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Found an old video of some of Emek's dad's work from the 80's...some interesting pieces.

GOLAN KINETICS 1980's

BAM Margera gets an EMEK tattoo on TV by Kat Von D on LA INK:

EMEK BAM TATTOO video

EMEK in a cool new book "Supersonic" out August 2007. see some pics here: SUPERSONIC

Please visit the all new PostNeoExplosionism website PostNeoExplosionism

EMEK solo exhibition in Antwerp Belgium June 1, 2007.. see show photos, click on Belgium Poster. Belgium Culture Expo

EMEK in the new issue of SWINDLE magazine. SWINDLE #10, April, 2007.

EMEK featured in new issue of Metal HAMMER magazine, March 2007

EMEK featured in an amazing new book: "The Anatomy of Design" 2007

EMEK's first feature in Russia! Khooligan magazine Dec. 2006- its all in russian, but the pics are cool!

EMEK on the tv show, the OC Nov. 2006: (A cool story about his art along with PNE on their website etc.) www.theOCinsider.com

EMEK on the Front Page of the Oregonian Nov. 2006:

The Oregonian Nov. 27, 2006

Know anyone with a tattoo of some Emek art? Send us a photo.. get a free poster! Got a tattoo of some Emek art? We are currently collecting photos of Emek tattoos for an ongoing project..

EMEK Solo Art show on Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles- debuting many New and never before seen pieces and originals...

MR MUSICHEAD ROCK ART GALLERY
7517 W. SUNSET BLVD.
(1/2 BLOCK WEST OF GUITAR CENTER)
HOLLYWOOD, CA 90046
323.876.0042 www.mrmusichead.com

EMEK interviewed in the TIMES of England: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22875-2172087.html

Emek, a poster artist and co-founder of the Post Neo Explosionists, a design collective credited with spearheading the gig-poster revival, also sees the explosion in activity as a reaction to modern life. “We live in a disposable culture,” he argues. “Our images have to compete against the over-stimuli of mass production and products. I like to think we slow it down a bit.”
Billing himself as the “thinking man’s poster artist”, Emek mixes classic rock iconography with anatomical and religious imagery, influenced by everything from Russian Constructivism to Asian woodblock. A recent poster for Erykah Badu features a clenched black power fist, tattooed in symbols, with Badu’s face staring out from the bottom (right). Badu also used the image on tour. It’s not hard to see why: the work, powerful in itself, also leads you directly back to an era when rock music was still radical.

EMEK featured in a new College textbook: "A Social History of Rock and Roll: Rockin In Time" by David Szatmary 6th edition features many classic emek posters in it. For college courses in Rock and Roll Music History, Recent American History, American Sociology, and African-American History.

Rockin' in Time provides a social history of Rock and Roll music by explaining its influence. The book was written to address an area that seldom has been discussed. Rather than a compellation of the many bands in rock history or a guide to teach the musical notation of rock, this book uncovers the reasons for the various trends and types of rock and roll. It places rock and roll in the context of the social issues that surround and shape it, dealing with the influence on rock music of such trends as technological advances, the development of the music business, demographic change and the baby boom, economic shifts, and the civil rights movement.

EMEK wins Pollstar's Poster of the Year 2005. A total Sweep, EMEK wins First place Velvet Revolver, Second Place Pixies Moons and Third Place Mars Volta Heart...It has never happened before. The music touring industry has voted. Pollstar.com, is the music industry's monitoring of every band that tours all over the world..big industry magazine and website for all musical acts on tour.. they are the standard, like Billboard magazine is to records, Pollstar is to tours. they see thousands of posters they have thousands of members who vote at the end of every year. judges do not know who the poster artists are. posters are only submitted by agencies, we never even knew we were nominated or in the running. Thank you.

Special News For Fans of NICK CAVE, A Poster Contest
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BIG P.N.E. Emek/Justin/Jermaine show SCION's Great New Gallery on December 17 2005- Special Surprises- Thank you for coming out, it was a great show.

Emek P.N.E. show at CBGB's NYC-

On Saturday, Sept. 17th POST NEO EXPLOSIONISM lands in New York City at CBGB'S, 'ground-zero' of punk-rock history, for a one night showing of pivotal rock-and-roll concert poster art called 'PNE x NYC: Post Neo Explosionism at CBGB's', presented by SCION, CMJ & CBGB's.
'Post Neo Explosionism' (PNE) is a periodic artistic collaborative 'idea' involving 3 well-known rock-and-roll concert poster artists: Justin Hampton, Jermaine Rogers and EMEK. Individually, each of these artists have created artwork for numerous bands, including Radiohead, Tool, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Mars Volta, The Melvins, The Deftones, and hundreds of others. Collaborating as 'PNE', they've handled exclusive contracts for the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Audioslave, and Built to Spill.
Dozens of rare and collectible posters will be on display at CB's 313 GALLERY and available for purchase. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross and support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The artists will be in appearance, mingling in with the crowds and soaking up the vibes of the final night of the CMJ Music Marathon, a co-sponsor of this event. Prepare to be blasted away by the music of The Black Out Pact, Amber Pacific, Nural, Aberdeen City, The Late Greats, & Tim Williams.
'PNE x NYC: Post Neo Explosionism at CBGB's' will be on display from the afternoon hours until approx. 2am. Come get a drink, an eyefull of amazing artwork, an earfull of awesome music, and show your support for the greatest punk-rock stages in the world: CBGB's.
CB313 Gallery is located at 313 BOWERY in Manhattan, NYC & is part of the CBGB's complex.
For more information, visit:
PostNeoExplosionism.com OR cbgb.com

