Credits: Article and images by Katherine Arteche @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/interview-labeg-gabriel-lau/
“I can draw better than this, I swear,” Gabriel laughs, as he tells me over our video chat. Dressed in a crisp white shirt and seated comfortably in his well-furnished office in Hong Kong, Gabriel Lau, better known as the artist LABEG, tells me about his artistic journey since his unique artistic style took off on social media in the past year. For the last five years, Lau has been producing what he calls “watch art”, which, as the name implies, is artwork about watches.
Though at first glance, it’s nothing what Michaelangelo or Louise Bourgeois will recreate (okay, perhaps it’s a little bit Bourgeois but way less morbid). Lau’s art is a recreation of timepieces as we know it — an MB&F Legacy Machine, an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, an Omega Speedmaster, even a Rexhep Rexhepi RRCC II — but in slightly skewed proportions. In fact, Lau himself has described them as “ugly”. “I draw them in this very whimsical way on purpose, very much like a kid again,” he said. “It’s more fun for me and that’s really the whole point of it. I really enjoy it, it’s fun, it’s an interesting view on watches, and it makes people smile.”
Credits: Article and images by Katherine Arteche @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/interview-labeg-gabriel-lau/