GETTY BOOK

I was invited, along with over 100 of LA's top graff artists,  to add a page to the Liber Amicorum or "book of friends" for the Getty Research Institute. 


The oversized, one of a kind book was just recently bound and it serves as a historical overview of this moment in time in Los Angeles.  The cover has an elegant "LA" handstyle by the one and only Prime K2S!


I decided to create my piece purely in graphite like I do in my own sketch book these days.
I also decided to stay away from any of my characters.  Letters are at the core of the graffiti movement so that's what I wanted to represent.


We got to actually put our hands on books that were centuries old!


It was nice to see some of the drawings first hand and get a sense of understanding that our modern day graffiti is merely a continuing exploration of these letter forms in art.  In 200 years from now, when someone is looking through this book they will be able to appreciate the text based art that helped transform the world.


I also made sure to add my wife and kids names so that they too will live forever in the halls of the Getty. 

That day at the Getty some pretty big heavyweights were in the room.
Here I am with Kofie Augustine, Chaz Bojorquez, and Seen.


I don't remember what the book curator from the Getty was trying to tell Seen, but it's obvious that Chaz wasn't buying it! Lol. 

Hopefully the Getty will decide to exhibit the book and some of the art from it at some point. That would be the icing on the cake!

*Big thanks to Ed Sweeney who not only conceived this project but invited me and all these artists to participate in it.

TIA CHUCHA'S ART BENEFIT

Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural
Arts & Cultural Workshops * Bookstore * Events * Publishing
“Where Art and Minds Meet – For a Change”

HONORING OUR DONORS

Luis and Trini Rodríguez and Tía Chucha’s Board of Directors
cordially invite you to a historic afternoon as we honor our illustrious individual donors:
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, JOHN DENSMORE (The Doors),
LOU ADLER, RICHARD & SHARI FOOS, CHEECH MARIN, DAVE MARSH

Paintings and signed limited edition prints, etchings, and photographs by internationally distinguished and emerging artists, will be auctioned in support of Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural, the only nonprofit cultural/arts and learning center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley.

CARLOS ALMARÁZ, CHAZ BOJÓRQUEZ, RICHARD DUARDO, ELSA FLORES, JOEL “RAGE” GARCÍA, MARGARET GARCÍA, WAYNE ALANÍZ HEALY, LEO LIMÓN, WILLIAM LOYA, ANDRÉS MONTOYA,
MAN ONE, GEORGE RODRÍGUEZ, SONIA ROMERO, SHIZU SALDAMANDO, ELOY TORREZ

ON THE ROX
(Above the legendary Roxy Theatre)
9009 W. SUNSET BOULEVARD, WEST HOLLYWOOD
($5 security parking directly across the street)

Sunday April 18, 2010 2-6PM
$100 per ticket at the door
Donation goes to Tía Chucha’s Endowment Fund Campaign
Son Jarocho, Poetry, No Host Bar, Hors d‘oeuvres

If unable to attend and would like to make a tax deductible donation please make check payable to:
Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural 13197-A Gladstone Avenue, Sylmar, CA 91342
Fed Tax ID 47-091-9488 www.tiachucha.com

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My piece "High Score(Kobe)" will be auctioned off to benefit Tia Chucha's Cultural Center. If you're a collector please try and make it out. Some great art by great artists, for a great cause!




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The Handwriting on the Wall - Pasadena Weekly

Asia Pacific Museum’s mixing of calligraphy and graffiti questions assumptions about power, culture and art

By Carl Kozlowski 09/10/2009
(Pasadena Weekly)


Art for the People by Charles (Chaz) Bojorquez, Keo, Man One, Xu Bing, and Zender; Pasadena, CA; 2003;Paint on vinyl; Pacific Asia Museum


Remember those old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercials from the 1970s in which someone munching chocolate smacks into someone eating peanut butter, at which point both people decided that “these are two great tastes that go great together.”
The Pacific Asia Museum has updated that idea in a far more artistic fashion with its new exhibit, “Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art.”

