A.CE
THERE’S A STRONG PUNKY D.I.Y. ETHOS BEHIND THE PASTE-UP, BOTH IN THE AESTHETICS AND THE MAKING PROCESS. THE MORE RIPPED AND DIRTY THEY END UP, THE BETTER!
In 1989 a young A.CE started skateboarding. Through this scene he was surrounded by an inspiring range of graffiti and skate graphics. ‘That stuff blew me away,’ he recalls, ‘and it definitely ignited the creative part of my brain.’ After stickering for many years, A.CE turned to paste-ups as a natural progression. He creates detailed images that he then reproduces with screenprint. ‘I like the links that the commercial screenprinting technique has with Pop art, and the traditional application of skateboard graphics,’ he explains. A.CE does not intend his work to be political, even if ...
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