James victor e-posters for conferences
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Victore’s early professional work was not, however, very expressive. At 24 he was freelancing for virtually every publisher in New York designing Baconesque covers and jackets – big titles, big author by-lines, and small bland illustrations. ‘All of a sudden, after seeing the Tomaszewski stuff,’ he says, ‘I realised that I had my own sense of placement, my own sense of design, my own sense of humour, and I wanted to apply this to my commercial work.’ The almost immediate seismic shift in his method shocked his regular clients who expected fairly tight conventional design. Instead Victore began to draw letterforms (even if they were available as typefaces), simplify images, and most importantly he depended almost entirely on concepts rather than decoration and ornament.
The response was underwhelming. ‘I was living on kill fees,’ he recalls. ‘My workload plummeted because nobody was interested in it. Though it was an extremely important experimental time, it took a long time f
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Let's Start Unlearning
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Let's Start Unlearning
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James Victore
24" x 36" limited-edition silkscreened poster by James Victore / Georgetown, TX
Edition of 35 | Signed by the artist | Sold unframed
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
There are two answers to every problem: they are both ‘Education.'
James Victore is widely known for his impassioned views about design and its place in the world. At the helm of his independently run design studio, James continually strives to make work that is sexy, strong and memorable; work that tows the line between the sacred and the profane. James’ work has been exhibited at MoMA and in collections at the Louvre and the Library of församling. He has an Emmy and a gold and silver medal from the Art Directors Club, amongst others. Some of his clients include Starbucks, Aveda, Esquire, and Moet & Chandon. A monograph of his work (Abrams) is titled Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss? James taught at the School of Visual Arts in NYC for over 20 years.