It’s no wonder Pharrell Williams is so Happy when he spends so much time in the exceptionally cheerful world of FriendsWithYou, aka Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III. The duo’s artwork is like the visual equivalent of a kid munching 15 tubes of Starburst and being left alone in the house with a packet of crayons and a mountain of plasticine, and now you, the lucky reader, can experience a jolt of this high-energy sunshine for yourselves with the launch of We Are FriendsWithYou, a book looking back at their career so far.
Written by the artists themselves, the volume includes conversations with Pharrell and his hat and Alejandro Jodorowsky, and boasts a scholarly introduction from Peter Doroshenko explaining the evolution of the Minimalist movement and how FreindsWithYou fit into the bigger picture. It’s also packed full of juicy images of the duo’s best and brightest work to date, taken from more than 10 years’ of creative output. We Are FriendsWithYou can be purchased directly from publisher Rizzoli.
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Cloud City, 2006
Mixed-media installation
Dimensions Variable
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Skywalkers, 2006
Collaboration of 18 Blimps by various artists.
Vinyl inflatables
Dimensions Variable
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I Melt For You, 2011
MDF, lacquer Paint
40 x 60 inches
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Starburst, 2010
Inflatable sculpture.
Ripstop nylon
300 inches diameter
FriendsWithYou
Malfi Blimp, 2011 – 2013
Various character iterations
Dimensions variable
