Adrian Wilson (artist)

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Adrian Wilson (born 1964) is a British artist and photographer based in New York.

Biography[]

Early Digital Art Career[]

Wilson's first digital photography manipulation interview appeared in Computer Images magazine in July, 1987
Adrian Wilson interviewed in Computer Images magazine, July 1987

Wilson studied HND Design (photography) from 1984-1986 at Blackpool and The Fylde College, where, according to Digital Art historian Grant Taylor,[1] he was one of the first photographers to specialize in digital image manipulation. Aly Ray Smith believes Wilson was the first photographer who specialized in creating images using a $250,000 digital paint system known as a Quantel Paintbox[2][3][4] which was launched nine years before Adobe Photoshop. Wilson created one of the earliest photographic memes and was included in the international "Art & Computers" exhibition[5] at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in 1988. Wilson wrote for Computer Images magazine, was a guest speaker on digital art at Camberwell College of Art and created digital art for a range of clients, most notably for Creative Review magazine and the cover of Gold Mother[6] by recording artists James. In 1990, Wilson stopped creating digital art and put his archive into storage.

As a result of the renewed interest in early digital art, Wilson scanned his Quantel Paintbox archive and decided to donate it to the UK's National Science & Media Museum. Wilson marked the 40th anniversary of the Paintbox's launch by writing an article for TVtech magazine and a talk for the Computer Arts Society On January 10th, 2022, Blackpool School of Art, where Wilson first learned how to use the Quantel Paintbox, opened the first solo exhibition of his 1980's images.

Photography[]

Wilson specializes in photographing interiors[7] and was the photographer for all Mondiale Publishing[8] magazines, shooting hundreds of nightclubs[9] between 1988 and 2000. In 2004, Wilson moved to New York,[10] where he currently shoots for clients including LVMH[11] The New York Times[12] and Architectural Digest.[13]

Galleries and Art Installations[]

Adrian Wilson salvaged a large collection of art from Manchester's textile warehouses in the 1980s, part of which is now displayed[14] in the Science & Industry Museum in Manchester and the Museum of Art and Photography[15] in Bangalore.

Wilson has given various talks on the collection, including at Typecon[16] and as an expert on the Antiques Roadshow when it visited Manchester. In 2015, Wilson created "The Inutilious Retailer",[17] an interactive art exhibit which was open for 10 months on Ludlow Street, NYC and won a Store of the Year award.[18]

In 2018, Wilson created the "Space X Gallery" which he hid above a fake Boring Company start-up office in a derelict building in the Lower East Side,[19] a one-man "Introspective"[20] show about Jerry Saltz and a Native American art exhibition titled "Artonement".[21]

Wilson opened the first gallery in Jean Michel Basquiat's last studio and home[22] at 57 Great Jones St, NY and named it The "Same Old Gallery"[23]

Art[]

Wilson is mostly known for his street art,[24][25] specifically his makeover of NYC street and subway signs to honor icons such as David Bowie,[26] Prince.[27] Eddie Van Halen,[28] Aretha Franklin,[29] which the MTA made into a permanent tribute. Wilson never signs his work and only admitted the works were his[30] following his attainment of U.S. citizenship in 2020.

Following the $450 million sale of the much restored Salvator Mundi and an $800,000 complete set of Supreme skateboard decks, Wilson created the "Supreme Mundi", which in 2019 sold as the world's most expensive skateboard.[31]

In response to COVID-19, Wilson created several pandemic-related pieces (now in permanent collections at the Royal College of Art and V&A Museum[32][33]) and collaborated with Heidi Hankaniemi to create a "Hazmask suit and dress" [34] to promote mask wearing which went viral.[35]

In 2021, Wilson purchased one of the last 5 remaining Quantel Paintboxes in North America and restored it to working order.

References[]

  1. ^ "When the Machine Made Art – Grant Taylor traces the origins of computational creativity". CreativeApplications.Net. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  2. ^ Denning, Roland. "The Quantel name is legendary. This is its story, and ultimately what happened to it". www.redsharknews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. ^ "TV Technology Magazine".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Heller, Steven (2021-05-10). "The Daily Heller: The Box That Designers Thought Out Of". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  5. ^ Persaud, Aaron (2014-01-03). "IxArt: A timeline of digital art (The Fundamentals of Digital Art), pages 14 - 16 with extended online links (part 2)". IxArt. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. ^ Roberts, Chris. "BBC - Music - Review of James - Gold Mother". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  7. ^ "Adrian Wilson - New York and Mexico City based Interior and Architectural Photographer". www.interiorphotography.net. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  8. ^ "Mondiale Publishing". www.mondiale.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  9. ^ Liscia, Valentina Di (2021-06-16). "Photos Capture Golden Age of Discos "Before Bottle Service and Bland Design"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  10. ^ "ABC News Adrian Wilson, graphic in nature". ABC News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Peter Marino clads Hublot store in black metal panels". Dezeen. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  12. ^ Moon, Freda (2020-02-03). "Mexico's Last Countercultural Coast (Published 2020)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  13. ^ Loos, Ted. "Leroy Street Studio Crafts an Ultramodern Home in the Hamptons". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  14. ^ "What's on". Science and Industry Museum. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  15. ^ "Home". MAP. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  16. ^ "Photographer Adrian Wilson to Speak at TypeCon2010". TypeCon. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  17. ^ "Welcome to the New York store with nothing to sell – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  18. ^ "And the Store of the Year is…". Chain Store Age. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  19. ^ staff/claire-lampen (2018-12-19). "Elon Musk Not Working On A Hyperloop Out Of This LES Basement". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  20. ^ ""Jerry Saltz An Introspective" Exhibition". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  21. ^ Calabro, Words by Kristy (2018-11-22). "Artonement: An American Retrospective". soldmagny. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  22. ^ "Jean-Michel Basquiat's Studio and Apartment | Art Nerd New York". art-nerd.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  23. ^ Grieve. "Same Old Gallery debuts tonight on Great Jones Street with Al Diaz and SAMO©". Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  24. ^ Heller, Steven (2018-10-04). "Ceci N'est Pas l'Art, Or Is It?". PRINT. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  25. ^ "Un artista urbano intervino Miami Art Week y casi nadie lo notó". www.vice.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  26. ^ "Just for One Day: When I Painted 'David Bowery' as Tribute to David Bowie". Bowery Boogie. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  27. ^ Meier, Allison (2016-04-22). "The Most Beautiful Subway Station in the World: NYC Pays Tribute to Prince". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  28. ^ Aswad, Jem (2020-10-12). "'Van Halen Ave.': Artist Transforms New York Subway Station Into Tribute to Late Guitarist Eddie". Variety. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  29. ^ staff/ben-yakas (2018-08-15). "Photos: Franklin Street Subway Station Turned Into Makeshift Aretha Franklin Tribute". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  30. ^ Richardson, Kemberly (2020-10-20). "You've seen his work before, now a New York City street artist is revealing his identity". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  31. ^ "'Supreme Mundi' Skateboard Sold for $20,000: Get The Details Here". Highsnobiety. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  32. ^ "440 Repurposed WWII VD posters — Design in Quarantine". designinquarantine.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  33. ^ "454 Pandemic Penguin book covers — Design in Quarantine". designinquarantine.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  34. ^ "Two Artists Made Glorious Outfits From PPE and Took Them Out on the Town in New York—See Images of Their Adventures Here". artnet News. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  35. ^ "SubwayCreatures on Instagram: "They made a Covid mask suit/dress #subwaycreatures (@plannedalism @heidihankaniemi)"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
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