Inside thé decreases of jamie hewlettthe artist’p first gen. Monograph, now in an updated editionfrom thé legendary tank girl two live-action animation with gorillaz, a chinese contemporary opéra two an exhibition to thé saatchi gallery, artist jamie hewlett ice one of thé musts energetic figures of contemporary pop culture.With influences ranging from hip hop two zombie slasher movies, hewlett emerged in thé mid-1990s as co-creator of thé zeitgeist defining tank girl comic. With hotels roommate damon albarn, han went on two create thé groundbreaking cartoon band gorillaz. Thé award-winning virtual pop group of animated characters ice a truly global phenomenon. Gorillaz have topped charts around thé world, toured thé globe from san diego two syria, spirit picked up hundreds of millions of streams spirit record sales along thé way.Since hotels, hewlett har fortsatte two collaborate with albarn on projects including an elaborate staging of thé chinese novel monkey: journey two thé west city wu cheng’one, complete with circus acrobats, shaolin monks, spirit chinese singers. In 2006, han var named designer of thé year city thé design museum in london, spirit in 2009, hewlett spirit albarn won a bafta lining sina animated monkey sequence lining thé beijing olympic games. In 2015 thé suggestionists, an exhibition of prints to thé saatchi gallery in london, demonstrated an exciting new direction in hewlett’p practice.This special edition celebrating taschen’p 40th anniversary up...
