Agent X identifies himself as the "Afro-American Edward Scissorhands," and an "agent of the unknown," in as much as he pays homage to "early American history, where many black slaves last names were provided the last name X. I honour them also," albeit "I am a slave to my art inside a twisted way." He was raised in Louisville, K.Y, Vancouver, New Haven and Atlanta, beginning his art background in college and furthered in the Art Institute of Vancouver. "What led me to this point is a present from God to make, plus collectors and individuals thankfully liking my artwork." Drawing on pop culture for inspiration, he tells us he loves the work of "Romare Bearden, Andy Warol, Bansky, Takashi Murakami, Dondi, Jacques Villegle, Damien Hirst and Syd Mead" as most of these artists "invoke a sense of social commentary, unique artistry, Futurism and commercialism." Nevertheless, there's a strong sense of individuality in attempting to create a distinctive style, "art indicates expression. I look at artists from the past and present but attempt to not be influenced by them a lot. I grew up where copying somebody else's style was a Sin. Educate your self with the very best art and like meals, you are what you eat."
Futurism, history, politics and music are the core themes explored, telling us "my artwork is like the movie Cloud Atlas. It has to look back to appear very forward." Influenced by pop culture in the 1920s towards the present, the multimedia functions incorporate iconic imagery from genre magazines in the past eighty years. The work entitled Osmosis Entitlement "deals with wealth, beauty, religion and chaos. How humans are sliced and visualised for an osmosis of vanity. The entitlement is passed down to every human generation no matter how chaotic, thus the background. This piece has Pepto Bismol dripping in it," displaying an aversion to such such entitlement.
The work is abstract but has an underlying which means, whether or not political or social, its about "how society is viewed, sometimes political, how the poor get fucked over or vice versa. Politics can mean many things." London Pound refers to the British economy and fashion, "he is inside a faded suit, faded by the day to day grind, but features a head of a Tiger, Lion, Panther in the financial jungle. She is is styled towards the nine. The paint dripping is the climate. Colours bland, muted by status." In FireAnt, the work is abstracted additional, "pure Abstract like Q tip and Pollock."
G.B.S "is a joke on me," he says, "that's me on a Saturday night when I was 15. Going out and preparing parties, in my Star Trek teleport , Moving time and space, heaven and Earth for me and my crew! On my Funkmaster Flex exclusive Johnny Depp after hours shit. The scrabble game of the Nightlife." 1 of the much more favourite pieces he has done is KINGZ. There's reference to ancient Egyptian history, mixing "Afro American Heroes of mine. Hieroglyphics and Graffiti." There is also a strong musical influence, "I think music impacts all society as it brings us all with each other. I can live anyplace on the planet and know about a culture's music with one click. All my buddies are into music, rapping, producing, DJ's, spoken word. If you did not do something you weren't down." He presently is listening to "Oddfuture, A$AP Rocky, Jeff Mills(Techno), Beatminerz radio, House DJ's and Drum&Bass (Goldie,Grooverider,) plus anything electronic, Jazz and 80s and 90s rock and alternative." Like his work, the stimuli is diverse.
The work he says is "always spontaneous with extreme execution," with every work dependent on "how I really feel and what statement I want to make or not. I'll make pieces like 'Golden Girlz' or 'Ice Cream' as they're like my Norman Rockwell kind of artworks or some thing like '2320' with a Sim card, steel wool, Memory card reader, key chain, watercolour, oil and magazine clippings. I by no means make the same factor twice." His exhibition at SoHo Gallery for Digital Art "has been very well received and I have shown my artwork there for each show since early 2012. Susannah Perlman and John Ordover are awesome and I am very grateful to possess a home in New York to show my artwork." His artwork in the end is a creative outlet for his thoughts, thanking God for "creating so numerous things with so many various shapes, colours, thoughts" and his parents, who he calls his true heroes, "so much exposure to greatness." 2013 and beyond will see him appear to "have a place for my artwork in England, Japan, Europe and more. Plus do some Fashion and perhaps music also. Grindin."
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