Saturday 13 December 2008

Keane

http://www.wearetourist.com/
Above is the link for the design company that have created Keane's latest album. (below) It is apparently based on the Bauhaus movement.

However, this is not what is annoying people most. You see before the designers got their hands on the project Osang Gwon had created figurative sculptures of each band member. He does this by covering the sculptures in hundreds and hundreds of photographs of his subject. Below you can see one example of the orginial artwork, before 'tourist' became involved.This is why people are annoyed - an amazing piece of artwork has been "reduced to little triange snapshots".

Personally, I like the Keane album cover, however once I understand the context of the artwork I do agree with most people, the artwork is not getting the

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