Kev Grey's New Book
Kev Grey has just released a new book of a selection of his artwork to date which includes examples of his black and white drawings/illustrations that have been featured in his various solo and group shows, plus his murals and work for other people such as skate graphics, record covers and the guitar he designed for The Cure's Porl Thompson. And the introduction to the book was written by me!
It's packed full of great images and is a bargain £7 (+ P&P) and is available direct from his website www.kevgrey.com. For a few more photos of the book and the full press release click 'continue reading' below.
Loads more pics of the book on Kev's Blog at: http://www.kevgrey.blogspot.com
Title: Kev Grey
Published by: Gamblers Grin
Introduction by: Jo Waterhouse (author of Concrete to Canvas)
Release Date: March, 2009
Dimensions: 21x14.8cm
Black & White
64 pages
The self titled ‘Kev Grey’ is the first book dedicated to the artwork of this British artist. It showcases a selection of Kev’s hand drawn illustrations, the majority of which featured are his original black ink drawings which were initially produced to be shown in exhibitions such as his solo shows Rockin’ Bones, Everlasting Arms and Swallow This! (which all took place within the U.K.) and the group shows Bestial (Barcelona) and Lost & Found (Australia), to name a few.
Also in the book we see a selection of commercial work including commissions for the Download Festival in 2005, The Cure’s Porl Thompson’s signature guitar manufactured by Schecter Guitars, Skateboard artwork for Liverpool’s now defunct East Skateboards and record covers including the 7” sleeve design for hardcore band Walk the Plank. We also see examples of his drawings being used as poster, T-shirt and tattoo designs, his graffiti and commissioned murals, plus the bulk of fanzines self-published by Kev between 2000-2006.
A brief history of the 30 year old artist is that he started making fanzines of his drawings and comic strips in 1994 with the intention of becoming a comic book artist, started writing graffiti in 1995, gave up on pursuing a career as a comic artist in 1999, which was also the year he started copying tattoo flash by tattoo artists such as Bert Grimm, Owen Jenson, Leonard ‘Stoney’ St. Clair and Sailor Jerry Collins and fused that with his comic book influences, which ranged from the psychedelic underground comix from the 1960’s, horror comics from the 1950’s - 1980’s, and the independent British comic artists from the 1990’s.
Kev Grey will be available to buy at www.kevgrey.com from February 2009 and will also be available in selected bookshops.
ISBN: 978-0-9561709-0-3
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