Die preisgekrönte virtuelle Popgruppe aus animierten Figuren entwickelte sich zu einem globalen Phänomen. The massive collection includes Hewlett s best known work across mediums, as well as shorter pieces and under-the-radar projects that reveal new insight into the mind of one of England s most influential contemporary artists. Tele, their TV-headed son, sets out on a mercy dash to find his mother in the process triggering a series of events that will see Tank Girl face death itself.

The booklet will be despatched flat in an oversized strong art mailer with acid-free tissue and heavy kraft paper via courier, insurance to full value. Through stories, characters, strips, and sketches, we trace Hewlett's exceptional capacity for invention and celebrate a polymath artist who refuses to rest on his laurels, or to be pigeonholed into a particular practice. From the legendary Tank Girl to live-action animations with Gorillaz, a Chinese contemporary opera to an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, artist Jamie Hewlett is one of the most energetic figures of contemporary pop culture. Through stories, characters, strips, and sketches, we trace Hewlett s exceptional capacity for invention and celebrate a polymath artist who refuses to rest on his laurels, or to be pigeonholed into a particular practice.

The Gorillaz Art Book was published in 2022 where Hewlett’s original creations featured alongside those of over 40 artists invited by Hewlett to make work inspired by the world of Gorillaz. The definitive anthology of Tank Girl - presenting classic stories from original creators, Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, in colour for the first time ever! Gathering more than 400 of his artworks, including strips, sketches, and works from his Saatchi Gallery show in 2015, Hewlett's first ever monograph celebrates a polymath artist who refuses to rest on his laurels,. Desde entonces, Hewlett ha seguido colaborando con Albarn en proyectos como la exquisita y elaborada puesta en escena de la novela china Monkey: Journey to the West de Wu Cheng’en, donde no faltan acróbatas de circo, monjes shaolín y cantantes chinos. This new TASCHEN edition, Hewlett s first major monograph, illustrates this thrilling creative journey with over 400 artworks from the Tank Girl era through Gorillaz and up to the present day.

With influences ranging from hip hop to zombie slasher movies, Hewlett emerged in the mid 1990s as cocreator of the zeitgeist-defining Tank Girl comic.

This great little press book also features written backstory information next to Jamie Hewlett’s images of Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Russel Hobbs and Noodle. From Tank Girl to art-pop phenomenon Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett is one of the most energetic pop culture figures of the past 20 years. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).

His Get the Freebies strip was adapted by BBC Three for a pilot entitled Phoo Action, broadcast in February 2008. Ebenfalls mit Albarn realisierte er die spektakuläre Oper Monkey - Journey to the West nach dem chinesischen Roman Xi Yóu Ji von Wu Cheng'en, die 2007 in Manchester uraufgeführt wurde. This special edition celebrating TASCHEN's 40th anniversary updates Hewlett's first major monograph with around 30 brand new pieces.Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. Martin and Hewlett created Tank Girl, an anarchic strip about a teenage punk girl who drove a tank and had a mutant kangaroo for a boyfriend. Gorillaz stürmten weltweit die Hitlisten, tourten um den Globus, von San Diego bis Syrien, und verzeichneten Hunderte von Millionen Streams und Plattenverkäufe.