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  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • STORE
    • CASTING CALL ZINE (Free Download)
    • BACKGROUNDS (Free Download)
  • WORK
    • RECENT
      • Paintings
    • ARCHIVE (2009-2023)
      • PAINTINGS
        • Recent Paintings
      • DRAWINGS
        • Recent drawings
        • SELECTED DRAWINGS
        • State/s
      • EXHIBITIONS
        • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
        • FLYING SUPERMARKET
        • KNIVES IN THE WATER
        • SORRY, NOT SORRY
        • AGIT
      • Murals and Installations
        • AN OCEAN WITHOUT THE ANCHOR
        • THE SAME SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES EARTH
        • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
        • CROSSING SHORES
        • KAMAR KAMILLION
        • FENOMENA
        • SLOW AND STEADY
        • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
        • A STATE OF DECLINE
        • IN THE CLOUDS
        • MINOR CITIES
        • PRESENT CONDITION
        • KA-KHÉ
      • PERFORMANCES
        • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
        • THE TRIBE
    • SOUNDS
      • PRIMARY MOTIF
"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
  • CONTACT
  • STORE
    • CASTING CALL ZINE (Free Download)
    • BACKGROUNDS (Free Download)
  • WORK
    • RECENT
      • Paintings
    • ARCHIVE (2009-2023)
      • PAINTINGS
        • Recent Paintings
      • DRAWINGS
        • Recent drawings
        • SELECTED DRAWINGS
        • State/s
      • EXHIBITIONS
        • OPEN MY HEART, EASE MY TASK, LOOSEN THE KNOT ON MY TONGUE
        • FLYING SUPERMARKET
        • KNIVES IN THE WATER
        • SORRY, NOT SORRY
        • AGIT
      • Murals and Installations
        • AN OCEAN WITHOUT THE ANCHOR
        • THE SAME SIDE OF THE MOON ALWAYS FACES EARTH
        • IN ALL DIRECTIONS
        • CROSSING SHORES
        • KAMAR KAMILLION
        • FENOMENA
        • SLOW AND STEADY
        • SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS
        • A STATE OF DECLINE
        • IN THE CLOUDS
        • MINOR CITIES
        • PRESENT CONDITION
        • KA-KHÉ
      • PERFORMANCES
        • ANATOMY OF A HEARTBREAK
        • THE TRIBE
    • SOUNDS
      • PRIMARY MOTIF