D_CK , is an art group known for creating a new way to use wax as art. The art group consists of three individual artists: Dylan Tankersley, Chandler Smith, and Kyle Cook. The name D_CK was made up by taking the first letter from the first name of each of the artists. The artists are currently preparing a tour around Texas, as well as the rest of the United States.

D_CK has been featured in the Bryan/ College Station newspaper "The Eagle," it's sister publication "Spotlight," and mentioned on KAMU Radio.

D_CK facts

Artist Statement

ARTIST STATEMENT:
D_CK is on the Tip of Everybody’s Tongue

This is the story and statement of D_CK. The artist name “D_CK” stems
from the first letter of the 3 college-aged artists that are involved:
Dylan, Chandler, and Kyle. What started out as a joke turned into an
experiment, and the experiment turned into a solid vision. Our dream
became revolutionary. We developed an artistic style that no one has
yet attempted, and we have perfected it. Every single piece of art
that we create is made with wax and a selection of other ingredients.
We don’t just create art for beauty. We create what we believe. We
speak what our generation sees and interprets. We mix views on life,
death, sex, our culture & pop culture, and insert our own hip-
hop/alternative rock style in it. Our art isn’t abstract, and our art
isn’t conventional. Our art is D_CK. We are visionaries. We believe
this is the first new art of the 21st Century. You can view
our “waxings” as simple, or you can take them for what they are. The
meaning behind D_CK’s art is deep. We feel this is the way art should be.
Much art today is rendered by an individual and thus is limited
to the expression of “the self”. The exterior world doesn’t
necessarily feel what that person does. There are three of
us. We bounce ideas and feelings and create all of our
waxings together. D_CK is the first “group artist” to capture these
interpretations through communal eyes and put them back out into the
world. The music industry changed forever with the internet-era. Few
artists have found ways to attain solidity under the high turn-over
consumerism of the iPod generation; many manifest as readily digested
one-hit wonder downloads. Everything started sounding and looking the
same. Music lost its soul. Hip-hop died. This is happening to all
forms of art. D_CK is different. There is something about D_CK that
catches people’s eyes and emotions, and it’s not just the meaning
behind the art. D_CK invented waxing, and the outcome is explosive.
When you see D_CK’s art, it speaks.
This is new art.
This is D_CK.

References

http://www.theeagle.com/spotlight/Calendar

http://www.theeagle.com/lifestyles/Blinn--art-band--to-display-works-