Deus Ex Inspired Art Exhibition Opens on July 28 in New York

Square Enix, the publisher of the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution video game, has announced that it is entering into a partnership with a number of artists in order to create a number of works based on the themes of its title, which will be presented on July 28 at the Wooster Street Social Club in New York City.

The art expo will be open for two weeks and will allow both art and video game lovers to see how artists can take the underlying themes of a well developed game world and develop new and creative art pieces based on them.

The artists that will work with Square Enix are:

3rassiere — made up of Justin Metros and Alex Tarrant,an editor of New Media and Technology at JUXTAPOZ magazine, as well as a designer at Upper Playground and 900bats;
Estevan Oriol — a Los Angeles photographer that mainly focuses on the culture and lifestyles of the city;
Eyeone — another Los Angeles based artist who has works going from graphics design to street art;
Jeremy Fish — a San Francisco native who is both an artist and a commercial illustrator and designer; Jorge Alderete — a Mexico based artist that mainly creates contemporary art;
N8 Van Dyke — works in mediums ranging from pencil and ink to acrylic and oil pants and is known for the detail of his creations:
Rico Deniro — has created a show around pop culture icons that were rendered in the form of masks with the help of villagers from Mexico;
Robert Abeyta, Jr. — a former art director for brands from Stussy to Nike;
Sam Flores — a graphic designer and a street artist from San Francisco.

Jonathan Jacques–Belletête, who is the art director of Deus Ex: Human Revolution at Eidos Montreal, stated, “Creating the right visual look and feel for DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION was of critical importance to help set the tone of the incredibly rich storyline and enhance the game’s universe.”

He added, “The art direction in the game is extremely distinctive, with its main elements being a polished blend of cyberpunk flavor and aesthetics from the Renaissance, and super slick contemporary designs such as modern architecture and geometrical art installations. It’s exciting to bring more focus to videogame inspired art and it will be really interesting to see how the theme of transhumanism in DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION is interpreted by the unique group of artists participating in this project.”