For nearly four decades, Spike Lee has made movies that demand our attention. His extensive filmography reflects an unflinching critique of race relations in the United States, from the Student Academy Award®-winning short Joe?s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads and the ever-relevant Do the Right Thing to the more recent Oscar®-winning BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods. A lifelong cinephile and film scholar, Lee draws inspiration from other artists working across a range of eras, genres and global cinemas. He has also devoted much of his career to teaching the next generation of filmmakers.Spike Lee: Director's Inspiration presents Lee's personal collection of original film posters and objects, photographs, artworks and more-many of these inscribed to Lee personally by filmmakers, stars, athletes, activists, musicians and others who have inspired his work in specific ways.Straight from the walls of Lee's 40 Acres and a Mule production studio in Brooklyn, his faculty office at NYU and his Martha's Vineyard home, these objects offer a glimpse into what shapes Lee's signature filmmaking approach. Spike Lee: Director's Inspiration also includes a conversation between Lee and Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah), Lee?s list of 95 essential films and brief texts by some of the many artists Lee himself has inspired.Spike Lee (born 1957) is a director, writer, actor, producer, author and artistic director of the graduate film program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he has taught since 1993.
Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three decades. His prolific career has included over 35 films, including his directorial debut She's Gotta Have It (1986), his seminal masterpiece Do the Right Thing (1989), and more recently, his Oscar-winning film BlacKkKlansman (2018). Spike Lee's provocative feature films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos, have shone the spotlight on significant stories and have made an indelible mark in both cinematic history and in contemporary society.
This career-spanning monograph titled SPIKE is a visual celebration of his life and career to date. The custom bold, typographic design is inspired by the LOVE/HATE brass rings that Radio Raheem wore in Do the Right Thing and that Spike Lee wore at the 2019 Academy Awards. The gold foil deboss on SPIKE on the vibrant fuchsia front cover is a bold and beautiful, eye-catching design. Featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photographs by David Lee, Spike's brother and long-time still photographer, SPIKE the book, includes behind-the-scenes, insider images that underscore his creative process and his significant impact on the culture at large. From his critically acclaimed film Malcolm X (1992) starring Denzel Washington, to his recent film Da 5 Bloods (2020) featuring the late Chadwick Boseman, Spike Lee's work continues to resonate now more than ever. Also included here are his beloved commercials with Michael Jordan for Nike, which helped launch the billion-dollar Jordan brand product empire, as well as his music videos with Prince and Michael Jackson. This is a must-have collector's item and ideal gift for any cinephile and fan of one of the most prominent and influential filmmakers in history.
Celebrating just more than 20 years since its seminal debut, Do The Right Thing remains one of the most important and controversial films of its era. Employing director Spike Lee's hometown of Brooklyn as the essential setting, this explosive film masterfully explores race and class relationships.
Lors de la campagne électorale de Barack Obama, le site « Design for Obama » créa un forum en ligne pour les artistes, les designers et les soutiens en général, qui ont pu y publier leurs créations et en télécharger d'autres gratuitement. L'affiche réaliste de Shephard Fairey, « Hope », devint l'image emblématique de l'année 2008, poussant de nombreux artistes à s'inspirer, pour leurs créations, de la rue, des meetings et des campagnes de recensement électoral, ainsi que des foyers et bureaux de vote dans tout le pays.
DESIGNFOROBAMA.ORG : Sélectionnée parmi des centaines d'affiches par le designer graphique et fondateur de designforobama.org Aaron Perry-Zucker et par le réalisateur et activiste Spike Lee, la collection présentée dans ce recueil rassemble une sélection de 250 affiches marquantes, apparues dès l'ouverture du site. Y sont présents de grands artistes ainsi que des figures montantes de l'expression graphique.
Comprenant des analyses de Lee, Perry-Zucker, et de l'historien reconnu Steven Heller, ce recueil remarquable s'avère un document historique d'une valeur inestimable sur la campagne la plus innovante et la plus plébiscitée de l'histoire contemporaine, et sur la variété créative qui contribua à mener Obama à la victoire.
