Following the success of the last two 501® Jeans Live Unbuttoned art installations, Levi's and Vice came together to find the UK's most talented painters, illustrators, designers, sculptors, artists, whatever to have their work displayed on HUGE sites throughout London.
There were absolutely no guidelines for the project, other than that the work should try and capture the essence of what it means to "Live Unbuttoned" - living un-restrained and celebrating self-expression and creative freedom. We were overwhelmed with the response, and as tricky as it was to choose a winner out of all of the amazing entries that we received - we picked Maaike, who's work you can see at the featured sites.
Maaike Stevens
Maaike's work - largely influenced by the likes of Gordon Matta-Clark - deals with the manner in which humanity simplifies and categorises the world at large in order to better understand it and discuss it, often at the expense of noticing how similar things really are.
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