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A wooden cutout of a person’s face with a large, stylized pompadour hairstyle in blue and black. The figure has a thick moustache and wide eyes, rendered in a bold, graphic style.

Illustration: Skateboard nunchaku and mustachioed fins from Stevie Gee

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Date
26 July 2013

He’s spoken at our events, drawn pictures for books we’ve produced, sent us sweet records he’s illustrated – and we follow him on the Instagram like a bunch of obsessive stalkers – but somehow, SOMEHOW, we’ve not dedicated a proper post to the master of laid-back-wave-riding and frenzied-cycling illustration that is Stevie Gee. Until now. Sorry Stevie.

Despite this glaring error it’s a pretty timely first post as Stevie’s just launched a brand new show with some equally gifted collaborators across the pond. Folklore is currently on show at the Joshua Liner Gallery in New York and features a range of hand-crafted work from the likes of Nathaniel Russell, Evan Hecox, Ed Templeton, Stephen Powers and Stevie himself. As ever with shows like this we’re pretty peeved not to be able to go in person, but by all accounts it’s well worth checking out. It’s got surfboard fins painted as moustachioed dudes in it, how could it not be worth checking out.

Folklore runs at the Joshua Liner Gallery until August 2.

A sculpture of a face with a towering, curved black hairstyle highlighted in teal. The word “Sleazy” is written in black capitals along the side of the face.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

A wooden sculpture of a person’s face in profile, carved into a curved, crescent shape. They have a thick black moustache and long, flowing black hair with white highlights.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

A painting on a shaped piece of wood depicting a stylised face. The figure has a large, sweeping black pompadour with pink highlights and a skeptical expression.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

A painted wooden cross against a plain white background. A single eye is centred at the crossing, with red and blue radiating lines extending to the edges.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

A cutout illustration of a person with black hair and pink highlights, their eyes closed and hands covering their ears. Their body is shaped like a surfboard featuring the words “WET DREAMS” and two small stars.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

Two curved, crescent-shaped skateboards are laid out against a white background. One board features an illustration of three people and the text “The RAINBOW RIDER Crew”, while the other is covered in black grip tape with a red graphic.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

Two miniature skateboards connected by a silver chain. One board is red and white with a graphic of a person and the word “WHIP”, while the other is white and black with a graphic and the word “LASH”. The reverse side of the boards features wooden decks with black grip tape and the phrases “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES” and “HATE YOUR FRIENDS”.
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Stevie Gee: Folklore Sculpture

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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