I was asked by designer Antonio Acala of Studio A to create a piece illustrating a quote from "To Kill a Mockingbird" to hang alongside photographs of the American South by Rob McDonald for his show Native Ground at the Athenaeum Gallery. The show runs until August 5, 2012.
Other artists include: John Foster, Carolyn Sewell, Polygraph, Matt Wahl, Jason Gottlieb, Scout, David Whitmore, Francheska Guerrero and Gerry Greaney!
Illustration for the New York Times Opinion Pages. Art Direction by Alexandra Zsigmond. Read the article online here.
Here's my poster created for The Fillmore Silver Spring for the punk band Refused. The show is tonight with special guests OFF! Details here: http://fillmoresilverspring.com/
130 artists were asked to select any single piece from the over 15,000 works in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection and create their own version with restricted dimensions. Here's my piece for the show. 9x12, collage and acrylic on panel with raw steel frame.
The show is curated by Edward del Rosario and Jordin Isip and runs from July 12-August 4, 2012. Opening Reception on Thursday, July 12, 6-8pm, and features the work of the following artists:
Martin Adolfsson, Jose Arenas, Kim Beck, Melinda Beck, Polly Becker, Gregory Benton, Patrick Berran, Ben Bois, Kelie Bowman, Clayton Brothers, Calef Brown, Pam Butler, William Buzzell, Amy Chan, Wendy Chisholm, Hyemi Cho, Ludmilla Corcova, Louie Cordero, Paul Corio, Anthony Cudahy, Carl D’Alvia, Daniel Davidson, Cecilia de Corral, Edward del Rosario, Donna Dodson, Leslie Donaldson, Joel Dugan, Benjamin Edwards, Ursula Endlicher, Chris Feczko, Mary Flanagan, AJ Fosik, James Benjamin Franklin, James Gallagher, Brenda Garand, John Garcia, Sandra Gibson, Matt Haber, Jackie Hahn, Joseph Hart, Hunter Heckroth, Jason Holley, Hadley Holliday, Kenichi Hoshine, Jim Houser, Liz Hur, Mala Iqbal, Jordin Isip, Rich Jacobs, Susan Jamison, Frances Jetter, Masuko Jo, Duncan Johnson, Jugular, Jen Karady, Nina Katchadourian, Misaki Kawai, Hiroshi Kimura, Fay Ku, Hiro Kurata, Margaret Lanzetta, Cat Lauigan, Su kyung Lee, Rob Leecock, Matt Leines, Rachel Levit, Elissa Levy, Mon Li, Melissa Ling, Patte Loper, Marci MacGuffie, Amy Mahnick, Jane Mai, Melissa McGill, Taylor McKimens, Bronwyn Minton, Sarah Moseley, Kris Mukai, Erin Murray, Rob Nadeau, Tom Ngo, Stephen Nguyen, Rachel Owens, David Packer, Mu Pan, Chang Park, Soo Sunny Park, Maritsa Patrinos, Bruno Perillo, Chelsey Pettyjohn, David Plunkert, Jason Polan, Garrett Pruter, Jeff Quinn, Monica Ramos, Luis Recoder, Geoff Rockwell, Les Rogers, Gina Ruggeri, Stanley Ruiz, Jackie Saccoccio, Hazel Lee Santino, Bruce Schiefelbein, Kristen Schiele, Anna Sea, Paula Searing, Betsy Lin Seder, Randall Sellers, Kiriko Shirobayashi, Andrew Smenos, Rodger Stevens, Sto, Maribel Tapia, Mark Todd, Justin Valdes, Nichole van Beek, William van Roden, Dominique Vitali, Roxie Vizcarra, Marie von Heyl, Esther Pearl Watson, Sanders Watson, David Weeks, Emily Weiner, Eric White, Robin Williams, Karla Wozniak, Clifford Wun, Julee Yoo, Bill Zindel and Arthur Zomby.
You can visit the Nancy Margolis Gallery online for more details.
