This is what Grotesk found on his way to work this morning… Teddy Pendergrass! Brooklyn has great trash.
A gold mine of a trash find
September 1st, 2010Soundclash drawings, by Grotesk
August 25th, 2010
Four illustrations that Grotesk did 6 month ago as a tribute to Wilfred Limonious… the originals that ended up on tee shirts with Upper Playground.
The newest lettering tool, circa 1975
August 24th, 2010
Grotesk found these pages from a 1975 hand lettering and sign painting book that he found upstate last week… amazing, classic stuff…
Tags: 1975, book, Grotesk, hand lettering, sign painting
Burn Ignite “Ride”
August 16th, 2010Burn Ignite :: Ride :: feat Steve Berra (OFFICIAL HD) from Burn Ignite on Vimeo.
Grotesk just posted this video on his blog… the film features Steve Berra (The Berrics) where he joins Mexican skaters Jesus Gonzalez, Eder Martinez, Mario Saenz, Angel Santiago and American Luis Tolentino for this Burn Ignite film, shot on location in Mexico City.
This film was created alongside two short-form documentaries, one featuring Jess Kimura and the all girl hardcore snowboarding film collective Peep Show, the other is a portrait that celebrates the electric lyrics and gritty beat artistry of rapper/poet Julius Wright, aka Lyrical God.
Grotesk’s Reggae and Dancehall Capsule Collection
August 12th, 2010
Upper Playground is releasing a line of four new high-quality Reggae and Dancehall inspired T-shirts designed by the artist Grotesk.
As evidenced by his artistic style, Grotesk became heavily influenced by Reggae and Dancehall music when he was a late teen in Geneva, Switzerland; and while looking through his friend’s record collections of this genre, discovered the album artwork of Wilfred Limonious. Wilfred’s work has graced the covers of countless albums and as Grotesk puts it, “symbolizes to Dancehall what the Ultimate Breaks & Beats covers are for Hip Hop.” More recently, while tracking down Reggae albums in Brooklyn, Grotesk found the “Stalag 17-18 and 19” collection that Wilfred designed, and immediately decided to create a collection of graphics in posthumous respect to his body of work. The result is these four t-shirts, made as a visual souvenir by Grotesk about the music and art that he grew up on. All four t-shirts are available at Upper Playground retail locations and online at the Upper Playground web store. (MORE PICTURES AFTER THE JUMP)
Tags: apparel, Clothing, Dancehall, Grotesk, Printed Tee, reggae, Stalag 17 18 19, t-shirt, tee, Wilfred Limonious
A New York minute with Grotesk x 5 Disappointing Moments from Darcel
August 2nd, 2010
This is pretty cool, we saw this on Juxtapoz, Grotesk and Darcel, and from what we read, “Darcel does monthly collaborations with a range of artist and designers.” And this month, he is hanging out doing stuff with good UP friend and graphic designer, Grotesk.
Past and present and everything in between
July 26th, 2010
As Grotesk says, “Things don’t change…” a nice TV Guide cover from 1981.
