PRETTYMONKEY26 x NEW ERA
2011
Description
prettymonkey26 x new era introducing
Fields
Painting, Illustration
  • Fresh
     PRETTYMONKEY26 x NEW ERA
  • New Era Introducing is a global creative project showcasing unique talent from across the world. The project gives creative minds of tomorrow an opportunity to make their own statement using a blank New Era 59FIFTY as their canvas. Those judged to show the most unique display of self-expression will go on to form a touring gallery exhibition and be published in a limited edition New Era Introducing book.

    "My New Era artwork is a nod to all girl skateboarders and longboarders.  
     Maybe few and far between, but Im sure, just as determined as their male  
     counterparts. I imagine that nothing is more blissful for a rider to be on  
     constantly on a deck, cruising empty urban streets.   
     I have respect for the iconic shape of the New Era cap, and worked around  
     it as opposed to transforming it into something unrecognizable. I tried to  
     keep it funky yet feminine at the same time by integrating  portraits of  
     pretty girls against an urban street panorama. Using my skills as a painter,  
     I aimed to design a cap that is fun and colourful, and something I would  
     actually want to wear myself."