Teahupo’o (surf spots series)

Teahupo’o (surf spots series)

Andre Brik, 2021

New Media, Edition of 20
60 x 60 x 0 cm
Pigment and Vector on Paper

€ 360

incl. worldwide shipping
incl. 14 day money-back guarantee
incl. certificate of authenticity

About the artwork Teahupo’o (surf spots series)

Teahupo’o is one of the most beloved and feared waves in the world. The name means 'crushed skulls' in Tahitian and you are just going to know why.

In this paradise of crystal clear waters located in French Polynesia, the coral ocean floor depth changes abruptly, creating a sudden and giant wave, with strong and dangerous tubes.

Four surfers already lost their lives there, and many were seriously injured.

Besides being an iconic wave, I always wanted to portray a Teahupo’o’s wave because I find its shape very unusual and beautiful. It has a vertical wall in its face, a sort of water plateau at the back, and a very thick tube front wall.

So I wanted to represent a Teahupo’o wave as an energetic and continuous vortex.

I made several sketches until I found fitting symmetric shapes. In this final artwork, the sky was designed by duplicating the sea and rotating it like a "hinge", creating then a perception of circular and powerful movement, like a whirlpool or a jet engine.

About the artist Andre Brik

Andre Brik was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 1972. Architect, illustrator, and art director, he also studied typography and graphic design at the School of Visual Arts and at Parsons School of Design in New York.

In his works, you can find some of the 1920’s Plakatstil graphic style and polish posters with their clean lines and flat contrasting background colors, their visual puns and wit, and subtle irony. There is also nonsense, humor, counterculture, dada, surrealism, and punk rock. The ideas are born from the observation of the elements of everyday objects. Then the artist begins a long process of sketching to deconstruct and recombine shapes, colors, and meanings. Finally, a careful selection of outcoming ideas is chosen to be digitally developed, painted, and finished as a graphic art illustration.


More artworks by Andre Brik from this series

Paralelas - Honey Island - Brazil (Surf Spot Series)
Paralelas - Honey Island - Brazil (Surf Spot Series)
Andre Brik, 2019
€ 360
Praia Brava – Itajai – Brazil (surf spots series)
Praia Brava – Itajai – Brazil (surf spots series)
Andre Brik, 2017
€ 360
Pico de Matinhos - Brazil (surf spots series)
Pico de Matinhos - Brazil (surf spots series)
Andre Brik, 2016
€ 360
Fort Point - San Francisco - CA (surf spots series)
Fort Point - San Francisco - CA (surf spots series)
Andre Brik, 2019
€ 360
Mappin - Caioba - Brazil (surf spots series)
Mappin - Caioba - Brazil (surf spots series)
Andre Brik, 2017
€ 360
Barra do Sai - Guaratuba - Brazil (surf spots series)
Barra do Sai - Guaratuba - Brazil (surf spots series)
Andre Brik, 2017
€ 360
Nazaré (surf spot series)
Nazaré (surf spot series)
Andre Brik, 2021
€ 530
Praia da Vila - Imbituba - Brazil (surf spots series)
Praia da Vila - Imbituba - Brazil (surf spots series)
Andre Brik, 2017
€ 360

Other artist's artworks

22.10.no.02
22.10.no.02
Hyun-Seok (조현석), 2022
€ 6,020
Da Capo 3
Da Capo 3
Mo Häusler, 2005
€ 520
Steps
Steps
Katherine Lubar, 2019
€ 1,410
18. Melancholy
18. Melancholy
George Gheorghe, 1988
€ 1,950
"Nirvana #12"
"Nirvana #12"
Titus Hora, 2014
€ 1,550
09. Eventful amusement park
09. Eventful amusement park
George Gheorghe, 1999
€ 1,240
Transhumans: Cyclops
Transhumans: Cyclops
Titus Hora, 2021
€ 2,920
06. Determining direction
06. Determining direction
George Gheorghe, 1998
€ 4,260
10. The Banishment
10. The Banishment
George Gheorghe, 1994
€ 1,940
22.11.no.02
22.11.no.02
Hyun-Seok (조현석), 2021
€ 2,370
Transhumans: The Astronaut
Transhumans: The Astronaut
Titus Hora, 2021
€ 2,920
LYNX THRILLER
LYNX THRILLER
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2018
€ 690