Those words from community horror fans’ columnist idol Joe Bob Briggs that we grabbed in his well spotted Grapevine reviews of Kent Steine’s work resonate even stronger today.
If it is true that this century of formatting and dumbing down produces virtually no original works and, as for culture, boils down to quickly disposable and tasteless pieces of “art” for the greatest number, it is also true that never at this point creators, the genuine ones the ones who are powerful in their art, took over in the hearts of their fans and those who now discover them. Creation is an act of perpetual renewal and knows no end artists who are born are inspired by those who preceded them, then inspire new ones... When the mechanism jams when predecessors are ignored and the technique is put aside creativity which is a sum of culture and knowledge- simply vanishes…
Art, at least the one that capitalism offers” us, has then no role to play The audiences lose interest... up to a point... because as it can be seen now there is a popular groundswell of support for the great and true artists whose knowledge and technical skills produce works that were missing and are acclaimed again The community of the counterculture is the first to take strong positions to defend the interests of artists and step into the breach to resuscitate works that remain unmatched. The Iconic artists of our time are the independent ones the ones we never ceased to deeply love, the ones who were inspired by the best ones and worked hard to offer magic.
There are very few artists like Kent Steine and meeting artists at his level in a life is rare His workswhether they are illustrations for movies, comic books, book covers magazines etc have toured the world and known an incredible passion because of their excellence, the fantasies and the beauty they invoke. Kent Steine’s work is a work of incredible intensity which speaks of a reality better than reality, infuses the ineffable where already reigns the mystery sublimates the female body to sing its beauty His work is moving exciting it's an ode to the grace and spirituality. As can be read in his works Kent Steine is not only a great artist he is a great man generous, respectful humble, with a rare inner beauty We had offered him a far too brief tribute in CREATORS UNITE MAGAZINE 07 HE RT SSUE and we decided to bring you here a retrospective of his most famous works to make you dream more, dream hard, without limits. This second book of the TREME COLLECTION offers you to discover therefore 3 series of handpicked works by Kent Steine The first series of his works is devoted to his 'Hollywood Glamour' illustrations, the second series to his 'Pin up' paintings and the third one to his works inspired by the 'Pop Culture' Enter Kent Steine’s world, watch dream it is truly unique.
Brandi Ledford ] Actress Brandi Ledford was considered for the second series of Hollywood Glamour images.
[The Iranian Incident] Along with a number of conceptual sketches, The Iranian Incident was produced for a trading card set titled, Saucer People .
KENT STEINE Deluxe Art Book
