SPEAK CRYPTIC
  • WORK
    • 2019 >
      • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
      • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
      • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
      • CROSSING SHORES
      • IN THE CLOUDS
    • 2018 >
      • FLYING SUPERMARKET
      • A STATE OF DECLINE
      • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • 2017 >
      • KNIVES IN THE WATER
      • HEMERA'S FEAST
    • 2016 >
      • THE TRIBE
      • BETTER APART
    • 2015 >
      • SORRY, NOT SORRY
      • KAMAR KAMILLION
      • PRESENT CONDITION
    • 2014 >
      • BEN-DERA
      • MINOR CITIES
    • 2013 >
      • FENOMENA
      • AGIT
      • WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
      • BOOKS ACTUALLY
    • 2012 >
      • KA-KHÉ
    • 2011 >
      • SLOW AND STEADY
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
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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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  • WORK
    • 2019 >
      • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
      • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
      • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
      • CROSSING SHORES
      • IN THE CLOUDS
    • 2018 >
      • FLYING SUPERMARKET
      • A STATE OF DECLINE
      • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
    • 2017 >
      • KNIVES IN THE WATER
      • HEMERA'S FEAST
    • 2016 >
      • THE TRIBE
      • BETTER APART
    • 2015 >
      • SORRY, NOT SORRY
      • KAMAR KAMILLION
      • PRESENT CONDITION
    • 2014 >
      • BEN-DERA
      • MINOR CITIES
    • 2013 >
      • FENOMENA
      • AGIT
      • WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
      • BOOKS ACTUALLY
    • 2012 >
      • KA-KHÉ
    • 2011 >
      • SLOW AND STEADY
    • SELECTED DRAWINGS
    • PRIMARY MOTIF
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • STORE
    • THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
    • DOWNLOADS
    • BACKGROUNDS
  • LINKS