Illustration for the article "The Dark Side of Happiness" written by June Gruber. AD: Michael Hogue. Read the article online here.
Cover art for NYU School of Medicine: "Roaming Water Molecules: New Insights into Cancer". Art Direction by Johanna Savad. Read more here
Here's the latest poster for Baltimore's Theatre Project. "A Fierce Longing", written by John Schneider and directed by John C. Wilson, is based on the life of Nobel-nominated, Japanese novelist and playwright Yukio Mishima. The play runs June 1-9. You can find out more here.
Cover art for Bill Clinton's review of Robert Caro's LBJ biography "The Passage of Power." Art directed by Nicholas Blechman. You can read the article online here.
Illustration for the article "Up and Down: Fear of Investing Overseas" for the Wall Street Journal. Art Directed by Orlie Kraus.
My illustration for the article "Are Daggers Out Between Consultants and Asset Managers?", which you can read here. AD: Soojin Buzelli
Here are four Illustrations created for Stanford Medicine Magazine, Spring 2012 issue. AD: Dennis McLeod / David Armario Design.
Clockwise from upper left: Hit Record: Research to Explain Concussions, Joint Discovery, Historic Trial Halted, & Computing Cancer. Read the articles online here.
My illustration for Berkeley-Haas Magazine on the article "How Fear Affects Investing" features some classic horror villains. See the new layouts of the magazine here by Pentagram's DJ Stout and Stu Taylor.
I did this illustration for the New York Times Sunday Review: Taxmageddon! For Art Director Aviva Michaelov. Written by David Leonhardt. Check out the article online right here.
Illustration about the genes that make conservatives attractive to each other. It's in the March issue of Playboy for the article "The Weird World of Politics" written by Neal Gabler. AD: Cristela Tschumy.
The latest Theatre Project poster for Iron Crow Theatre Company's production of "The Soldier Dreams".
Printed 2 color offset on cream cover stock.
Here's my illustration for Runner's World April Issue. You can read the article online right here.
I made this pair of illustrations for the article "Unsafe at Any Exposure?", which you can read online right here.
Illustration for the feature "A Path Back to Competitiveness". Check out the article online here.
Happy Monday, everyone. We're very happy to announce the launch of our newly redesigned Spur Stor. We've also added a new series of Woodcut Prints by Dave Plunkert: The Galactic Head series. Check it out, and take advantage of free shipping in the United States.
I'm proud to announce that I was recently accepted as a member of the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale. You can view my member page here.
A brief history:
In the 1940s, commercial artists, mural makers, typographers, printmakers, art directors, illustrators and poster designers increasingly realised their common bonds, and the modern profession of graphic design began to be defined. In 1951, five graphic artists - two Swiss and three French - decided to formalise their relationship into some sort of association. Their idea was simply to share common interests and friendships across national and cultural borders.
It was a notion that soon attracted leading exponents of the graphic arts from elsewhere in Europe and in the USA. In 1952 the Alliance Graphique Internationale was incorporated in Paris with 65 members from 10 countries. The first AGI exhibition was held in Paris in 1955 and in 1969 the headquarters moved from Paris to Zurich. Student seminars were introduced in 1979 and the first Young Professional AGI Congress was held in London in 1994.
An explosion of global communications is changing the world. Powered by media like television and the internet, a common visual language is forming as symbols and images become the world's universal vernacular. The original members of the AGI were responsible for creating many elements of this new language. As the world turns, their successors - exponents of the traditional and the new media - are becoming members of the AGI themselves. Today there are around 370 from Africa, America, Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe - 32 countries in all.
Membership of the AGI requires reputation and achievement of the highest order and commitment to the processes of visual learning and perception, unfettered by cultural differences. The AGI remains dedicated to the universal aspect of graphic design as a means of communication and information, and its ideals remain relevant to the new world of visual literacy which its members have helped to bring about.
Saul Bass at the 1981 AGI Congress in Prague:
