Bob Basset
Bob Basset is a Ukrainian art studio that works in the field of object design. The studio creates art objects from various materials, primarily leather and bone, metal, wood, stone, glass and others. Bob Basset created masks and other products for Givenchy,[1] Panos Yiapanis, RSA Films, members of Metallica, Slipknot, Korn and Tantric. Publications about Bob Basset appeared in T: The New York Times Style Magazine,[2] WAD magazine,[3] VICE UK,[4] Bizarre Magazine, INSIDE artzine magazine.
The studio’s co-founder Serhii Petrov believes that it works in new genre of “techno-romanticism”, invented by Bob Bassets's designers.
History
Bob Basset studio was founded as a workshop by brothers Serhii and Oleg Petrov in Kharkiv in 1989 and named after their basset hound Bob. The workshop produced leather accessories, souvenir knives and sheaths. The studio began publishing their work in LiveJournal in 2004.
The first foreign publications about Bob Basset appeared in the British Bizarre Magazine and in the blog Boing Boing.[5] Canadian sci- fi writer Cory Doctorow, co-founder of the blog BoingBoing became interested in Bob Basset's mask on eBay. Doctorow shared his finding with fans and sci-fi writer William Gibson, who called this mask "Probably the single best steampunk object I've seen".[4]
2007
Bob Basset's leather paws shoes appeared in The New York Times Fashion Magazine. Since 2007, the studio's products have been regularly presented at Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days and the Ukrainian Fashion Week, where Bob Basset cooperated with Ukrainian brands sasha.kanevski and Valery Kovalska and other designers.
2009
Four of Bob Basset's masks were purchased for the film Parallel Lines by Ridley Scott's RSA Film company.[6]
2010
Vogue International published 12 pages of stylistic fantasies by Panos Yiapanis with masks by Bob Basset.[7] Studio's leather masks became the central element of men's Spring/Summer 2011 collection by Givenchy, shown at the Paris Fashion Week. Later, those masks were used in Givenchy's promotional posters.[8] Zac Baird, the keyboardist, collaborating with Korn, wore a horse mask by Bob Basset on tour.[4]
2012
Bob Basset took part in European exhibitions Futur Anterieur (Paris)[9] and The Great Steampunk Exhibition (London).
2013
A member of Slipknot Sid Wilson purchased one of Bob Basset's masks and wore it as a part of his show image. Masks can be seen in Slipknot’s “The Devil in I”[10] and “Killpop”[11] music videos. Later Wilson starred in Avril Lavigne's "Rock N Roll" music video,[12] wearing Bob Basset mask as well. Another of Bob Basset's masks appeared in the musical film "Metallica: Through the Never".[13] Bob Basset took part in "Futur anterieur" exhibition in New York and in “Steampunk Art” exhibitions in Seoul and Beijing.[14]
2014
Bob Basset's masks were used for the promotional campaign of TNT's "The Last Ship".[15] Bob Basset created Mask of Maidan, which was dedicated to the journalists, who suffered during the confrontation at Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, Ukraine. The mask was auctioned, and all funds were used to support "Hromadske" public channel.[16][17] Bob Basset presented "Mashrabiya" collection at Ukrainian Fashion Week.[18] In the same year the mask from this collection has been used in the photo shoot of Elizabeth Banks for Flaunt Magazine.[19] Bob Basset created the mask for motorcycle concept “Sturmvögel”, created by Ukrainian ICM (Iron Custom Motorcycles) company.[20] Bob Basset took part in "Futur anterieur" exhibition in Hong Kong.
2015
Bob Basset presented his masks and art-performance "Behind the mask" at Gogolfest. Bob Basset presented "ΣΑΛΩΜΗΣ" collection at Ukrainian Fashion Week.[21] The studio made a mask of "Stalker" for Plarium's “Total Domination” MMO game.
2016
Bob Basset produced the second mask for ICM. The mask will be used for the new speed record project “Lake Bonneviile”.[22] Vogue.com included Bob Basset as one of the 9 elements of Ukrainian fashion revolution.[23] Bob Basset's mask was used in Otep's "Generation Doom" music video.[24]
2017
In January Bob Basset presents preview of its first solo exhibition "Entity" in "parfum büro" gallery.[25] Later, in March "Entity" was shown in "Bereznitsky Aesthetics" gallery. Items for "Entity" was gathered from private collections all over the world.[26] First collaboration of Italian brand Balossa and Bob Basset was presented at Lviv Fashion Week.[27] In May Bob Basset's artworks was shown in Kharkiv for the first time. Exhibition was part of Museum Night in YermilovCentre.[28]
2018
co-founder of the Bob Basset art studio Sergii Petrov and street artist Gamlet Zinkovsky – are displaying their artworks in Lima, Peru, from February 10 to March 3. The artists arrived in Peru’s capital at the invitation of a local artist Conrad Florez and they arranged a NEGRO exhibition together with him and another Peruvian artist Andrea Barreda. Currently, the art center Monumental Callao is showing six masks by Sergii Petrov and 23 drawings by Gamlet, while the Peruvians presented three of their paintings.[29]
Products
Masks
Bob Basset best known for its masks, which the authors attribute to “techno-romanticism”. There is a variety of masks of demons, zombies, unicorns, aliens, superheroes (including Batman), plague doctors, animals, dragons, and even a mask with the face of the statue of David by Michelangelo and series of Cthulhu mask. As a part of the art project "Survivors" in 2015 and 2016 Bob Basset made 17 miniature replicas of its own masks for Easter eggs. Overall, the studio has produced about 1,000 masks over the years.
