Artist and graphic designer Brian Gibb runs The Public Trust and is the co-founder of Art Prostitute, one of North Texas' finest art publications. He recently sat down with WeShotJr to relay some hard-hitting art opinions for this week's Greatness.

Richardson Heights: What is your favorite color and why?

Brian Gibb: I don't have a favorite color, I do however enjoy the combinations of many colors.

RH: As both an artist and a designer, do you see a distinction between the two?

BG: The obvious distinction would be when I am designing for a client, I am trying to communicate their product, company or event, whereas with my own personal work outside influences aren't dictating what I am doing. As far as the act of creating either, they both influence each other. Having a hold on the principles and elements of design makes the personal work more formally resolved. Conversely, there is an additional layer of consideration to the design side of things.

RH: Do you have a day job or are you actually able to be an art prostitute and depend on your creativity to survive?

BG: I have not had a "day job" since I was in college. I have been on my own since AP started in 2003.

RH: What's coming up for Bee Lee Gee Press? Are those your initials?

BG: I am working on a website for it that will launch soon. Essentially it will be the moniker in which I will publish books as well as do commercial work, the name is derived from my own. On the horizon I have a book of drawings by Steven Hopwood-Lewis, as well as the first ever hardcover edition of Art Prostitute.

RH: I've seen the phrase "culture jammer" used in describing you. To what extent, if any, were the writings of Kalle Lasn and Adbusters on your publication and design work?

BG: I have always appreciated their perspective on things. Their advertising subversions which were a 1000 times smarter than the advertisements they were critiquing had a pretty profound effect on me when I was in school. This coupled with their commentary on the world in general, really pushed me to make things that I felt mattered and weren't completely self-serving.

RH: Does the fact that you're becoming increasingly famous for something called "art prostitute" make your mom (and/or grandma) a little squeamish?

BG: Not at all. My family has been extremely supportive of this dream since day one.

RH: Do you think Denton has gotten over it?

BG: There are definitely people there that still talk about all that we did there with the publication and the gallery. I would say that overall people are "over it." We caught a lot of wreck when we made the announcement we were leaving. Most of it was from people who in 2 years never came by, or came by 1 or 2 times, or just for the free beer. I am a bit bummed that I don't see many of the people who actually supported us in Denton coming to the gallery in Dallas. The best I can hope for is that what we did motivates people to take their ideas into action, and follow through with them.

Mr. Gibb's current series of prints entitled "All That Glitters Isn’t Gold" is currently on display at the Magnolia Theater Gallery through December 3, 2008. Image courtesy of Brian Gibb.