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Gallery 33 will soon be hosting multiple Eisner nominee and "one-man-comic-creating-machine" Brandon Graham, in an "open-studio" style exhibition and celebrating the world premiere of his new PictureBox book: Walrus. A limited number of signed copies of the book are available at the gallery before the official book launch end of June. Brandon will be in the space interacting with visitors, immediately putting what he creates on the gallery's walls and windows.
Next to the Walrus book Brandon will have drawings and pages for sale and we will also have a selection of his other recent books and exclusive merch available to purchase.
The show will run from June 12th till July 5th at Gallery 33, Pazzanistraat 33, 1014 DB, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.
Public book launch event and show opening: June 14, 17:30 - 22:00
Catch Brandon working in the space: June 12 - 14 & June 16 - 18 from 14:00 - 18:00
Saturday, June 15th Brandon will be signing at the American Book Center Amsterdam at 15:00
Brandon will also provide a featured set to Kuvva, the simple wallpaper image gallery for your Mac and iPhone, in conjunction with the exhibition.
About Walrus
A handbook to the visual and verbal universe of Brandon Graham, of King City, Prophet and Multiple Warheads fame. Graham has developed a punning, humorous and sexy universe of machines, logos, women, and bumbling men, all cast in an alternate Sci-Fi universe. Walrus, Graham's first art book, collects drawings and sketchbook comics spanning 2009-2012, and allows readers a glimpse into his creative process and obsessions. Here we get a glimpse of everything: from the puttering pace of domestic life to high energy drawing riffs to homages of cult comic book characters. Walrus will be the definitive guide to the Graham-verse.
Here’s what Brandon himself says about the content of the sketchbook:
“I like the idea that a reader would get a version of the artist through the work that’s them at their most unguarded and comfortable - alone at their desk doing what they love to do. Ideally, them at their most them.”
“There’s a lot of drawings in here that me and my misses, Marian did of each other. She says my self portraits don’t look like me - but that’s what my soul looks like baaaby.”
About a commissioned piece printed in the book:
“In coloring it I was really hoping the guy who I was tasked to draw was the kind of dude who would wear a pink blazer. The world is divided into people who wear pink blazers and those who don’t. I’m not the former type, but for the sake of my color scheme - I’m glad he was.”
About Brandon Graham
Brandon Graham was born in December of 1976, the grandson of pin-up artist Bill Randall. He grew up in Seattle around a lot of graffiti and comics. Deciding at a young age that his time was better spent drawing comics rather than going to school he managed to get his first comic published at the age of 19. He’s been honing his craft ever since.
He lives in Vancouver BC, with his partner Marian Churchland (author of Image comic Beast), where he spends his days creating comics. He divides his time between his own series Multiple Warheads and writing and occasionally drawing for the Image series Prophet.
Graham spearheads a new generation of comic creators who exist parallel to the big, superhero focussed North American comic book industry. His style is hard to pinpoint but is clearly influenced by European and Japanese comics first and alternative North American comics second. This shows in his sublime worldbuilding, dense storytelling and clear, deliberate lines as well as his surprising use of colour.
He has been nominated for five Eisner awards in 2013 for his work on Prophet, his book King City, his Multiple Warheads series and finally for the covers he’s produced for those last two as well as for the critically acclaimed Elephantmen series.
His blog reads as a map of his interests and acts as a portal into a world filled with cool comics you never knew existed.
Gallery 33
Gallery 33 is a creative space built in an old factory located in the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam. The building is a hybrid work and exhibition location that houses Gallery 33 and Present Plus. Present Plus is a digital culture agency that creates videos, products, technology, and stories. The Present Plus team built WeTransfer, Kuvva, and One Minute Wonders. Gallery 33, the offline vision of Present Plus, is dedicated to interactivity, accessibility and innovation.
The show will run from June 12th till July 5th at Gallery 33, Pazzanistraat 33, 1014 DB, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.
Stay tuned via the Gallery 33 website for future announcements.
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