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 WEBUYYOURKIDS are Sydneysiders SONNY DAY and BIDDY MARONEY, who will be displaying their particular brand of poster and album art alongside peers Joe Allen, Sam Morgan, and Max Olijnk at Nine Lives Happy Endings’ exhibition this week. Nine Lives’ MATT BRADY gets the details…
Starting out creating posters for niche Sydney label Popfrenzy, you may have recently seen Webuyyourkids’ work with the recent tour poster for touring Brooklynites Deerhunter.
MATT BRADY: Who are Webuyyourkids and what is it that you do?
WEBUYYOURKIDS: We are Biddy Maroney and Sonny Day, we started life three years ago as collaborative art/illustration partnership. We mainly work for bands making posters, album artwork, etc. Lately we’ve been mixing it up a bit with film work, some more commercial illustration and trying to animate.
MB: What is it that inspires you to paint/design a particular subject?
WBYK: Music, movies (especially horror), skateboarding, the fact that we can’t do much else and this is what we’ve been wanting to do since we were both teenagers drawing and listening to music … oh, and the voices in my head.
MB: What artists/designers influenced you, and how?
WBYK: Oh, where to start ... Raymond Pettibon, Ed Templeton, Steak Mountain, Eric Larsen, Zeloot. All of these guys have contributed in some form whether it be visual or thematically. Biddy’s dad, though he isn’t a designer, has influenced her a lot because he has always collected movie posters and comics and been into quite kitsch stuff, so she was introduced to a lot of what shapes us as a kid: Robert Crumb, Hammer Horror etc. I’ve been influenced massively by skateboarding – the lifestyle and the art – Toy Machine, Alien Workshop etc.
MB: What do you do for fun (besides WBYK)?
WBYK: There is no fun at WBYK! No, we work quite a lot and we enjoy our work.
But for fun we like the company of our friends over a cold beer, our cats, skateboarding, stockpiling guns and British murder mysteries, Italian horror movies and American skateboard videos. Biddy does not skate. I can’t handle all the British murder mysteries she watches. But the rest of the list is mutual.
MB: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
WBYK: Sitting in a bunker polishing our guns or owning a really small espresso bar and hopefully being able to continue making art/posters/etc.
MB: What advice would you give to anyone just starting out?
WBYK: Just to do it – draw, draw, draw and don’t worry too much what art teachers say.
MB: I understand showing in Brisbane is something special for you guys....
WBYK: We like to show up North because we have family there. And the beer is colder. Before I lived in Sydney I was in Bundaberg and would come to Brisbane all the time to visit my folks. And now Biddy’s brother and his family live there too. We’ve come to Brisbane a few times over the last few years and we always like it. We’re stoked to show at Nine Lives too because we have heard great stuff. And Paddo Skate Park is great too.
Sonny & Biddy of WEBUYYOURKIDS will be on hand with more examples of their art at Nine Lives Gallery (above Mellino’s in the Brunswick St Mall) on Friday Jun 26 from 6pm. www.wehaveninelives.blogspot.com
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