Words by Jesse Serwer—
Last year visual artist Kevin Lyons staged a show of his work called Red, Gold & Green for Paris’ Colette gallery, inspired largely by the aesthetics of dancehall and Jamaican music culture. “The language is fantastic and so fun to illustrate and draw; words like “BOOMBASTIC” or ”COLLIE WEED,” Lyons told our Eddie STATS in a Q+A. “The letters are fat and juicy.” Among the works was a series of posters grouping similarly named artists: “SHABBA RANKS. CUTTY RANKS. NARDO RANKS. TIGER RANKS. JUNIE RANKS”; “KING STITT. KING KONG. KING JAMMY. KING TUBBY. KING EDWARDS.”
Our friends at Miss Lily’s Variety have produced a limited run of 20 prints of the former poster, slightly altered with Delly and Gappy Ranks’ names in place of Tiger and Junie. The prints are $155 and available only at the Miss Lily’s Variety storefront on Houston Street in NYC.
where are the bantons?
We actually asked him that in our interview from last year. See for yourself: http://largeup.okayplayer.com/2011/02/11/red-gold-green-exclusive-kevin-lyons-interview/
Thanks! they are an interesting “family” indeed.
It’s Delly Ranx instead of Delly Ranks