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HERA: Colombian graffiti artist
When I met HERA, one of Bogota’s (Colombia) highest profile female graffiti artists, I was struck by her friendliness, and her relaxed attitude to a North American showing up to watch her paint. She is confident and colourful, equal parts grounded & girlie. She is friendly, smiley and a pleasure to know. When I came… Continue reading
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REVOK: Detroit beautification with a group of friends
REVOK (aka Revok 1, Revok one, REVOK MSK) has teamed up with Montana Cans, The Seventh Letter, 1xRun, and Contra Projects in an effort to beautify Detroit – a city which has lost 50% of the population it had in the 1950’s. Working with fellow graffiti artists WANE, POSE, CES, DMOTE, NEKST, ASKEW, SEVER, ZES,… Continue reading
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Bogota Street Art: Guache, Dj Lu, Toxicómano, Lesivo
I’ve maintained that Bogotá, Colombia has some of the most under-rated street art in the World. Here we see four street artists (Guache, Dj Lu, Toxicómano, Lesivo) come together and paint a huge graffiti wall in Colombia’s capital, Bogota. I’m providing a couple photos of one small part of the mural, and below is a… Continue reading
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RIME’s Zoo York spray paint work
(source) A long-time graffiti legend, iconic graffiti writer RIME MSK did some work with Zoo York and they cut a video. A huge inspiration of the OPEK LIFE crew, his voice over touches on some really important perspectives that one can only get after years in the game putting in huge work. We’ve put together… Continue reading
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Graffiti Artist: REYES, STEEL, REVOK spray paint a graffiti wall
Courtesy of the the Goorin Bros, we bring some action shots of REVOK, REYES, and STEEL’s latest foray in graffiti spray painting in San Francisco. Our friend Revok was in San Francisco last week and collaborated on a large mural with Reyes and Steel on Mission st. Here’s a few shots of the progress and… Continue reading
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Greedy shoes smiling at haunted sex
It’s Wednesday so let’s get right into it… (source) Loving how unpolished this paint job seems. (source) This artist often plays with the concepts of corporate greed. I loved this detail shot. (source) I love the colours, and the girls eyebrows slightly raised. Nothing nicer than seeing children smile. That’s inspiring. (source) SEKS (YEKW) –… Continue reading
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Dirty Hands & Cans
Often I am inspired by things just because they capture some emotion or feeling, or setting that I can relate to. I don’t know where these go, in terms of the blog… So we’ll figure it out as we go. Continue reading