ThefirstbookonChicago-bornHebruBrantley,thepreeminentAfricanAmericanpopartistofhisgeneration,whoseworkishotandindemandintheartworld,thefashionworld,streetstyle,andthemusicworld.Straddlingtheworldsoffineart,streetart,andhip-hop,name-droppedonmanyarapsong,andcollectedbythelikesofJay-ZandLeBronJames,Hebruisapainter,sculptor,anddesigner.Hefirstgainedattentionasagraffitiartist,taggingwallswithcolorfuldepictionsof“Flyboy“--achilddonningaviatorgoggles--allovertheWindyCity.Fast-forwardto2021,andhiscreations,profoundlyinfluencedbyDisneyandJapaneseSuperflat,arenowinmuseumsandbrandedgoodsforABathingApe,BillionaireBoysClub,AdidasOriginals,andahostofothersought-afterlabels.AttheheartofHebru’sworkisrestoringinnocencetothedepictionofBlackyouth,oftenforcedintoadulthoodbeforetheirtimeintheeyesofthelawandpopularmedia.Upbeatandlife-affirming,Brantley’sworknotonlyattemptstonormalizeimagesofBlackchildrenatplay,hiscreationofBlacksuperheroesalsosuggestsanentirelynewmythologyinaculturallandscapeoftendevoidofpositiveexamples.ThisbookfeaturesthebreadthofHebru’sworksofarandisthefirstmonographonhiswork.Setoutintwoparts,thisworkexaminesboththefine-artandapplied-artnatureofhiswork,withbothhispaintingsandhisstreetwearcollaborationsreceivingprideofplaceinthedesignofthebookbyprominentgraphicdesignerOliverMunday,currentlytheartdirectorofTheAtlantic.
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