Skye Sherwin 

Skye Sherwin’s A Good Look

Angsty comics and Mephistophelian vibes: this is the month in pop culture visuals
  
  


Fight Club sequel – Dark Horse comics

David Mack’s cover art for the Fight Club sequel comic could be a homage to Raymond Pettibon’s angsty, inky drawings of troubled superheroes and social misfits beloved of the older artist’s punk peers such as Black Flag.

Gwilym Gold – Muscle

Emerging British art star Eddie Peake has created the video and artwork for his record label Hymn’s debut EP by Gwilym Gold. Its naked dancer and black cat lounging in empty modernist rooms are reminiscent of Richard Hamilton’s eerie late nudes.

20,000 Days On Earth

The dramatic lighting, towering piles of books and Mephistophelian vibe of the poster for the forthcoming Nick Cave doc recalls popular 17th-century paintings of alchemists at work, surrounded by sheaves of magical manuscripts and pseudo-scientific instruments.

My Brightest Diamond – This is My Hand

A marching band encountered while working with the maestro of epic video art, Matthew Barney, inspired Shara Worden’s latest indie dance album. The vintage photography-style portrait with a digital twist on its sleeve is similarly old meets new.

Interpol – Elpintor

Interpol’s new album art recalls the emphasis on elegantly poised hands in depictions of saints from the Middle Ages, with sharp design evoking Peter Saville’s work with New Order •

 

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