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That’s Where the Beauty Is
Perhaps one of my favourite moments in an art documentary is Margaret Kilgallen’s famous ‘That’s Where The Beauty Is’ from Art21. The section I’ve quoted below is one I love, but the whole video is worth watching. “I think it’s the part that’s ‘off’ that’s interesting…That even if I spend a lot of time…Going over… Continue reading
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New FES 1 interview at The Graffiti Museum Company
Just saw the homie FESTER SDK has a new interview over at the Graffiti Museum Company. As one of my earliest friends in the graffiti scene, he mentions a lot of the same names I came up; it was a real trip down memory lane with one of Canada’s powerhouses in graff. Check it out… Continue reading
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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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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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Shepard Fairey walks down memory lane
Shepard talks about the influence graffiti, skateboarding and punk rock had on his life and the ways it shaped his art career. Key moments such as a school trip to NY and the melding of styles by brands such as Shut Skateboards allowed him to develop his techniques. Look out for some classic 90’s skate… Continue reading
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King Revok on Biting
Read the whole article at ACCLAIM MAG. A lot of people around me and lot of my friends we all vibe off each other, we all see each other do something or come up with something or do a cool little twist, we take it and adopt it, but most importantly do it in our… Continue reading
