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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Man One's first solo exibition in almost 5 years | Graffiti Spirits
Crewest Gallery opens a new exhibition this Saturday "Graffiti Spirits" an embracing solo show and retrospective by re-known graffiti artist Man One.
This marks Man One’s first solo exhibition in almost 5 years. The month long retrospective highlights this prolific artist’s career and makes available many important works rarely exhibited before.
" Bold, colorful art strokes. ...A leading urban muralist/artist enhancing the definition of art today is Los Angeles native Man One."
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 from 6-10pm
Crewest
110 Winston St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
ph | 213-627-8272
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Venice Custom Bicycles Event...
09.19.09 This Saturday is the 4th Annual Venice Custom Bicycle event, with this year is a little different. There will also be BMX and Fixie Flat Ground Freestyle, Bicycle Jousting, Break dancing, D.J., Redbull, free valet for bicycles and more. The host and producer Terry Talbot is looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out and be part of something very cool, contact tttpro@yahoo.com Visit www.venicecustombicycles.com
Robert Berman Gallery Presents the First Collaborative Exhibit of Mac and Retna
Vagos y Reinas
Curated by Brett Aronson
September 26 to October 17, 2009
Santa Monica, CA, August 18, 2009 — Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to present Vagos y Reinas, an exhibition of selected works by artists and muralists Mac and Retna. Vagos y Reinas marks the first time these longtime collaborators have exhibited in a gallery together.
Mac and Retna are unlikely partners. Mac is a photorealist: His work in spray paint makes the medium dissolve into a sea of classical touches. Retna is all brush: He is known for his abstract embellishments and calligraphic font. Collaboration is a constant in graffiti, but from the first time that Mac and Retna worked together on a mural it was clear that each painter brought out the best in the other; that the precision of one balanced the looseness of the other. In the five years since, Mac and Retna have collaborated on more than 20 murals around the globe, producing some of the most memorable, monumental work in recent memory. Vagos y Reinas is their widely anticipated first collaborative gallery show.
Mac and Retna’s murals are points of neighborhood pride, and it has made them local heroes. They often get involved in the communities they paint in, speaking in schools or mentoring young artists. Their murals have also become local landmarks—so much so that their piece on La Brea and 3rd was included in a recent Los Angeles Times ad campaign featuring iconic people and places that represent the city.
Vagos y Reinas brings their outdoor work inside. The title of the show, which translates to “vagrants and queens,” references Mac and Retna’s street-infused styles and celestial depictions of women. On exhibit are large-scale pieces that represent some of their best work together. For example, with “Gracias a la Vida,” an 11-by-11-foot canvas, Mac and Retna exalt a photo of a beautiful woman into a divine being. It is a perfect example of their use of graffiti and fine art, combining spray paint with Alphonse Mucha’s whiplash curves, motifs pulled from Byzantine art, and a powerful image that recalls Gustav Klimt.
The exhibit also serves as a retrospective, showcasing individual work from each artist before and after they met, as well as brand new pieces that demonstrate their maturation. “I think that our development as individual artists has made our collaborative work that much stronger and more unique,” Mac explains. Mac will show his extremely technical photorealistic canvases, while Retna plans to create a floor-to-ceiling installation of his calligraphic font.
The exhibition coincides with the release of Alianza (Upper Playground/Gingko Press), a 96-page hardcover book that documents their partnership over the years. Vagos y Reinas is open to the public from September 26 to October 17, 2009, during normal gallery hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 6 p.m.
For additional information, visit www.robertbermangallery.com or contact Zio, R. Rock Enterprises, 323.669.8819, zio@rrockenterprises.com
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
LA Artwalk this thursday 6-11...
I'll be setup here thursday with some new stuff...
http://downtownartpark.com/
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Friday, September 4, 2009
SABER's legendary LA River piece is now a true part of history
Budget cuts put new textbook purchases on hold
The state and many California school districts look to save money by postponing approvals of updated books. Some fear the moves may put students at a disadvantage.
California is in a recession and can't buy books but has money to buff the LA River.. Thank you to SABER and graffiti writers worldwide for beautifying our cities, continue the great work. Hopefully one day more people will realize how lucky they are that graffiti writers provide such great pieces of art to the world out of their pure passion for their art form.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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