While most of the masks were made as independent objects, the studio made two independent collection of masks: Mashrabiya (2014) and ΣΑΛΩΜΗΣ (2015).
Dragons
In 2006, the studio released "Dragon Backpack".[30] Works from the "Dragons bags" series are in private collections in Australia, Ukraine, Russia, USA and Taiwan. In addition, Bob Basset created handbags and other accessories in the Dragon style. The last one was “Corset” (spine).
Bags
The studio also produces bags in the form of masks: “Catwoman” for the Italian online retailer Luisa Via Roma, “Hanibal Lecter” and bags in the shape of insects (beetles, moths, spiders), bags in the form of grenades, dragons and others.
Other accessories
Bob Basset's activity started with armor making for historic military costume fans. There were vambraces, pauldrons, cuirasses, leather helmets. Studio also produces bracelets, lavaliers, pendants, leather Christmas decorations[31] and other accessories. Another direction of the studio's work is artificial sapphire knives with different handles, decorated with leather, wood and bone.
Materials and techniques
Bob Basset designers work with leather, artificial sapphire, valuable woods, brass, copper, steel. But the favorite material is leather.
Studio's designers are constantly experimenting, looking for new technologies that would allow them to realize the most daring ideas. They are actively trying new materials (synthetic sapphire, sturgeon's leather) and combining them with the common leather, wood, bone, metal. At the same time, the studio is engaged in restoration of old techniques of leatherwork: ancient technology of manufacturing high-strength leather armor known as “cuir bouilli” (boiled leather), volume stamping, etc.
References
- ^ "Givenchy Spring/Summer 2011 Menswear". Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/style/tmagazine/16claw.html
- ^ "BOB BASSET / THE LEATHER FACE - Files". 2014-07-05. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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- ^ "Our masks in Philips Cinema - Parallel Lines - The Gift, by Carl Erik Rinsch". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Faux Semblant by Panos Yiapanis for Vogue Hommes International #12 | Trendland". trendland.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "1st Look Givenchy Men's Spring Summer 2011 by Mert & Marcus". Design Scene - Fashion, Photography, Style & Design. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "galerie du jour - Futur antérieur". www.galeriedujour.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Slipknot (2014-09-12), Slipknot - The Devil In I [OFFICIAL VIDEO], retrieved 2016-08-29
- ^ Slipknot (2015-06-08), Slipknot - Killpop [OFFICIAL VIDEO], retrieved 2016-08-29
- ^ AvrilLavigneVEVO (2013-08-20), Avril Lavigne - Rock N Roll, retrieved 2016-08-29
- ^ "Redesigned Bob Basset Mask in Metallica 3D movie". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ gordsellar (2014-03-21). "Asia's First Steampunk Art Exhibition". gordsellar.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Survival is an Art | Turner creates and programs branded news, entertainment, sports, animation and young adult multi-platform content for consumers around the world. | Time Warner Blog". www.timewarner.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Маска Bob Basset продається на eBay заради hromadske.tv". stv.mediasapiens.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Bob Basset's brutal repression mask auctioned to benefit independent Ukrainian media outlet". Boing Boing. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Vogue.ua. "Презентация новой коллекции Bob Basset | Vogue Ukraine" (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Flaunt Magazine | People: Elizabeth Banks". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Sturmvogel". ironmoto.com.ua. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Украинские стимпанк-маски стали мировой сенсацией (фото)" (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Inspirium". ironmoto.com.ua. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Satenstein, Liana. "The Made-in-Ukraine Movement Is a Fashion Revolution". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Dr. Otep Shamaya, Esquire (2016-02-22), NEW OTEP ALBUM • GENERATION DOOM • APRIL 15 2016, retrieved 2016-08-29
- ^ "Preview выставки дизайн-студии Bob Basset в Галерее parfum büro (фоторепортаж)". Блог. 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ Vogue.ua. "Открытие персональной выставки Bob Basset | Vogue Ukraine". Vogue UA. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ "Balossa x Bob Basset collaboration at Lviv Fashion Week | Lviv Fashion Week". lvivfashionweek.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ "Bob Basset's Artworks Are Showed in Kharkiv for the First Time". Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ "Kharkiv Artists Win Hearts in Peru". Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ "Steampunk - Timeline | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Подарочный набор. Семь новинок украинского предметного дизайна - ФОКУС". ФОКУС (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-08-29.