All The Buildings In New York
09/05/2013.
By James Gulliver Hancock. Ed. Rizzoli
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"All The Buildings In New York" is a personal project of James Gulliver Hancock. An illustrator from Australia now based between Sydney, and New York. This project stems from an interest in obsession and recording of places.
New York holds a special place in everyone’s heart, romanticized from Seasame Street and old movies like Rear Window and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In his blog records an attempt to make the city personal by passing a pen over every structure, hopefully making up for the time not spent in New York.
New York holds a special place in everyone’s heart, romanticized from Seasame Street and old movies like Rear Window and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In his blog records an attempt to make the city personal by passing a pen over every structure, hopefully making up for the time not spent in New York.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
Drawings of buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.
The book features a whole bunch of building drawings not featured on the blog, this is an amazing hard cover book put out by the art book experts Rizzoli/Universe.
James Gulliver Hancock is an artist and illustrator. His work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide, and he has worked with a wide variety of high-profile clients, including Coca-Cola, the New York Times, and Herman Miller Furniture. James Gulliver Hancock feels horrible when he's not drawing. He grew up in Australia, his mother works in a prison, and his dad is descended from prisoners. Unfortunately he didn't have a kangaroo for a pet, and has never nursed a koala like a baby. He's travelled the world and panics that he may not be able to draw everything he's seen, at least once. Hide your Sharpies as they mysteriously disappear when he's around.
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JAMES GULLIVER HANCOCK
James Gulliver Hancock grew up in Sydney, Australia, and in kindergarten remembers devising the most complex image he could think of … In school he discovered technical drawing. He has always been obsessed with machines and the way things work and rendering the meeting of tiny screws in perfect perspective was a delight. His favourite tool was the mechanical pencil that could change between .25, .5 and .3 thickness lines. His ability to visualize 3d shapes and perspective in his head and draw them on paper drove him to continue to explore the medium. This is now married with a love of colour, paint, and controlled mess as well as connecting it to deeper conceptual and philosophical meaning.
He Studied Visual Communications at the University of Technology, Sydney. Graduating with the University Medal and Honours. In 2000 he stared a gallery in Sydney, Australia called SPACE3 ,with three friends, which welcomed artists in the local community to exhibit in an ornate bank vault. The publishing of a 200 page hardcover book marked the end of 5 years of curating new art in Sydney.
He has traveled extensively including an overland journey from Sydney to London via S.E. Asia, China, Japan, Russia and Europe. Rolling in a typhoon in the sea between Japan and Russia he wondered how he’d save his sketchbook when the ship sank. He undertook artist residencies all over Europe and most recently has been in America where he has worked for a wide variety of high profile clients. These include Dell Computers, Coca-Cola, Businessweek Magazine, The New York Times, Simon&Schuster, Herman Miller etc… To which he brings his whimsical skill in mediums of illustration, animation and design.
Currently he works out of studios in The Pencil Factory in Brooklyn, New York, and from his homeland studio in Sydney, Australia.
You may know his work from his project www.allthebuildingsinnewyork.com
