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Doug
Aldrich was born the butt end of a litter of boys in Syracuse, NY, where he fed off the energy of 80’s testosterone-buzzing action hero movies and saturday morning cartoons. As a kid, he gravitated towards art thanks to cereal boxes, Thrasher magazine and then, eventually punk rock music. After drawing all over his skateboards, walls and furniture, he decided to go to art school slipping into Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, despite having no formal art background. Following 4 years of progression, mental drainage and formulating a style reflective of his early childhood, he graduated as a professional artist. With a formal education under his belt, the world seemed to dismiss his aggressive edge towards illustration. Taking a sheltered and naive society head-on, he continues to expose the cruel cesspool of destruction known as mankind creating work that makes him laugh, and hopefully others. Using bold, confident linework and graphic colors, his work brings energy to some of the most bloodsucking aspects of consumerism and mainstream culture in a satiric yet honest fashion. A hand-drawn aesthetic breaks the barrier of a world restrained by computer technology and maybe even aliens. His work has been featured in magazines such as The Deal, GD USA, and TimeOut and has made its way onto walls of clubs, galleries, offices, and several restaurants sprawled between NYC and Syracuse.
When did you decide you wanted to pursue art as a career? I guess around 16. I was planning on going to school for engineering/architecture until I realized how terrible I was in math. One of my buddies started going to art school and convinced me to apply, so here I am.
Were your parents cool with you wanting to become an artist? Yes and no. My dad was convinced there were no jobs in it so he constantly reminded me we’re in a recession. He was more worried about me getting a “job” but he had to have some belief in me to help me out getting into school. My mom on the other hand really supported what I wanted to do outside of making money and reminded me that she never had any artistic talent. I was always doodling so she just wanted to see me make something out of it.
Where do you go to Find inspiration to create your art? I go to a time capsule and look back on what’s been done so I know how I’m going to do it better. I can’t front though....a lot of my inspiration; I can’t touch. That’s what keeps me working harder.
Were there difficulties emerging as an artist? If so, what were they and how did you overcome them? Too many to list out. Like anything worthwhile, you need to struggle to get ahead. If it came easy, I wouldn’t appreciate what it took to get me where I’m at and everything in between. So I put one foot in front of the other.
Do you do your work solely on the computer or do you physically sketch out your work First? I like drawing and doing things by hand so I only use the computer when I need to.
DC or Marvel?
Got any advice to emerging designers or artists?
Marvel. Work harder.
Favorite childhood cereal? Lucky charms
Are there any homies you wanna give a shout out to?
Future plans or exhibitions?
Shout out to all the homies in the struggle.
There’s gonna be a Group show in Australia Soon.
Respect, respect, word. you got any other things you wanna say before we rap this up? Thanks for the interview! If you want to learn more about Doug check out his website below. You can Find samples of his mural work, illusta tions exhibitions as well as his webstore. and all his contact information.
www.dougaldrichdesign.com
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Here at Nineteen Ninety we dont really have a set criteria we conciously stick to. So this issue we decided to feature one of our favorite artists. We present to you Yayoi Kusama, an 84 year old artist, writer and all around rad ass Japanese woman. Shes been creating art for many years now and still at her old age, pushes the boundries art. Her work usually consists of spuratic placement of dots that manifest into a pattern that makes a larger image.
Yayoi Kusama is also revered for her collage work. Incorperating phtographs of works of art she has created as well as other images she Finds along side intracate patterns and designs. She also well known for her fashion design, working with the likes of Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton and Lancome. Bottom line is this lady is more rad than your girlfriend and shes older than your mom. There is a short, rad documentary on Yayoi that can be found in the link below. http://www.nowness.com/day/2013/6/28/3135/yayoi-kusama-self-obliteration
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Religious
Girls, a rad ass band hailing from the gully of Oakland, is on the come up and is doing awesome things with their lives. Their sound is very unique and quite groundbreaking. This diverse band consists of Luis Gutiérrez on the keyboard, Nicholas Cowman on drums and Christopher Danko also on keyboard.
