Art: Arrested Motion: Neck Face Interview

Art website Arrested Motion caught up with Stockton graffiti artist Neck Face during MOCA's "Art in the Streets." The two converse about the origin of his name, his exhibit at "Art n the Streets," his craft as it is viewed by many all over the world and other ventures the artist has coming up.

Continue reading after the jump for Neck Face's interview...

When did you start doing art and graffiti? And where does the name Neck Face come from?

I’ve been drawing and shit since I can remember. I’ve been drawing and all that stuff since I was a little kid. And, I decided to do graffiti in like sophomore year of high school. I was like “ok, I want to do this.” And I gotta come up with a name that no one’s ever gonna come up with because you could come up with a dumb ass name like Star or Fire or some shit, and in the town next to you there’s Star2. I already knew that from my older brothers so I decided to come up with a name that nobody would ever think of.

What are some of your artistic and cultural influences? Where does your interest in haunted houses come from?

That’s just how I grew up. Haunted houses, my brother and my mom, everyone, my whole family have been building them for 27 years! I’m 26 so I grew up with this shit.

How did you get involved with the skate scene?

I skate.

What other places have you lived or worked in?

Atlanta, Japan, Sydney, Melbourne, let’s see, Mexico City, everywhere man, I’m worldwide!

What do you think is the most controversial art piece you’ve ever done and what made you do it?

Probably the one of the guy shitting on the girl’s face. Cause my ex-girlfriend, I felt like I wanted to shit on her face so I did it.

What do you have coming up next?

September, an art show at New Image Art. I’m doing drawings and my friend Weirdo Dave aka Fuck This Life is doing an exhibition. His shit is gonna be sick!

Do you think you are more obsessed with shirtless old wrinkly dudes than Dave Kinsey is?

Excuse me? Huh? Shirtless what?