A Secret Stash for Solve...
This Secret Stash was created to honor the life of Brendan Scanlon aka SOLVE. All proceeds will be donated to Brendan's family. We thank you for your support of his work, his life, his family, and his legacy.
If you've lived in Chicago the past few years, then you've come across the work of infamous street artist SOLVE. From neon, screenprinted SOLVE bumper stickers, to giant billboard paste-ups on Sheffield & Addison, SOLVE defined the term 'All-City'. When asked what message he wanted to portray during a conversation with SWIV for a recent interview, this is what SOLVE said: "Well, each kind of image or piece I do tends to have a different message, I guess. A lot of the messages aren't very direct; I try to be sort of esoteric and leave it open to interpretation. The messages are usually taken from stuff I see around, like in the news or my perceptions of the world, some problem that I perceive, and I usually make a thing about that. I don't have any answers, I don't think any of my pieces give an answer, they just present a problem, I guess. I also was doing those polka-dot box things for awhile, which I should do more of, but haven't done in awhile, they're just so ridiculous. I love the idea of this completely ridiculous thing in the middle of the city. Because the city is so serious, people are going and doing their business, and you have to rush from here to there...I think it's kind of a 'stop and smell the flowers' thing; like, hopefully, people will stop and get a smile out of it."
Brendan McGlynn Scanlon aka SOLVE died unexpectedly at age 24 on June 14, 2008, in Chicago. Brendan was born March 20, 1984 in Oakland, CA. He graduated from Madison (WI) East High School in 2002, and received a BA in Visual Communications from the Illinois Institute of Art in 2007. Brendan's work was displayed at shows and galleries and was slapped, pasted, and scrawled all over the cities of Chicago, Madison, and wherever else he went. SOLVE was also one of the founders of the infamous street art crew, RGB, and the Nathan Xander band.
This artwork was chosen by SARO, BONUS, and SOLVE's family, reworked by ESCAPE76, and is being produced by Formula Werks. If you have any questions regarding SOLVE, his story, or this project, please email SARO. These goodies can be pre-ordered through the first full week of August, and no later. These will all ship around August 21st. You must order on this website...no in-person orders, sorry.
This is all set up via PayPal, through which you can also use all major credit cards - Visa, MasterCard, American Express & Discover - without having a PayPal account. U.S. shipping is included/free on everything here. Email Ryan/ESCAPE76 with questions.
Links: Juxtapoz Memorial | R.I.P. SOLVE on Flickr | "SOLVE-UMENTARY" Part 1 | "SOLVE-UMENTARY" Part 2
Shipping is included on all items. Orders also ship with a SOLVE sticker/button pack.
The stash has ended...
The Secret Stash has ended. Stock will be available soon in the Formula Werks online store. Thanks for your support!
