The Most Podcast - Episode 36: Brecht Vandenbroucke

On this all-new episode: Belgian visual artist, comic illustrator and teacher Brecht Vandenbroucke in conversation with your host Dominique! Over the past solid decade, Brecht’s work has graced the virtual and paper pages of The New York Times, Variety, Le Monde, Humo, Adult Swim, Wired, Têtu and many more. Fashion quickly came calling too: Brecht has created shirt prints for Prada and savvy Walter Van Beirendonck stans will recognize Brecht’s work from their past creative collabs.

As a cultural reflector and narrator, Brecht mirrors every little detail and perversion of our existence through hand-painted comic strips and fills them with candour and pop iconography. His signature style is unfettered by any medium, standing out on a glass vase as well as a skateboard deck. After the impact of his 2013 debut visual album ‘White Cube’, Brecht has just released second graphic novel ‘Shady’, a self-defined transitional book into his next era that delves into morality and our inability at self-reflection.

On this episode, hear Brecht lay out his story from early farm life to running a precocious publishing house as a kid. Brecht also opens up about having to mature quickly as a teen, why he took a break from pop culture once and how reading Joseph Campbell connected the dots for him to parse out cultural narratives. He talks dealing with the tension between chaos and order, holistic world views and the challenge behind weaving the ‘Shady’ storyline. Hear how the acclaimed artist works to figure out his own art, future ambitions and the importance of humility and self-improvement. That and so much more!

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