Skwak

Born in 1977 in Béthune, lives and works in Lille.

His « maniac world » is populated by these « Maniacs », characters who first seem funny then worrying. They wear ostentatiously a monstruous smile which seems particularly ambiguous because we don’t know if they are actually trying to appeal to us or if they are coaxing us into loving them. If this parallel world seems abounding and colorful entertain in a first time, it turns out sweltering and suffocating.
Skwak relates the history of this community in his canvas which remind us of aboriginal paintings by their brilliance, their visual intensity, and through the framework which drawn in this mass of elements and characters.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beats Book, Fantagraphics, 2009.

Fashion wonderland,Victionary, 2008.

Chanter contre le SIDA, Mango, 2007.

iLovedust,A Book Design to Help, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2005.

Wiedemann, Julius, Illustration Now , Taschen, 2006.

Wiedemann, Julius, Web Design Portfolio, Taschen, 2005.

Illusive, Contemporary Illustration And Its Context, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2007

War of Monstars, Lazy Dog, 2006.

Delicatessen, Mascotte 2 , Happy Books, 2006.

Skwak Postcards, Concret Hermit Book.