Artist Edward Granger in Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren’s SS16 campaign
Artist Edward Granger features alongside actor Ruby Rose in Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren’s summer campaign. The collection captures the laid-back style of clothes worn by members of the artist communities of New York and presents the weathered quality of original vintage. Unfolding over the course of four episodes on @DenimandSupplyRL, the campaign also features model Hailey Baldwin for the cinematic social experience. We met Edward Granger after his pop up show in Berlin to talk about his immersive installations and how his background in architecture shapes his art.
What did you present in Berlin? I have two large scale paintings which are 8ft in height, 3ft in weight, and two others that are small scale. Each of those are paintings that I digitally manipulated on Photoshop and then I regenerated that idea onto the canvas. You can see how I was playing with the red green blue a CMYK colour palette, from the layering or even the saturation in the program. And you can see that I’m relating back to the pixels that I see playing with those imagery.
Edward Granger in his studio
Edward Granger painting Brooklyn Mural
Edward Granger’s work
How has your background in architecture help shape your artworks?
A lot of my works have the references to architecture. The figure ground, the structured shapes, the layers. Everything that I utilise in my everyday life. Sometimes I will use a vector program and when I do that I get a stencil made from that and then I will overlay onto the piece that I’m working on. All of those programs are my digital background from architecture making it into my analogue paintings.
Do you prefer working solo or in a group? They are completely different. Whenever I do my own solo exhibition it’s all about me, I have to be the active participant of everything. The dialog, the interaction. Whereas in a group show it’s much easier to throw around these ideas and hear what everyone else is saying. It’s interesting to have the viewers take on what the artist is creating, so you have a room filled with ideas generating constantly. With my work a singular piece is creatign the energy whereas in a group show the different artists are creating the energy.
And what’s next for you?
I’m going to be doing a mural in Mexico City and alongside my Berlin gallery we’re going to go to Asia Contemporary Art in March.
Text by Will Furtado
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