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FIVE QUESTIONS FOR<br />
KYM<br />
NAGLER<br />
DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE ART CREATION<br />
SETUP...<br />
Somewhere light and comfortable with a good<br />
sound system. A view of the beach would be<br />
good, a good variety of paint with timber odds<br />
an ends to make stuff and paint.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST MOTIVATION<br />
WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING ART?<br />
Probably a lot of pop culture influences from<br />
‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s… TV shows, magazines (Like<br />
Mad etc.), music, films and a lot of stuff<br />
around me to this day... And not taking it all<br />
too seriously.<br />
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR MOST<br />
MEMORABLE ART CAREER MOMENT?<br />
Doing South Australian living art exhibitions<br />
with other artist friends of mine... And actually<br />
selling something. The Byron surfing/art fest,<br />
Kustom Lane gallery in Vicco…and a bit of a<br />
write up in Kustom Airbrush and Pinstriping<br />
mag (England) tiki feature… I just put it out<br />
there and see what happens. Oh yes,and doin’<br />
tee layouts for <strong>Smorgasboarder</strong>!<br />
WHO IS KYM?<br />
Kym’s a multi-talented bloke with<br />
a love for kustom graphics and art.<br />
And his love for fun and feelgood<br />
art is only rivalled by his expansive<br />
knowledge of the South Australian<br />
music scene. With his tongue firmly<br />
in cheek, not only does Kym create<br />
conventional drawings and paintings<br />
under the names of Akymbo and Von<br />
Nagler, he also makes tiki heads<br />
out of styrene foam and concrete,<br />
he paints hats, he makes lamps,<br />
plant pots, dunny-roll holders, he<br />
paints surfboards, skateboards,<br />
handplanes, paipos... In fact there’s<br />
very little that Kym won’t add his<br />
unique splash of colour and flair to<br />
(including this edition’s awesome<br />
<strong>Smorgasboarder</strong> t-shirt! See page<br />
28 for a sneak peek).<br />
FIND HIS WORK?<br />
Facebook: Akymbo Surf & Tiki Art<br />
4.<br />
...AND WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE<br />
SURFING MOMENT?<br />
The first time I surfed Noosa was pretty<br />
memorable!<br />
5.<br />
IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE<br />
ARTIST IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT<br />
BE AND WHY?<br />
Because I have a cartoony style it would have<br />
to big daddy ED ROTH! He developed fantastic<br />
lettering font styles, his hot rod monsters -<br />
which I would copy as a kid (but nowhere as<br />
good) - his kustom cars, surfing and skateboard<br />
toons as well… Rat Fink!!! ’60s pop culture<br />
at its best!<br />
SUMMER <strong>2016</strong> | SMORGASBOARDER 53
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