Studio Visit: Mark Whalen in Los Angeles
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MARK WHALEN studio visit & interview
By Trina Calderon
I was lucky enough to hang out with Mark Whalen (Australian graffiti writer turned graphic designer turned amazing painter) recently at his studio in Silver Lake as he was amping up for his new show ANOMALY, which opens September 10th, 2011 at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles.
Saber goes Skywriting over Los Angeles to End Mural Moratorium
Can someone tell me how did they do that? Are those light projector?
Politically conscious and outspoken supporter of public art and graffiti, Los Angeles-based Saber, took the skies of Los Angeles today for a skywriting protest of LA City Council’s moratorium on street murals. If they are going to okay some advertising billboards, might as well take your public art to the next level.
Ante Bellum
Ante Bellum is a continuation of a thematic series that the artist started some three years ago, The collection is conceived as part chronicle of his last realm created and entitled Manifesto Destino Vastardos. Having worked as an animator for Japanese mangga films in the last ten years, Balanon’s influence is a distorted combination of comic-books, punk/metal illustrations, graffiti and Filipino art culture, often extracted and splashed onto large scale murals of distorted and convoluted non beings.
Craig Thompson’s Habibi
Craig Thompson the author of Blanket is releasing a new graphic novel, Habibi. It’s pretty much anticipated when his previous one was so successful and on time when emo was spreading like an ebola virus. Anyway check out Habibi.
Epicly Later’d Neck Face
This is the first episode where we venture off into non-pro skater land–it’s about that graffiti artist called Neckface. If you live near New York, I’m sure you’ve seen his work all over the place. Neckface is your basic idiot-savant, meaning I still haven’t figured out whether he’s retarded or a genius. He is always being a complete weirdo and talking to himself.
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MY WE – Louie Cordero
The ideas and work processes of Louie Cordero are based on the different exchanges that define the local and the global. The elements of My We (2011) derive from this heightened awareness of the modifications that denote the persistence of the provincial.
Mike Estabrook and Ernest Concepcion – The Shining Mantis
The Shining Mantis is the Brooklyn based collaboration of Mike Estabrook, and Ernest Concepcion. They are known for their epic battle drawings, called Kangarok!!! Kangarok 1/10th: The Gentrification Of Hell was done during their residency at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space at Governor’s Island, NY.
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