A lot has been going on but I've had time to make plenty of discoveries.
Here's one of the best: Matt W. Moore
(Twitter)
This guy is a modern art genius. His style is a distinct psychedelic structural explosion of colors. He is not strictly a street artist but his roots in unique graffiti are evident in all of his work.
I was drawn to him because he has designed advertisements and/or patterns for big-name companies like Ray-ban, Almond Surfboards, Telecaster Guitars, Gravis Footwear, K2 snowboards, the Ford Fiesta, and Momentum Bicycles.
He has also designed covers for the Microsoft Zune; and has designed Google Chrome templates.
If he's working with these guys, he must be doing pretty well.
This is a video of him creating a Ray-ban advertisement. Awesome.
"Huh, this blog has really not been keeping up with it's name"
If you're thinking the same thing, think again,
That...is what I'm talking about.
His work is chaotically organized.
It's all simple shapes and flat colors, but they go crazy and POW!
I've never seen stuff like his. There are no messages or political outcries or iconic figures. Just pure wall excitement.
His studio is based in Portland Maine. He says that he models his work off his coined style "Vectorfunk" mmm Funky. A book, Vectorfunk, was published, and is filled with his collection of "abstract vector graphics".
The more I read about this guy, the more I like him.
I find Rorschach inkblot tests beautiful. And he has sections of the book devoted to his own interpretation of these designs. Beautifully funky.
All this funkiness reminds me...MWM (Matt W. Moore) looks like MMW (Medeski Martin and Wood). They're a very funky trio, and you should check them out if you haven't already.
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