SPEAK CRYPTIC
  • ABOUT
  • SELECTED WORK
    • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
    • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
    • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
    • CROSSING SHORES
    • FLYING SUPERMARKET
    • A STATE OF DECLINE
    • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • KNIVES IN THE WATER
    • THE TRIBE
    • MINOR CITIES
    • SORRY, NOT SORRY
    • KAMAR KAMILLION
    • PRESENT CONDITION
    • FENOMENA
    • AGIT
    • KA-KHÉ
    • SLOW AND STEADY
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • STORE
    • CONTACT
    • THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
    • DOWNLOADS
    • BACKGROUNDS
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"BETTER APART"
Ink on board, For Cannot Be Bo(a)rdered, 2016 (Curated by Iman Ismail)

"Five individual portraits of characters populate a fictional “tribe”, based on the artist’s studies in clans and social movements. Heavily influenced by skate culture and its associated visuals, skateboarding has played a tremendous role in Speak Cryptic’s practice.

​That Better Apart is presented on skateboards, signaled a homecoming – a conceptual return to his roots, in a homage to a culture that has molded most of his aesthetic sensibilities."


Go to www.cannotbeboardered.com for more details.
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  • ABOUT
  • SELECTED WORK
    • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
    • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
    • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
    • CROSSING SHORES
    • FLYING SUPERMARKET
    • A STATE OF DECLINE
    • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • KNIVES IN THE WATER
    • THE TRIBE
    • MINOR CITIES
    • SORRY, NOT SORRY
    • KAMAR KAMILLION
    • PRESENT CONDITION
    • FENOMENA
    • AGIT
    • KA-KHÉ
    • SLOW AND STEADY
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • STORE
    • CONTACT
    • THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
    • DOWNLOADS
    • BACKGROUNDS
  • LINKS