The problem then becomes how do you do something new?
What can an artist do withThe Thingthat five others havent done already?
Artist Anthony Petrie has cracked the code.
A crop of a unique new poster for The Thing by artist Anthony Petrie.Image: Anthony Petrie/Vice Press/Bottleneck
And Then Its Won, and its unlike anyThingposter youve ever seen before.
First is the regular edition of 150 which costs 50.
Next is the variant edition of 75 which glows in the dark.
The Thingby Anthony Petrie – Vice Press/Bottleneck
Finally is a multi-layered acrylic panel, in an edition of 50.
It costs 135 but, in the below slideshow, you’ve got the option to see why.
Petrie developed the poster with Vice and Bottleneck Gallery anditll be on sale at this linkat 1 p.m. Below, we caught up with the artist who answered a few questions about the poster via email.
The Thingby Anthony Petrie Variant – Vice Press/Bottleneck
Germain Lussier, io9: There are a lot of AMPs forThe Thingbut this one is so unique.
io9: Did the idea of the creature in a body pose any challenges, design-wise?
io9: Was it difficult to figure out a place for the title treatment?
The full acrylic
Hiding the logo in plain sight.
Again, Anthony PetriesThe Thinggoes on sale at 1 p.m.
ET on Thursday, September 19.Read more about it here.
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