This is what makes me happy.ĭescribed as naïve and scratchy, his illustrative style received so many attentions which allowed him to move to gallery spaces and thus focus on different techniques and approaches, as drawing, painting, sharp metal masks, felt installations, and sculptures. If it all goes away, I’ll still be doing this. I didn’t know this would happen, all the mags and galleries. For one of his numerous interviews, on the question about his fame and position in street culture, he said that he just goes with the flow: His street art is characterized by his “neck faced” creatures with the jagged teeth and pointed ears. Besides being an artist, he is also an avid skateboarder and, in accordance with this passion, an art director at Baker Skateboards which has a collaboration with a number of famous brands such as Vans, Stussy, and Altamont Apparel. After becoming more experienced, he painted in San Francisco and soon decided to move to New York, where he attended School of Visual Arts (SVA) in Manhattan, for two years before dropping out. He became known for his self-made stickers on the public objects. His street artist’s career began during his junior year in high school when he started tagging walls of his hometown. As a child, he liked to read his grandmother’s collection of snuff magazines which had the pages with photos of the dead people that helped him to build an opinion of death as entertainment from his early age. Neck Face was born in 1984 in Stockton, California. Neck Face - No Mercy for the Weak Exhibition, Installation view - Image via Recognizable for his characteristic style that can be seen throughout numerous cities, Neck Face also managed to occupy the gallery spaces. Pointing out that he enjoys watching people laugh at his violent pieces and then look around and wonder if it’s wrong to laugh at it, this anonymous graffiti artist, often likened to Jean-Michel Basquiat, creates violent, bloody, scratchy images whose aesthetic rests on a distinctive mixture of heavy metal and latrinalia influences. If you are not sure whether to laugh or be horrified by exaggerated black humor jokes, then Neck Face has fulfilled his mission.
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