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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2011 |
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| Website | candb |
Cook & Becker is a Dutch online art dealership specializing in digital art, videogame art and concept art. Founded in 2011, the company is known for its fine art prints and art books of popular videogames like Mass Effect, The Last of Us and Ōkami.[1][2]
Overview
Cook & Becker was founded in 2011 by Maarten and Ruben Brands, with the intention of creating a more prominent position in the contemporary art world for the artists in the games industry that shape a big part of contemporary visual culture.[3] It has since acquired the rights to produce prints for many popular videogames, including The Witcher, Mass Effect, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, The Last of Us, Ōkami, Destiny, Bioshock: Infinite, Battlefield and Dark Souls.
In November 2014, Cook & Becker co-organized the New Horizons exhibition at the Fries Museum's second Next Gen Art Event in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. This exhibition featured the work of various videogame studios, including a touring collection of Naughty Dog artworks spanning 30 years of game development.[4]
In 2015, Cook & Becker released their first art book, Killzone Visual Design, based on the Killzone series by developer Guerilla Games. This release was followed in 2016 by the art book 120 Years of Vlambeer & Friends. Bringing back arcade since 1896, about indie game studio Vlambeer, and an upcoming official Sonic the Hedgehog art book, Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book, to be released in April 2017.[5]
Prints
Videogame art books
- Killzone Visual Design (hc, 208 pages, 2015, ISBN 978-90-824576-0-5)
- 120 Years of Vlambeer and Friends. Bringing back arcade games since 1896 (pb, 176 pages, 2016, ISBN 978-90-824576-3-6)
References
- ^ This art dealer wants to hang an indie game on your wall. Engadget (30 January 2015). Retrieved on 2017-01-06.
- ^ Where to buy great videogame artwork. Kotaku (11 March 2015). Retrieved on 2017-01-06.
- ^ Suitable for Framing. Escapist Magazine (17 January 2012). Retrieved on 2017-01-23.
- ^ Next Gen Art Event: Putting games in galleries. Gamesindustry.biz (12 January 2015). Retrieved on 2017-01-06.
- ^ Sonic The Hedgehog's Fancy Coffee Table Art Book. Kotaku (6 December 2016). Retrieved on 2017-01-18.