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Art or vandalism?

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:03:18 +0000

http://www.scmp.com/video/

French street artist Zevs, known for "liquidating" famous logos by pouring paint over them, was arrested early yesterday after a Chanel logo on the façade of a Central building received the same treatment.

He was one of three people arrested in connection with the incident at Chater House on 13th July about 3.30 am. Police did not name the three, saying only that they were a 32-year-old Western visitor and two Hong Kong residents aged 27 and 26.

Dominique Perregaux, owner of Arts Statements Gallery, who invited Zevs, confirmed he had been arrested.

To watch an updated video and profile of Zevs click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8BG8v4sZnk

Duration : 0:1:38

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The Resurrection of Marilyn Monroe

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:25:30 +0000

Graffiti Artist, Lesn1, uses spray paint to resurrect the famous Pop icon, Marilyn Monroe, from the dead. Music by Young Cee.

Duration : 0:2:39

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Mom and Popism presented by Gawker Artists

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:58:14 +0000

http://munroviapictures.com/

http://jamesandkarlamurray.com/

http://gawker.com/

This is a short behind the scenes video of the Mom and Popism event hosted by Gawker.com in association with Jim and Karla Murray's celebrated book Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York.

The event was curated by Billi Kid and features the Graffiti of some world famous artists including Crome, Cycle, David Cooper, Shiro, Lady Pink and several others.

Duration : 0:4:18

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Arm Graffiti

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:07:51 +0000

First video FTW!
I was really bored in 7th period Geometry today, so I just decided to tag up my arm a little bit. It began as just my name, but then I gradually added material to it throughout the day. One or two of my other friends decided to join in lol. They're all mostly names of people I know, along with a couple of other things, including 4 crosses
A few of my friends saw it and liked what I could write, so they asked me to write their names, and eventually it just became a sleeve of sharpie lol

Duration : 0:1:23

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Graffiti Box Ravensburger

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:04 +0000

Graffiti Box. This is a game for kidz only, not to learn graffiti, not to vandalize, just to play with graffiti.... If you want some, i put some on ebay !!! But not the aerograff pack !!!

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280459526905&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Duration : 0:4:10

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Kaws, Former Graffiti (Tag) Artist

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:58:28 +0000

This segment profiles the artist known as KAWS, former Graffiti (tag) artist turned painter and designer of limited edition toys and clothing. This segment also features some cool clips of KAWS' art, displayed in Pharrell Williams' Miami Home and Kanye West's latest album cover and billboard.

You can catch his next exhibition,
"KAWS, The Long Way Home," February 21,— April 04, 2009 at the Honor Fraser Gallery in LA

http://www.honorfraser.com/?s=upcoming

http://www.honorfraser.com

"I just started simply through Graffiti and drawing on my skateboard and painting on walls and getting that small recognition," said KAWS, known to his family as Brian Donnelly.

KAWS graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a BFA in illustration in 1996. After graduation, KAWS briefly worked for Disney as a freelance animator painting backgrounds. He also contributed to the animated series 101 Dalmations, Daria and Doug.

He began his career as a graffiti artist growing up in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Later moving to NYC in the 1990s, KAWS started subverting imagery on billboards, bus shelters and phone booth advertisements. These reworked advertisements were at first left alone, lasting for up to several months, but as KAWS' popularity skyrocketed, the ads became increasingly sought after.

In addition to NY, KAWS has done work in Paris, London, Berlin and Tokyo.

In the late 90s, KAWS began to design and produce limited edition vinyl toys, "an instant hit with the global art toy-collecting community,"especially in Japan, where this genre is well respected and widespread. More toys and later clothing were made for Original Fake, a recent collaborative store with Medicom Toy, in the Aoyama district of Tokyo where an original limited edition product is released each week.

KAWS has also participated in other commercial collaborations with Takahashi for Undercover, snowboard projects with Burton, and sneakers with Nike and Vans.

His most recent collaboration was with Comme des Garçons.

KAWS' acrylic paintings and sculpture have many repeating images, all meant to be universally understood, surpassing languages and cultures.

One of KAWS' early series, Package Paintings, was made in 2000. This series, entitled The Kimpsons, subverted the famous American cartoon, The Simpsons. KAWS explains that he "found it weird how infused a cartoon could become in people's lives; the impact it could have, compared to regular politics."

In addition, KAWS has reworked other familiar icons such as Mickey Mouse, the Michelin Man and the Smurfs.

Through all of his projects, KAWS has successfully blurred the line between fine art and mass-produced merchandise. He uses his products to allow his imagery to infiltrate a larger audience than that of the fine art world.

The artist is currently an active member in both the commercial and fine art communities.

