Mark Andreasson
Artist/Musician – La Peste
Mark Andreasson, (A.K.A. Mark Karl) dropped out of art school in 1976, and performed as part of La Peste in both the original incarnation with Peter Dayton and Roger Tripp, and then later with Ian Kalinosky. Back to school for architecture in ’81.
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In 1984 he nailed his bass guitar to the wall and left music to start Design Communications Ltd with another former musician, Craig Kutner. Fast forward 35 years – he now employs over 300 people in several states and works on architectural specialty projects all over the world. He has 2 wonderful daughters, 1 beautiful wife, and an incredibly fortunate life.
ASK MARK A QUESTION:
Do you think it’s fair to say that the posters you would find on the wall and street poles around the city of Boston in the 80’s had as much to do with the music scene as the music itself?
Some of the work in the Boston Flashpoint Gallery comes from musicians who spent time in art school. Is that where you developed your artistic skills?
When you worked on a poster, what was the creative process and how long would a typical poster take to make?
If the medium is the message, what is the message being sent by the poster image with the woman in the acrylic chamber and the cycling of the moons?
The iconic red La Peste cross and type set seen in many of your posters. Where did those come from?
Many show poster designers were musicians. Do you think that’s a prerequisite or just a function of them being artistic and creative people?
There are two poster’s from the Bird Cage in the gallery. That was a strip club in Boston’s Combat Zone. Did playing that club influence the reoccurring visual thread of women in provocative poses?
The poster from The Space with the spray can was done by Siri Howard. Did you work with her on this design?
Do you consider all those posters plastered throughout the city as being part of the cultural landscape of Boston back in the 80’s?
What question did you always want Mark Andreasson to be asked about his art, being it posters or music, but it never came about?
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