How would you describe your sound? Hard to describe, experimental electronic pop? “ abrasive, some say ‘primal’
Why the name Religious Girls? cool, dark, sexy~ crazy, sexy, cool~ it actually was an old song title from our early noise project ‘destroy tokyo’ when we decided to take it in a different direction we chose that song title as our new band name~
What influences you as music artists? Everything. pop music, hip hop, edm, trance, house, 90’s music, 2000’s top 40’s, blackmetal techmetal numetal, ukg, 2step, mathrock, ambient, experimental, w/e
With that being said, who is your favorite band or DJ, producer, etc..? Krallice, Tiesto, Burial, Quasimoto, Captain Murphy.
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What’s the best and part about touring?
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Any last words? “WHERE R” - final text
Best: Friends, nu friends, freaks & food. Worst: Becoming freaks, fast food What would you say is the staple for your 90’s experience? Beast wars. Spice girls. 90’s game consoles. Recording late night radio to to cassettes and listening to them.
Childhood heroes or heroines? WEIRD AL, Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, Trent Reznor, Eminem :/ Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan.
Religious Girls are the future but not like George Orwell’s 1984’s future nor the singing ass nigga Future from Hot 97 nor the Future from Eminem’s 8-Mile but definately the future of music none the less. We fucks with them and they have some seriously rad shit lined up for this year and next year. Also if anyone is apart of a vinyl pressing company or knows anyone who works for a vinyl pressing company please contact Religious Girls at rlgsgrls@gmail.com to listen to their tunes visit: www.religiousgirls.bandcamp.com
Zina
Many people think this magazine is one
sided and geared for only one type of audience and honestly we dont know but we do know that Lazarina Nedelcheva is super talented and we decided to feature her amazing work here. Lazarina Nedelcheva, or Zina, is a 27 year old artist from Bulgaria. Her illustrations are very detailed and carry this odd sense of nostalgia with them. Her creatures are very life-like and have an Alice in Wonderland feel to them. Say what you want, the girl has some serious talent. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea but its a dam good cup of tea to us. We decided to interview Ms. Zina and see what she had to say about these wonderful little illustrations.
When did you start creating art?
Did you attend art school? After graduating from an art high school I moved to Sofia, Bulgaria. There I attended the National Art Academy and graduated with a master degree in Graphic arts. There I studied lithography, etching, aquatint, etc. During this time I took part in Erasmus student exchange program (for one semester) in Fine Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, England.
Do you do anything besides your paintings and drawings you have listed on your website? I am working on lots of thing and for now they all include art in them. Beside the drawings and paintings (occasionally) I work on hand made badges and dolls – Bunndolls is what I call them and I make them from scratch.
I’ve been drawing since I was too short to open the door by myself, it has always been something I enjoyed doing.
When was it when you finally found your own style? Honestly I’m still looking for it, but I guess I won’t stop doing it ‘cause I don’t think someone’s found it they should stop looking ‘cause there could be something else that could suit them even better. It won’t be interesting enough to find some way of doing something and actually stay on it and not try to explore other different approaches.
With your work, typically how long does a single piece take from start to finish? When it comes to drawing I’m a slow worker but if I really like what I’m doing and can’t wait to see it done it could take a day, in other cases it’s a few days to a week or even more but it depends on the kind of work really.
What is your most memorable achievement or milestone in your career in art so far? Advice to aspiring artists? Well, I look at my art still as a pretty young creature so I hope there’ll be lots and bigger and more memorable achievements for me in future, but if I should point one now…it’s the most memorable because it was like a month or two ago, I did a collaboration with a Bulgarian Fashion house called Knapp – we made one really cute and a bit of 80’s fashion collection with my “Bunnies series” as prints, which people really loved very much and it was pretty damn good feeling knowing that they appreciate it all. It’s always a great achievement for me when people a enjoying my work.
If you don’t feel like drawing, just rest, find something else to do and come back to your artwork when you have the excitement of doing it. Don’t make it just your job.
Last words? The 1990s really have been great years for a young person to live in.
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OK, what is slurpcult? Slurpcult™ is a life style brand based in sunny California, we say life style because we really dont follow the rules of other categories and because the entire brand is based on our deep devotion for frozen beverages. We officially started on 7/11 of 2012 and have quickly grown our cult following to what it is today. It really all started as a inside joke between friends, we would constantly harass each other about how many frozen drinks we had each day each day trying to compete, then I started the hash tag #slurpcult and in no time we realized not others were joining in, people we didn’t even know. I thought to myself “we might have something cool here” the rest is history.
