Emek

Some people are born knowing what to do with their lives. Take Emek Goulan, born in 1970 in Israel. Coming from a unique family of 5 artists, his robot drawings at the age of 7 were already way better than most of us will ever make. Combining his love for hand drawing with his passion for music, creating rock posters became Emek’s delivery vehicle for great art with serious meanings and layers. This book is his first, a retrospective of his career so far, featuring hundreds of posters and a glow in the dark cover. Emek’s book signing in LA attracted a crowd of hundreds that stretched around the block for hours. His psychedelic posters can also be bought, at ridiculously low prices, according to Shepard Fairey, known from Obey. On Emek’s website we read: “You can order one of these before he becomes really famous or really homeless.” If you can, maybe you should...