My Tokyo State of Mind
[ 15.01 – 06.03 / 2016 ]
SPRMRKT
Hailing from New York City and inspired by Japanese Pop Culture, Zane Fix creates bold, dramatic and energetic graphic prints seamlessly interchanging elements of Rock’n’Roll with modern icons from both the East and West.
After a successful pop up show at SPRMRKT & Koskos this year, the high octane illustrations of Zane Fix returns with a private launch party in January 2016, plastering our walls with new illustrations, while indie rock beats got the toes tapping. Modern Asian snacks were provided by SPRMRKT with a really special pastry feature by Amiral Patisserie. Also served that night to the delight of guests was Japanese craft beer from Eastern Craft.
Your dad was a professional musician and you were once in a rock and roll band. Could you tell us more about your band and why you decided to move on from music?
Well, I was working as a professional musician for several years. I worked as a sideman on the bass for some of the most popular and successful pop/rock groups in the 80’s, touring the world in a way that is not really done anymore, since people don’t buy records anymore and the arena gigs are not really a regular part of the business. Then I played bass and guitar with some of the famous old timers from the 50’s era during their last hurrah tours; that was really great because I got to meet and work with the guys I grew up listening to as a kid! After that I was in two nationally successful glam rock style groups, Lovemaker and then Starr which culminated in a major recording contract. However, by 2001, the bottom all but dropped out in the music business, particularly in the rock genres that were my niche, so, utilizing my talents and particular interest in pop art and Japanese block printing, I reinvented myself as a visual artist. Overall, one heavy trip!
Zane Fix
World-renowned guru of Jap Pop Art – Zane Fix, is an American artist, born in Brooklyn, New York. The art of Zane Fix blends both the intensity and simplicity of Japanese woodblock prints with the pop sensibility of early and mid 20th century western pop and commercial art. Mr. Fix began honing his skills of draftsmanship as a child by interpreting the works of Hokusai, Sharaku, and Utamaro. He attended Cooper Union School of Architecture. In 1997, he travelled to Kyoto, Japan, and began on the path that led him to his current incarnation as the guru of Jap Pop Art.
