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Melvin Galapon
I don’t remember being very good at geometry. I don’t remember being terrible at it, but I remember that I hated proofs and pretty much refused to do them. Strange then that I was so good at calculus. I think things need to be a little more abstract before I can wrap my head around them. I may have been a terrible geometrician but Melvin Galapon is certainly not. Judging by most of his work you would think that he and geometry have had a passionate romance for a long time. Almost every piece of his is geometry at its finest and most colorful. He has a way of making the shapes into something more than their constituent parts. You’ve especially got to appreciate his work with those colorful little dot stickers that only seem to get used for yard sales anymore. Scratch that, you’ve especially got to appreciate his whole portfolio. Quick question though, Mel, how do I get my hands on any of those zines? I’m into affordable fabrications of quality works that I can’t afford.
PEEL: The Art of the Sticker
Any of you who have ever encountered PEEL magazine or been to one of their shows would know that they love stickers, and they focus entirely on the subset of street art concerned with stick-ups. Any of you who have eyes should know what I’m talking about. Everywhere you look there are stickers clinging to walls, trying desperately to get your attention, to impart their message. The good folks of PEEL have finally put out a long-awaited hardcover book titled Peel: The Art of the Sticker. Like any of their great zines it comes with an array of stickers from the magazines contributors, but it’s filled with so much more. It’s really the story of the zine and it’s rise from humble beginnings to the driving force in the sticker art on the streets of major cities. You can preorder now and it will ship in February, and if you’re lucky enough to order early your copy will be signed by Dave and Holly, the proprietors of PEEL. $33 ain’t bad for a nice book to add to your street art tomes. Or mine, if someone out there wanted to hook a brother up with a copy. I need to start making wealthier friends.
The book is available from GORILLAmART.com.