BIOGRAPHICAL CATALOG OF THE MODEM'S COVERS AUTHORS

127 2012 ART DIRECTOR Modem Accessories Fall-Winter 2012-2013 Cover by SCOTT KING FALL/WINTER 2012 2013 www.delvaux.com Scott King is a Art Director and British Artist. Scott King ’s work adopts an idiosyncratic approach that simultaneously embraces the worlds of art, advertising, graphic design, semiotics, and popular culture. Using the languages of commerce, visual communication, and bureaucracy (charts, statistics, etc.), his works, always imbued with a deadpan humour, aim at a complex of psychological, sociological, and political content. King ’s work also has its roots in the seamier side of British culture. He talks of his interest in “ the sad end of British pop music… low-rent mucky rock ”. His work draws on everything from the 1970s pub-rock scene to British Rail, Dexys Midnight Runners, and the devastation caused by IRA bombs. Scott King trained as a graphic designer. He worked as Art Director of “i-D ” and Creative Director of “Sleazenation ” magazines, for which he was awarded “Best Cover” and “Best Designed Feature of the Year” prizes. King occasionally produces work under the banner “ CRASH! ” with writer and historian Matt Worley. King’s work has been exhibited widely in London, New York, and European galleries including the ICA, KW Berlin, Portikus, White Columns, Kunstverein Munich, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.