By admin on Apr 16, 2010 in POSTER ART
EMEK
How do you score a gig as official artist with one of the greatest rock festivals under the 49th? According to EMEK, the artist responsible for the legendary posters behind Coachella, harassment is the key. “They said they were looking for years for an artist that was good enough for their event, that, and I was the only artist who slept in their doorway.” Crazed, psychotic stalker behaviour may be one way of hitting it big, but it’s hard to imagine that EMEK would have gained notoriety as one of the best living rock poster artists were his images not the intricately drawn psychedelic trips that they are. He also raised a hell of a lot of money (over 30k!) for Haiti. Talented and a do-gooder! Plus he has an art book coming out this year. If we didn’t like him so much, we’d hate his guts.