Emek Solo Show in New Zealand June 2005. Illicit New Zealand

Emek interview in Spring 2005 .ISM Quarterly magazine ISMquarterly.com

2 Emek posters in highly anticipated new book, Milton Glaser's "The Design of Dissent". To many, Milton Glaser is the embodiment of American graphic design. 2005 BOOK

Exhibition: New York School of Visual Arts Museum. A panel in conjunction with the exhibition "The Design of Dissent," which consists of over 100 political posters from around the world, curated by legendary designer Milton Glaser, and Mirko Ilic, SVA faculty and graphic designer. The exhibition celebrates the launch of the book "The Design of Dissent" with an essay by playwright Tony Kushner, published by Rockport Press. Steven Heller and Tony Kushner will be speaking as well. The lecture will be 6 - 7pm June 3, 2005. Show runs till July 2, then tours the country.Dissent Exhibiton New York

6 Emek quotes in the New Book: "401 Design Meditations, Insights from 244 of the world's leading designers" 401 Design Book

See Emek at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame June 10 and 11, 2005.

Emek in the New Book: "A Book Designed to Help" Graphic design to for Tsunami Relief 2005

With the completion of the QOTSA/PNE series very near, PNE is pleased to announce an all new series by another band. For those of you who may not know, PNE stands for 'POST NEO EXPLOSIONISM'...which is a periodic artistic collaboration between 3 established poster artists: Justin Hampton, Jermaine Rogers, and EMEK.
But now, we'll discuss the new project: AUDIOSLAVE. The rock-and-roll band featuring Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) and three members of the now defunct RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE first approached PNE in the winter of 2004. After several meetings, the band commisioned us to create official concert poster artwork for their upcoming North American tour, slated to begin in Las Vegas on April 14, 2005. We welcome the oppurtunity to work with AUDIOSLAVE and hope that fans of the band and poster collectors alike will dig the work that we have created for the tour. As with the QOTSA and BUILT TO SPILL series, we will be creating a seperate poster for each show of their 21 date tour.
This time around, we wanted to try something a bit different. We've had guest artists before on these series. These guests have typically been assigned one date with which to work...and we've gotten AMAZING posters working in this way.
This time, we wanted to work more closely with a 'guest' artist....allowing them several dates...as many as Hampton, EMEK, and myself usually get. That way, our 'guest' could serve as a full partner in the series...and we think that the work will be more intense and involved.
We are glad to welcome our 'guest artist', Jeff Wood (DROWNING CREEK), to this series. Jeff will be creating several posters for this series and we are all looking forward to seeing a master at work.
One more surprise.
Mark your calenders for the May 16th Sacramento date.
We have ONE MORE guest artist for this series...he'll only be doing ONE DATE. You will NEVER GUESS who it is. But know this....it's someone we're all very glad to work with. This surprise guest-artists poster is without a doubt THE poster all of us in PNE (and Jeff) are looking forward to. Stay tuned.

Yes, its true! PNE has re-grouped for several new projects. For those of you who may not know, PNE stands for 'POST NEO EXPLOSIONISM'...which is a periodic artistic collaboration between 3 established poster artists: Justin Hampton, Jermaine Rogers, and EMEK. For now, we'll discuss the first project: many of you remember the QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE series? PNE was commisioned to create a series of concert posters for the band's 2003 North American tour. Between the 3 members of PNE, a seperate limited-edition poster was created for each and every one of the 26 shows. Well, QOTSA has hired us again. We will be creating official concert posters for their upcoming North American tour, slated to begin in Austin on March 15th, 2005. These posters will be used in official promotion before the show and in merch sales at the show. In order to throw a new wrinkle in the project this time around and not tread the same old ground, we talked to the Queens about doing something a bit different. The upcoming QOTSA album is full of 'guest talent' (you all will LOVE it). The 3 of us thought about it, and felt that the series should reflect that same spirit. So, we sought out a group of artists that we felt would provide a dynamic infusion of hardcore talent and creativity and they have been given various posters throughout the run. We let QOTSA know what we wanted to do, and they are behind us 100%. In this way, we think we will get a pretty amazing series in the end...plus, the series will show a variety of talent from different areas of the poster world. We've chosen 7 guest artists. More news soon.