WK Interact: Exterior - Interior Act 2

by Robert Klanten (Editor), Wkinteract

WKInteract is a French urban artist currently living in New York City. His distinctive black and white painted murals can be admired in more places than just the streets. The bold images, in which movement is practically palpable, are also being appreciated in exhibit spaces, including the display windows of the Parisian temple of consumption Galeries Lafayettes. This book presents a wide spectrum of WKInteract’s dynamic work in one place for the first time. In addition to the lively portraits of skaters, kung-fu masters, boxers and mountain climbers that have become his trademark, it also features his installations and commercial graphic design for clients including Mini, Burton and Yamaha. The publication shows how WKInteract masterfully depicts movement in immobile images, as well as how he incorporates his new home into his work. His project with a newspaper vending machine is, for example, documented here. WKInteract altered one so that it contained cans of spray paint. He then went around the city with it trying to engage New Yorkers to use the paint to express themselves when something angered them. As he says, "I want to do my thing, and I want to show people how they can use a city to do theirs."

Genres: Art

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Robert Klanten has been a key figure in the global creative industry for more than a quarter of a century, helping to reimagine the way we approach publishing. He has driven over 800 publications and commercial projects.
Robert is the CEO of gestalten, the company he founded in 1995. Under his leadership, gestalten has established itself as a pillar in the field of contemporary visual culture, design and architecture, by immersing its readers in creative landscapes, cultures, people and art. gestalten regularly collaborates with the biggest names in the creative world and is known and loved by millions around the globe for its iconic books.
He has shown how creativity has no limits in the digital age: through inspiration, inclusivity and promoting understanding; and by connecting the global and the local through storytelling.