Slurpcult is pretty mysterious, like there is no set head. I mean there is you the don gawd Slurplord but we rarely/ never see your face. Any particular reason? I have chosen to never reveal my identity for multiple reasons, I never did this for the fame, girls or money. I do this because i truly enjoy creating things that other would be afraid would fail. I’ve never been scared to step out of the box or say fuck the box completely. I don’t want people to like the brand because they like me, they should like it because we make rad stuff. Plus being a secret just makes things fun.
Now why the holy trinity? Why not red white and blue? I’ve always loved neon colors, its weird that kids today are scared to be bright and different. I look at the 80s and early 90s skate scene and see tons of contrast with bright neon color pop, where did it all go? When did people become fucking boring? Our Holy Trinity™ not only represents what a nice mixed frozen beverage looks like but it also gives kids a chance to be bold again.
What was it like building slurpcult from the ground up? It was hard and still is, we don’t have any investors, we don’t have bank loans, we def don’t have mommy and daddy money. Everything we create is with the support we get from customers, members rather. We do almost 100% everything ourselves, from screen printing the tees to sewing on our labels, all the way down to creating our own unique packaging. We have deeply rooted DIY morals that we will never give up no matter how big this grows. What do you think slurpcult’s biggest achievement to date? We just celebrated our 1 year anniversary which for any small business is HUGE, most independent companies fail with in the first year due to a number of issues but we are still here and still growing stronger.
Pitfalls with running your own company? haha being broke all the time, we don’t drive lambos and drink champagne all day.
You believe in aliens? We believe in aliens. Yes! very much so, I love alien shows on tv and any movie about them. Its hard to believe that we would be alone in such a huge space.
Where do you draw inspiration from while creating new slurpcult stuff? A lot of the designs you see Finished are my ideas bounced off of several key people in my life to get opinions and develop the idea itself. Simple and good branding is what I am personally drawn to so I try and create that but with a twist, and of course making fun of pop culture and the industry were in.
When did it hit you “whoa this slurpcult shit is real?” It still hits me everyday, I am so grateful to all the people who have helped out along the way and to all the members who support us everyday by buying our shit.
Plans for the remainder of 2013? Continuing to push the boundaries of whats possible for a independent clothing company, I alway say “Were trying really hard, Not to try really hard” because it takes a lot of hard work to look this relaxed haha
Did you crush on the spice girls? Don’t lie. Who didn’t? Spice Girls were like the badass babes before Amanda Bynes and Miley went kookoo
Respect, which one doe? Like they said “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends” sooo all of them ;) Last Words? STAY FROZEN! WE FUCKS WITH THIS BRAND HARD BODY Support this brand by visiting their shop: www.slurpcult.com
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Adam
Henske aka Burn 353, a 35 year old multimedia artist from Illinois has been creating some wicked art for a while now. He combines new school and old school methods along with elements of graphic design as well as jewelry crafting to create his art. For the last 12 years, Adam has been showcasing his work in galleries in New York, LA, St. Louis, Chicago, Miami and other various cities and states. His work is as original as it gets and still upholds the standard of pop art. A modern day Andy Warhol if you will, minus the gay sex and factory workers. This dude is rad and creates all his work on his own. I’ve been following him for years now and I’m glad he was so down to be interviewed for our publication.
When did you initially start creating art? I have been doing art since before school. I won my kindergarten art show and at that point I knew I wanted to be an artist.
Did you ever go to art school? Yes, I went to college and got my BFA. I majored in Art and Minored in print making.
Where do you get your inspiration from? I get inspiration from all over. However a lot of what inspires me is stuff from skateboarding, car, and motorcycle culture from the past.
Is creating art your full time job? Art is my fulltime job. I design for a large company and have my art in galleries all over the US.
Do You have any artistic heroes or heroines? Artistic heroes to me are Jeff Soto, Jeremy Fish, Jean Michel Basquiat, Walt Disney, Jim Phillips, Ed Roth, and Von Dutch.
