Neal Fox is a London based artist/illustrator. He studied at Camberwell Art College and the Royal College
of Art. Since graduating with an MA in 2005
his commercial illustration clients have included the Guardian, the
Independent, the Times, Dazed and Confused, Faber & Faber, Absolut Vodka,
Babyshambles and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
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| Babyshambles comission |
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| Absolut Commission |
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| Faber & Faber Commission |
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| Dazed and Confused Commission |
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| The Independent Commission |
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| The Guardian Commission |
Le Gun is
a self-titled annual independent publication created by Fox and other
RCA graduates. The publication blends a punk, occult, pop and
surrealist aesthetic which makes Le Gun so distinctive.
Fox's more personal works are a cauldron of contemporary culture, with references from music and films. From a life long obsession
with the tales of his inspiration, his dead grandfather, his large scale ink drawings have developed
into increasingly layered celebrations of the debauched and iconoclastic
characters.
Fox creates a psychedelic nexus of events and trails of thoughts including Francis Bacon and William Burroughs taking tea in the ancient
Egyptian after life, or Captain Beefheart selling a vacuum cleaner to
Aldous Huxley at the Doors of Perception. Many of Fox's illustrations are spattered with blood,
violence and surrealist fantasy (often in relation to drug use). However, I did notice the way in which Fox creates females within the illustrations. They were often debauched and represented as prostitutes or as sexual objects.
Much of his work openly represents his opinion on often provocative subjects such as sexuality, politics, gender and capitalism.
Fox creates a psychedelic nexus of events and trails of thoughts including Francis Bacon and William Burroughs taking tea in the ancient
Egyptian after life, or Captain Beefheart selling a vacuum cleaner to
Aldous Huxley at the Doors of Perception. Many of Fox's illustrations are spattered with blood,
violence and surrealist fantasy (often in relation to drug use). However, I did notice the way in which Fox creates females within the illustrations. They were often debauched and represented as prostitutes or as sexual objects. 
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