Calligraffiti

AND MY NAME SHALL BE KNOWN IN SEVERAL GALAXIES

…some of them with a very respectable reputation.
Carbon acrylic on linen (37.5 x 35 inch).

THE LITTLE BANG THEORY

If we embrace something like the Big Bang Theory, we should also understand that infinitely big and infinitely small are the same.
Carbon acrylic on linen (27 x 19 inch).

SHOE THROW-UP

The O-filler is a poem by Alastair Reid and Herb Lubalin once said that designers are O-fillers.
Carbon acrylic on linen (53.5 x 46 inch).

Title can be seen written on a bathroom wall in the 2008 movie Surveillance. There is a Navajo proverb that has the same kind of quality: ‘It is impossible to awaken someone who is pretending to be asleep.’
Carbon acrylic on linen (46 x 46 inch).

SOMETHING OLD AND DIRTY

Full text: not something new but something old, and dirty. From the track Raw Hide (1995) by Ol’Dirty Bastard.
Carbon acrylic on linen (36 x 34 inch).

YOU MAKE US PROUD

Vector art for MTV Networks ad.

UNANSWERED QUESTION

The Unanswered Question is a work by American composer Charles Ives which instantly induces cold shivers because you can feel that it deals with something really big (or really small).
Carbon acrylic on linen (52.5 x 42 inch).

THE WAY

This piece reads ‘matters of great concern should be treated lightly’ and ‘matters of small concern should be treated seriously’. From Hagakure, sayings transcribed (1716) by the samurai scribe Tsuramoto Tashiro.
Carbon aclylic on linen (35 x 35 inch).

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING

Refers to the beginning of annual cycles like the baseball season and the appearance of girls with short skirts in Amsterdam, also known as ‘Rokjesdag’. The middle part says ‘each spring brings unexpected things but all remains a mystery.
Carbon Acrylic on linen (54 x 40 inch).