Interview with GreatEclectic

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Interview with GreatEclectic

As an artist: GreatEclectic blends the most abstractly familiar elements of life – love, envy, wealth, wrath, perception, desire, greed, necessity, lust, identity, indulgence, ideals, ego, morals, said bankruptcy, and fears – with the rawest veneer of famous faces. His pieces are pastiches – whole in-and-of themselves but even more so in context of one another. Pop & Politics are alive and well-contented bedfellows in this world. The personal space stands as the pre-eminent public place of judgment. Shadows dance in rigid rhythmic formation with neon strobes. The entire world coalesces into a kaleidoscopic cultural landscape… where we are presented with our own selves from before the mass-mediated mirror of Pop life. His art lives, loves, laughs, lauds, lambastes, legislates, and promulgates on behalf of true Pop. It unravels the American tapestry because we were wound too tightly; it dims the lights because they blind so brightly; it hearkens to the dawn though it heralds nightly; and all it takes is a liberated lid to refresh the mind and see what I see: if you want to see a sad boy shine – pay him; if you want to see a sad boy smile – pay attention. (Words by Swiper Bootz)

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Interview with Yann Couedor

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Interview with Yann Couedor

Before being an artist, Yann Couedor is a great music lover and collector. This is mainly where he draws his inspiration from, although he is particularly fascinated by other fields such as movies and pop art. This is what led him to represent on its own way artists and personalities that have marked him. He paints with acrylic and likes to compose with collage. His initial idea being to stick authentic elements in relation with the character he chooses to paint ( newspaper articles , vinyl records cover, photos, CD etc purchased at auctions). In 2013, he published his first book  » Lissen2myART  » published by Indeez . A book that exposes his works, and traces eight-year of his career starting from its beginnings in 2004 until 2012. Through perseverance in communicating about his work, he made the fateful encounters that will lead him to exhibit his artwork in France and abroad.

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Interview with Jason Edmiston

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Interview with Jason Edmiston

Jason Edmiston is a commercial illustrator since 1996, he  has created work for advertising, editorial, packaging and book publishing clients internationally. He is a traditional artist, painting in acrylic on watercolour paper or wood panel. His style ranges from realism to exaggeration, usually emphasizing the figure, and a certain degree of humour or caricature. Jason is often asked to emulate a specific genre of illustration, such as movie posters, pulp covers or retro style advertising. His fondness for pop culture, especially movies and toys often creep into his work.

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Interview with Esteban Del Valle

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Interview with Esteban Del Valle

Esteban del Valle is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Esteban has produced murals throughout various parts of the USA, such as New York, NY, Chicago, IL, San Antonio, TX, and Kansas City, MO, Spartanburg, SC, and Provincetown, MA. He has been in numerous publications and his mural work has been featured on HGTV, NY1 News, News 12 Brooklyn, and the New York Times. Esteban has also been a part of various exhibitions including Pulso: Art of the Americas at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI, EMPIRIA at Superchief Gallery In New York, NY, the 2009 New Insight exhibition at Art Chicago, and the East/West 2009: Emerging Artist Exchange at the CoCA in Seattle. In 2009, while at the Hub-Bub residency in Spartanburg South Carolina, Esteban collaborated with the Spartanburg city ballet to create their fall production. In 2010, Esteban was both a writer in resident at ISLAND in Michigan and a visual artist in residence at the Djerassi Program in California. In 2011, Esteban worked in Los Angeles designing a set for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection Filly Brown and was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Most recently, he has completed a 7-month fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA.

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