Wednesday, May 09, 2012

MAN ONE DESIGN VIDEO INTERVIEW ON THALO






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A DECADE OF GRAFFITI SPIRITS


As part of my gallery Crewest's 10 Year Anniversary exhibition, I am featuring a mini-solo exhibit in the Front Room of the gallery showing the direction of my newest body of work.


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In my 10th solo exhibit "A Decade of Graffiti Spirits" focuses on figurative acrylic and aerosol paintings on wooden panels. 


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These paintings involve my colorful and bold trademark character creations coined, "Graffiti Spirits" as they are super imposed onto fields of spray painted tags and layers of paint. 


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The underlying tags in the paintings are negative statements of culture, politics, and overall social angst.


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The characters painted are meant to be a positive force of creation overcoming the negativity behind them.  


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These characters depict the spirit of the artist as he pulls himself out of the negative environment by means of his graffiti background.


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Here's a panoramic shot of the gallery show:



My print "The Downtown Artist At Large" (edition of 10) available for $100 each.
Untitled
Click here for more info on this print from my recent mural.


Slideshow below or click for mor pics on Flickr.



Show runs alongside "Mission Accomplished!" from May 5th - 27th, 2012

For artwork inquiries please contact:
info@crewest.com


Tuesday, May 01, 2012

LA RIOTS FOR MY BDAY

20 years ago today, I turned 21 years old but there was to be no party for me.  It was my junior year in college and LA was rioting. Thick dark smoke filled the red and purple skies above.  A few days later it was all over.

The only thing I could think of to relieve the agony I was feeling was to paint.  This was one of those paintings I created.

Happy Birthday to me...



"Burn"
Man One
Spray paint, acrylic and oil on canvas
24"x36"
1992





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