{"product_id":"jamie-hewlett","title":"Jamie Hewlett","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the legendary \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTank Girl \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eto live-action animations with \u003cstrong\u003eGorillaz\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Chinese contemporary opera to an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, artist \u003cstrong\u003eJamie Hewlett is one of the most energetic figures of contemporary pop culture\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With influences ranging from hip hop to zombie slasher movies, Hewlett emerged in the mid-1990s as co-creator of the zeitgeist-defining \u003cem\u003eTank Girl \u003c\/em\u003ecomic. With then-roommate Damon Albarn, he went on to create the \u003cstrong\u003egroundbreaking cartoon band Gorillaz\u003c\/strong\u003e. The award-winning virtual pop group of animated characters is a truly global phenomenon. Gorillaz have topped charts around the world, toured the globe from San Diego to Syria, and picked up hundreds of millions of streams and record sales along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since then, Hewlett has continued to collaborate with Albarn on projects including an elaborate staging of the Chinese novel \u003cem\u003eMonkey: Journey to the West\u003c\/em\u003e by Wu Cheng’en, complete with circus acrobats, Shaolin monks, and Chinese singers. In 2006, he was named \u003cstrong\u003eDesigner of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003eby the Design Museum in London, and in 2009, Hewlett and Albarn won a \u003cstrong\u003eBAFTA\u003c\/strong\u003e for their animated Monkey sequence for the Beijing Olympic Games. In 2015 \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Suggestionists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, an exhibition of prints at the \u003cstrong\u003eSaatchi Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e in London, demonstrated an exciting new direction in Hewlett’s practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This special edition celebrating TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary updates Hewlett’s first major monograph with \u003cstrong\u003earound 30 brand new pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e. The book illustrates his thrilling creative journey with more than \u003cstrong\u003e400 artworks from the \u003cem\u003eTank Girl \u003c\/em\u003eera through Gorillaz and up to the present day\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through stories, characters, strips, and sketches, we trace Hewlett’s exceptional capacity for invention and celebrate a \u003cstrong\u003epolymath artist who refuses to rest on his laurels\u003c\/strong\u003e, or to be pigeonholed into a particular practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57390032978302,"sku":"NW9783836582636","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9783836582636.jpg?v=1778680380","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/jamie-hewlett","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}