Warrr2k / Work 2014-17

WARRR2K∞//WORK 2014-17 showcases all of Alexander Heir's visual work created since the release of his last book, Death Is Not the End, in addition to a new full-color series exclusive to this volume. Expanding upon war, police brutality, political corruption, and death as his canon of punk subject matter, his latest work brings sci-fi and psychedelia influences into the fold, blending them with his impeccable design aesthetic and signature sense of twisted playfulness. The result shows Heir making his most sophisticated, detailed and demented work to date.
The most sophisticated and complete work to date of punk and metal artist Alexander Heir.
Brooklyn artist and musician Alexander Heir has created one of the defining aesthetics of the contemporary underground music scene, through more than 15 years of design and printing work for countless international punk and metal artists. His work has graced the albums, singles, and flyers of highly regarded artists such as The Mob, Martin Rev of Suicide, Warthog, and John Carpenter, and his commission work includes ephemera for horror films It Follows and The Puppet Man.
Christopher Stein is the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film, Wild Style, and writer of the soundtrack for the film Union City.
The imagery blended subversive art tropes from yesteryear -- rippin' grim reapers in the vein of Pushead, macabre linework that looked like something Yoshi Toshi or Lee Brown Coye might have created if they had access to Microns, flash freak designs involving skull stabbings and anti-fascist violence -- but it felt less like a retromania melting pot, and more like a torch-carrying of the creative fringe. -Merry Jane
Alexander Heir has made a name for himself off the back of his vivid, graphic artwork, with plenty of bands and record labels seeking the artist out for collaboration; fans include Martin Rev of Suicide, John Carpenter and Blondie's Chris Stein. - Hypebeast, 05/02/2018
Expanding upon war, police brutality, political corruption, and death as his canon of punk subject matter, his latest work brings sci-fi and psychedelia influences into the fold, blending them with his impeccable design aesthetic and signature sense of twisted playfulness. The result shows Heir making his most sophisticated, detailed and demented work to date. - The Vinyl District, 05/18/2018