The Art Project
crafted with Tailor Shop

Denim as canvas

"What will artists create when they try using denim as their canvas?" An unprecedented experiment between Levi’s® and the most expressive artists in focus at present has now begun. The feelings and ideas of these expressive artists are being supported by Levi’s® Tailor Shop's master tailors who can provide one-of-a-kind customizations. The works will be sold as the Limited Collection at limited edition shops in Japan and Korea. All of the proceeds from the sales will also be donated as a social contribution to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and AIDS prevention organizations. Is this fashion? Is it art? Is it an installation? What will they create? We won't know until they try it.

Artist

Naul

Naul

Artist & Musician

Profile

Born in Seoul, Korea in 1978
Musician Naul debuted as the 1st Anthem album ‘Easy’ in 1999. After having released the 1st album ‘Soul Free’ of ‘Brown Eyes Soul’ Group in 2003, he won the album award of R & B of Korea of the Year 2007, and in 2013, he won the best award of R & B Soul album of Korean Popular Music Award 2013, and in 2018, he released the 2nd solo album ‘Sound Doctrine’.

Graduated from the Department of Occidental Painting at Dankook University in 2003, and graduated from the Department of Occidental Painting at Design Graduate School of Dankook University in 2005.

In 2001, Naul started to have the joint exhibition of ‘Encounter between Yellow and Black,’ and participated in numerous public exhibitions. In 2004, he started to have the first private exhibition ‘Naul’ Exhibition. In 2015 and 2017 he held the private exhibitions ‘Collagearl Naul’s Room 2,’ and ‘For Thy Pleasure’ Exhibition, respectively in turn. In 2008, he started to have the exhibition of BARACK OBAMA Art Show 'HOPE' held in Rogue Space, NY, and had the joint exhibitions of ‘Naul & Nho-jun’ held in Osaka in 2013. Since then, he has been working constantly as an artist, by steadfastly holding exhibitions overseas including Tokyo and Osaka.

What I am trying to express in my work

Among my serial collage works on authentic soul music and culture, the 10th work ‘collage for Ebony 10’ has been retouched for the Levi’s ‘Crafted with Tailor Shop’ project, entitled as ‘Win Air’. The work has been used as an image on my second solo album jacket that was released in March 2018.

My artistic inspiration comes from authentic soul music, abandoned object and the faith- the centre of my life. Dumped and torned object as wrapping material, album covers, scribbles, photos that are indifference to others are reborn into valuable art work through process as transforming the careful selection into drawings and sensible arrangement.