His work is included in the traveling exhibition "Beautiful Losers," which started at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center and will be traveling through 2009 throughout the US and Europe.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (forthcoming)

Plastic Culture, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Great Britain

The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Album Cover, 808s and Heartbreak, by Kanye West
Also check out:

http://www.original-fake.com

http://www.kawsone.com

Duration : 0:6:34

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Doin Graffiti – Explained In One Minute

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:38:37 +0000

Here is a little description on "How to do Graffiti" !

Pictures taken by myself.
Music is: Yann Tiersen - La Redécouverte
Used program: Windows Movie Maker

Duration : 0:1:16

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A Man of Letters -EINE (Graffiti Artist) documentary

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:18:30 +0000

This is a documentary about a well known graffiti artist, commonly know as EINE.
He is famous for his large letter designs, usually painted onto metal shop shutters in his local area, and also shows his work in exhibitions, sometimes collaborating with other artists.
It was directed and edited by me, camerawork and interviewing by Joe Brown with sound recording by Will Abell, and made with the Abingdon Film Unit (http://www.abingdonfilmunit.com),
This is the third documentary I have directed and I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks

Duration : 0:3:31

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Underground Art -Brazil

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:33:08 +0000

November 2008

In the harsh conditions of Sao Paolo, graffiti artists are pushing street art in new and often dangerous directions. We investigate these artists work, amongst pools of filth and armies of cockroaches.
Sao Paulo's art movement sometimes goes beyond the streets and into the citys sewers. This is a rainwater gallery in the sewage system, tells artist Zezao. Whilst some street artists are being tempted into top art galleries, some still find their home streets inspirational. I imagine that in a different city where problems are more subtle I would not have the same inspiration to create, a local artist explains.

Produced by SBS/Dateline
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Duration : 0:13:16

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Modern Mural Graffiti One Day of Art by Atlanta, Georgia Artist Corey Barksdale Time Lapse Paintings

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:42:52 +0000

Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is sometimes regarded as a form of art and other times regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.
Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire[1]. In modern times, spray paint and markers have become the most commonly used materials. In most countries, defacing property with graffiti without the property owner's consent is considered vandalism, which is punishable by law. Sometimes graffiti is employed to communicate social and political messages. To some, it is an art form worthy of display in galleries and exhibitions; to others it is merely vandalism. Graffiti has since evolved into a pop culture existence often related to underground hip hop music and break dancing creating a lifestyle that remains hidden from the general public.[2] Graffiti is used as a gang signal to mark territory or to serve as an indicator or "tag" for gang-related activity. The controversies that surround graffiti continue to create disagreement amongst city officials/ law enforcement and graffitists looking to display their work in public locations. There are many different types and styles of graffiti and it is a rapidly developing artform whose value is highly contested, being reviled by many authorities while also subject to protection, sometimes within the same jurisdiction.

Modern Graffiti

A soldier in Italy (19431944)
Graffiti is often seen as having become intertwined with hip hop culture and the myriad of international styles derived from New York City Subway graffiti (see below). However, there are many other instances of notable graffiti this century. Graffiti has long appeared on railroad boxcars and subways. The one with the longest history, dating back to the 1920s and continuing into the present day, is [www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgSRiJjmnYYBozo Texino]. During World War II and for decades after, the phrase "Kilroy was here" with accompanying illustration was widespread throughout the world, due to its use by American troops and its filtering into American popular culture. Shortly after the death of Charlie Parker (nicknamed "Yardbird" or "Bird"), graffiti began appearing around New York with the words "Bird Lives".[12] In the sixties American graffiti proclaiming that "Yossarian lives!",[citation needed] was briefly popular, a reference to the protagonist of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22. The student protests and general strike of May 1968 saw Paris bedecked in revolutionary, anarchist, and situationist slogans such as L'ennui est contre-révolutionnaire ("Boredom is counterrevolutionary") expressed in painted graffiti, poster art, and stencil art. In the U.S. at the time other political phrases (such as "Free Huey" about Black Panther Huey Newton) became briefly popular as graffiti in limited areas, only to be forgotten. A popular graffito of the 1970s was the legend "Dick Nixon Before He Dicks You," reflecting the hostility of the youth culture to that U.S. president.

Rock and roll graffiti is a significant sub genre. A famous graffito of the 20th century was the inscription in the London subway reading "Clapton is God". The phrase was spray-painted by an admirer on a wall in an Islington Underground station in the autumn of 1967. The graffiti was captured in a photograph, in which a dog is urinating on the wall. Graffiti also became associated with the anti-establishment punk rock movement beginning in the 1970s. Bands such as Black Flag and Crass (and their followers) widely stenciled their names and logos, while many punk night clubs, squats and hangouts are famous for their graffiti. In the late 1980s the upside down Martini glass that was the tag for punk band Missing Foundation was the most ubiquitous graffito in lower Manhattan, and copied by hard core punk fans throughout the U.S. and West Germany.

Duration : 0:5:13

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