Your work consists of layers, correct? Are there any downfalls to this method? Yes, I paint my character on a blank canvas. Then I hand cut the vintage comic strip to fit around the character. It is a lot of cutting and takes tons of razor blades. There are tons of downfalls. I have got the end of a piece and had the clear coat react to the comic strip and destroy all my work. You just have to start all over.
Typically how long does each piece take to make from start to finish? The larger pieces take me about a week of work. Smaller pieces can range from 2 to 6 hours all depends on how much detail I put in.
How do you feel about digital art versus physically creating it with paper and paint? I like digital art in the design process. I love using new techknowledgy to creat art. However you have to physically create in a piece to make it truely unique. I love to mix the two in my pieces.
What is your most memorable event or collaboration in your career as an artist so far? My most memorable event was my first Heavy Hitters show that-
I put on. I brought together over 50 artists from all over the world for one big show in Saint Louis, MO. It was a great turn out and I was very proud of it.
Got any advice to aspiring artists? Yes short and simple advice. No one became a great artist by sitting around and talking about it. Actually make tons of art and if you want people to see it then bust your ass and get it out there for them to see it. It just takes hard work. There are tons of great artists but if they have no drive to get their work seen then most may never see the work.
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By Guy WolkWitz
Hip-Hop music has changed drastically in the last ten to
twenty years. With programs and equipment easily available, it seems that everyone is a rapper or a producer nowadays. Now that things are becoming a little more saturated in the world of hip-hop, it’s important to find new and upcoming acts that are looking to go where no artist has gone before. With that said, it’s time to get familiar with A. Styles and Colin McCabe a duo from New Jersey who’ve been putting in work for a few years now and are gearing up to release their newest mixtape. A. Styles, born Al-Tarik Johnson is originally from Newark, New Jersey but moved to the Poconos in Pennsylvania with his Mother during High School. Around that time in 2008, Al started becoming more involved in music, specifically hip-hop. He met McCabe in 2010 while both working the same job. “Colin knew a girl I was dating and he reached out because he knew I was doing music. I was resistant at first because, you know.. ‘everyones a rapper, everyones a producer’ and I didn’t know how serious he was about it. We closed at the store together one night, he showed me some tracks, invited me over and that was it. I haven’t worked with anyone else since.” Al said in reference to some of his earliest experiences with McCabe. McCabe’s introduction to music differs a little bit from Tarik’s. The twenty-four year old producer started making music after he had to stop skateboarding. With no health insurance and money to pay for medical bills, McCabe decided it was time for a change of pace. “I originally started making trance music. It was really bad. Al showed me some Wiz Khalifa and the kind of instrumentals he was using and we went for that futuristic sound. Then I heard trap music and fell in love with that for about a year. The ‘Good Looks’ song is probably the best trap beat I’ve made so far.” said McCabe. The two got busy working on music right away, drawing influence from artists like Drake and Wiz Khalifa. The two stressed that with hip-hop changing so rapidly, it’s important to look at some of the new up and comers instead of trying to find influences in older hip-hop. “Everybody wants to say they’re influenced by Pac and Biggie, but I look at the new guys.
Music is completely different than the way it was ten or twenty years ago, so I have to look at whats going on now. Drake, he’s two or three years older than me so I wanna look at someone my age who’s already doing it.” said Tarik. But the duo are already busy doing it. Just this July Al played a show with his music group HNM at Crocodile Rock in Allentown, PA. Colin and Al both invited Laz and I out to the show and the two of us were blown away with how well Al and his homies handle themselves on stage. You can see the passion and raw talent in Al as he jumps around the stage and handles audience interaction like a seasoned veteran. It’s a style you can’t fake, you know he’s feeling the entire thing. The atmosphere, the music, the crowd, the lights, it all makes for a great show.. but the showman is who you came to see and a showman Tarik most definitely is. With McCabe and his girlfriend front row in attendance you can see and feel the passion between both these musicians and the collaborative genius their music produces. A.Styles and Colin McCabe are looking to drop their new mixtape in the next few weeks, but until then you can hear some of their music on Sound Cloud. Make sure to check both these guys out on Twitter and Facebook, there will be a lot of good things coming from them soon! www.soundcloud.com/itsastyles/
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