New release from the Japanese kings of new school art books, GAS. This one spotlights both the art/man-wife team Perks And Mini (aka PAM) and the one man show Fergadelic. Both are probably most famous for their work for clothing lines like...
expand review Silas and Tonite, but of course thatÌs only a small morsel of their worlds. Like the other Gas books, this one documents their careers in a semi-serious fashion: small interview and q&a followed by neatly formatted examples of their work in different mediums. For PAM this includes their clothing line, PAM toys, PAM books, graphic design & magazine work, and fine art. For Ferg this includes a looser structure that includes 8 pages of insane pen & ink drawings from his sketchbooks, tattoos, logo design, t-shirts, etc. This is a really good one. -the mgmnt
Gas Book #16 features a retrospective on the work thus far of Lodown magazine creator Marok. It's an intense bombardment of visuals from the magazine, his personal artwork, and freelance projects for companies like Stussy, Supreme, etc. 63 pages, hardcover. Imported from...
expand review Japan. Recommended. -mgmnt
DVD edition of Marok's "Superlo8 Chronicles 1996-2000," originally released as a Lodown VHS, now resurrected by Gas onto the digital format. In addition to the original video, Gas has compiled several Lodown spots: Carhartt commercial video spot, videopart for lodown.tv, city acrobats...
expand review video, Futura vs. Marok loop, UMD clothing spot, and a small Marok interview. The video plays exactly like the magazine, a thick, seductive stew of graphics, board sports, graf, and music. The bonus material follows a similar line of style of quality, no slacking here. This is as kool as video gets. Includes small fold out poster. Recommended. Approximately 45 minutes. -mgmnt