Neville Garrick
Neville Garrick (28 July 1950 – 14 November 2023) was a Jamaican-born Los Angeles-based graphic artist[1] and photographer.[2] He was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[2]
Garrick attended UCLA where he played for the UCLA Bruins men's soccer team, reaching the National Collegiate Athletic Association finals in both 1971 and 1972.[3] After returning to Jamaica, he became the art director for the Daily News.[3]
He is best known for creating the artwork for many Bob Marley album covers, and designed the backdrops for the Reggae Sunsplash festival for much of the 1980s.[3][4] Garrick also worked with Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, and many others.[3] He is the author of A Rasta's Pilgrimage: Ethiopian Faces and Places (1999).[1][5]
Garrick was a founder and executive director of the Bob Marley Museum.[6][7]
Garrick died from cancer in California on 14 November 2023 at the age of 73[8][9]
References
- ^ a b Helfland, Jessica (28 September 2001). Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 62. ISBN 9781568983202. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
As Bob Marley's close friend and art director during the 1970s and early 1980s, Neville Garrick created some of the most recognisable and powerful images in popular culture...
- ^ a b Moskowitz, David Vlado (30 August 2007). Bob Marley: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 27–. ISBN 9780313338793. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Neville Garrick puts colour in reggae". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel (1998). Chanting down Babylon: the Rastafari reader. Temple University Press. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-1-56639-584-7. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ White, Timothy (November 13, 1999). "In Print". Billboard. p. 25. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Steffens, Roger; Del Woodward (August 1986). "Bob Marley: Keeping the Flame Alive". SPIN. p. 10. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Lichtman, Irv (January 29, 1994). "The Billboard Bulletin..." Billboard. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com.
- ^ French, Jhaneal (November 15, 2023). "World renowned Jamaican graphic artist Neville Garrick has died".
