identity.
ill-Studio is made up of Léonard Vernhet, Thomas Subreville, Nicolas Malinowsky, Thierry Audurand, Sébastien Michelini, Pierre Dixsaut, Harold Urcun, Artus de Lavilléon, David Luraschi and Fred Mortagne.
www.ill-studio.com
www.justeuneillusion.org
Who is he? Daniel Brereton. What does he do? Draws. Why? For personal reasons. How? With pens, felt tips, card, paint. Whereabouts? London, and anywhere else if given the chance. When? Most of the time. Who for? Bands, record companies, galleries, friends. What’s he like? He’s alright. Is that it? Yes, bye.
Steve Powers (aka ESPO) was born and raised and Philadelphia, then moved to New York City in 1994. After stints as publisher of On the Go Magazine, author of the book The Art Of Getting Over, and full-time graffiti writer, Powers opened his studio in 1998. Since then he has shown at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, The 49th Venice Biennale, The Luggage Store in San Francisco, and had his first museum solo show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 2007. In 2003, he founded the Dreamland Artist Club and partnered with Creative Time to commission over 45 artists to paint signs and rides in Coney Island. Last summer he returned to Coney Island with Creative Time and opened The Waterboard Thrill Ride. As a 2008 Fulbright Scholar, Powers painted a love story in the streets of Dublin and Belfast.
Serge has been screen-printing for T-shirt Monthly for 2 years now and we decided to invite him a second time, for X-Mas! Because one thing is pretty obvious, he is printing so many t-shirts that he will eventually get bored and move on to his creative dreams, like painting letters on billboards and working in New York within two years.
Though one thing is sure: he wants to keep his hands busy and dirty, and will always do it whole-heartedly for T-shirt Monthly.
Melting faces since 1987, here’s Yannick Val Gesto, aka Miruki Tusko, obliged by T-shirt Monthly to spam your eyesight with sadistic violence. He lives and studies in Antwerp. Famous for his colorful moistures and beloved labrador drawings, he helps the poor by donating his artwork to several galleries and collective books. He has been giving massages to lots of interesting people and collectives like Le Dernier Cri, Plintub, Gallery 85, LLCOOLJO, Dennis Tyfus, and Superbutton Records. He also makes music with his elbows and clothes with his girlfriend Shana Teugels.
“The OBEY campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. The first aim of Phenomenology is to reawaken a sense of wonder about one’s environment. The OBEY campaign attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings. Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with OBEY propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewer’s perception and attention to detail. To catalyze a thoughtful dialogue deconstructing the process of image absorption is the ultimate goal. All in the name of fun and observation. The Medium is the Message.” Shepard Fairey
obeygiant.com & obeyclothing.com
fribourg - carrot - january - cold - cardboard - chicken - country - 8 - cheese - bernardo - lust - sausage - cow - paprika potato chips - silkscreen - sex - cat - francis - fruit - sleeping - school - painting - mexico - anatomy - felt pen - bier - sunday - serge - brush - 5 - pig - LR - guitar - chili pepper - sun - eating - tattoo - bienne - working - tongue - funny - beard - goat - black - jesus - steak - back - story - beat - color.
Körner Union was founded in 1999 by Sami Benhadj, Tarik Hayward and Guy Meldem. Körner Union is active in numerous different fields of art and design. Körner Union says : «gather everything, separate everything», and so does the cat with three tongues.