Neckface Movie Trailer
Rising to prominence in the street art scene throughout the early aughts and now bustling inside the mainstream with shoe deals and bewilderednews reports, the California artist known asNeckfaceis a fascinating subject. For one, much of his art was and remains illegal via the defacing of billboards and buildings with “Neckface” spray-painted in a signature, Satan-evoking scrawl.
And, as with theBatman Beginsbillboard below, which he famously altered to become “Neckface Begins!,” his tags tend to punctuate graffiti featuring decrepit, bat-like demons and bloodied, diseased derelicts. A new, all-access documentary on Neckface—who remains largely anonymous—is currently rolling from directorTy Evans, the co-director along withSpike Jonzeof the skate vidYeah Right!We’ve got the doc’s first trailer after the jump, plus NF’s new, gallery-approved take onPredator. His fresh take onFreddy Kruegerhovers above.
Neckface trailer
I emailedTy Evansto get some info on the doc’s status. Here’s what he shared…
TheNeckfacedoc is super rough right now. I started filming Neck back in 2005. A lot has happened since then and there is a lot more to come. When I first started filming him I told him I want to film him for a long time span to capture his growth and everything that comes along with it. It is not coming out anytime soon. Maybe I’m half way? Maybe I’m just getting started? I have no clue. Neck is the illest guy out there and I’m psyched he picked me to tell his story.
And as promised, here is Neckface’s take onPredator, which premiered with other new works at his recent Halloween-themed art exhibit (complete withhaunted house!), entitledDevil’s Disciple. The art was provided to /Film courtesy of Miami’sO.H.W.O.W Gallery(down the street from my long abandoned home/office) and the cool peoples at the siteLa MJC.
Here’s the actual gallery presentation, gnarls…
And the ode to Nolan’sBats…
