This artist flashlight brings us back to the belly of the map – A.T.L.A.N.T.A. – to shine on the poptastic Greg Mike. New York born and bred, but Tallahassee trained, this artist meshes graphic design, street art, creative, branding, and fashion design to create a style all too collaborative – but inevitably all is unique own.
Justin Blyth has been working in design, motion graphics, print, advertising, art direction and film for the good part of 10 years. It’s no wonder the Los Angeles born, Amsterdam based designer’s style is so strong, even when bouncing from clients as diverse as Nike, Playstation, and Flaunt Magazine, he still manages to maintain his signature aesthetic.
From the creative mind behind Art Nouveau, comes a new art statement. But this time its wearable. GREATeclectic embarks upon another adventure that will appeal to the artist in you. There’s nothing cooler than being cool, and now you can become an art collector.
In this entry of our new Poptimism series, 30-year-old artist and designer Jesse Harris tells a story about his current situation to himself five-years-ago.
Jeremy Fish is a modern day Griot. Instead of West Africa, his storytelling stomping grounds are cities across the world where you can almost always find someone wearing a t-shirt he’s designed.
There are two types of people in this world, the way I see it. There’s people who were born free and naked, and people who were born naked. I was born naked; my freedom wasn’t found until I was conscious of clothes. The admiration I have for the clothes is a bit embarrassing, really. It’s seen as silly because clothes are on surface created by our ancestors to keep us warm, right? So, anything more than that is probably frivolous first world concerns that I probably shouldn’t waste my time on.
We encounter madness on a daily basis, hopeful that clarity will soon emerge. The veil between us and the rest leaves us isolated and our vision, cloudy. It’s a funny thing when we slightly alter our perception and come to the realization that the rest is merely an extension of ourselves.
Let it be known that routine is overrated and misinterpreted to be a means of normalcy, which in turn categorizes us all the same. Sooner than later, the societal robotic regimen need be ceased. When that day comes, if ever, we can all join Oscar Llorens on a pilgrimage to the perpetual playground.
WisdomTooth likes to build stuff. And judging from this sparse website, which offers no information on the artist or his art, we can just gather that building or creating is all the artist does. Despite these shortcomings the work submitted was clever and visually stimulating enough to post, and what more can I ask for as an editor? Well there’s more, but I digress. The self taught designer from Cape Town, South Africa has work to admire. Take a closer look at more of WisdomTooth’s work below.
“Our place does not have phone or internet.” Judging by this comment from visual artist Ted Coconis, it’s understandable if you’ve concluded that he has either retreated into Amish country or fallen into one hell of a time warp. From his secluded studio in a beautifully bucolic stretch of Maine, the prolific and influential illustrator laughs incredulously at the idea of being tethered to technology past and present. “We’re solar powered, so there’s no traditional electricity available. No cell reception anywhere near either, so we’re basically incommunicado.” While the thought of being unable to access social networking platforms like Twitter or Facebook for more than an hour would equate to torture for many, this is splendid solitude to 84-year-old Coconis. “I deal with the outside world when I go to town every few days. It’s a bit of a nuisance for others, maybe, but it suits me just fine.”