In this innovative show running from Sept. 17 to Jan. 17, the museum blends works by Chinese artists who reinterpret the ways in which traditional calligraphy is used and pieces by Latino artists who push artistic boundaries with graffiti.

“Traditionally, calligraphy and graffiti seem to be radically different types of artistic writing,” says Yeonsoo Chee, the museum’s curatorial assistant. “In China, calligraphy is linked with elite education and self-expression, while in contemporary America graffiti is associated with ‘street’ culture. The concept of calligraffiti — adding calligraphy and graffiti together — questions underlying assumptions about power, culture and art.”

Chee notes that at the heart of the exhibition are three powerful murals created for the museum back in 2003 by a dozen artists, including Xu Bing and Charles “Chaz” Bojorquez. Created at a workshop held at the Pacific Asia Museum in conjunction with the exhibition “Drawing the Line: Contemporary Artists Reassess Traditional East Asian Calligraphy,” the murals were sparked by a discussion in the museum’s parking lot among graffiti artists about the use of words and text in contemporary art.

Artists featured in the exhibition include: Apex, Chaz Bojorquez, Vince Cavallo, Cre8, Desi W.O.M.E., Duce, Fung Ming Chip, Gronk, Gu Wenda, Julianna Hernandez, Keo, Leo Limon, Man One, Minette Lee Mangahas, Sano, Scud, John Valadez, Vyal, Xu Bing, Yu Kun Yang, Zhang Dali, Zheng Chongbin and Zender.

Ultimately, the exhibit is built on the idea that art mirrors the realities of life, according to the museums press release, can express “the elevated and debased, intention and chance, reality and myth” through calligraffiti, bringing two great cultures together in a unique and powerful way.

“Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art” runs from Sept. 17 through Jan. 17 at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Admission is $9 adults, $7 students and seniors and free for kids 11 and under.
Call (626) 449-2742 or visit pacificasiamuseum.org.

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NEW ZEALAND...KING KAPISI

KING KAPISI, TEREMOANA & PEAP PRESENTS HIP HOP LIVES HERE ART EXTRAVAGANZA SHOWCASING INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL ARTISTS INSPIRED BY KING KAPISIS FORTH COMING ALBUM “HIP HOP LIVES HERE”
FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS CHAZ BOJORQUEZ &ANGRY WOEBOTS
OPENING NIGHT SEPTEMBER 8th at Nineteen 42 Levy Building Level two
20 Custom Street East DOORS OPEN AT 7PM ENDS 10PM
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

CHAZ BOJORQUEZ (LA “The Teacher”)
MAN ONE (LA)
PERSUE/BUNNY KITTY(SD USA)
ELSE ICR (LA USA)
ANGRY WOEBOTS (HAWAII/PFOM/AOS)
JEREMYVILLE (WORLDWIDE)
MR JAGO (UK)
UPSO(USA)
ANDREW HEM (KHMER USA)
LUNAR(CROATIA)
PIXEL PANCHO (ITALY)
PHIBS (Aussie MELB.)
SCRAM (AUSSIE SYD)
KID ZOOM (AUSSIE PERTH)
SUBWAY SUDS ICR (AUSSIE QLD)
TEAZER (AUSSIE SYD)
DLT (NZ HIP HOP ICON)
ASKEW (TMD-NZ MOST INFAMOUS)
PHAT ONE (TMD NZ) LADY DIVA (TMD NZ)
DYLE/SAVES (TMD NZ)
KOST(NZ)
2TONE (NZ FUNK STYLE IK/AOS)
PEAP (NZ KHMER ICR /AOS)
BERNS (THE LAST INCA DMJC NZ)
BERST (GBAK TMD NZ)
STRAY (RTR NZ)
Enu“AGENT” Sirikige (NZ)
SHAKE/REPO (RTR)
RIMONI (NZ SOUTH AK)
GEOFF BUDD/LENSFLARE (NZ-Global)
DEAP ONE (TMD NZ)
DEUS (TMD RFC One&Only NZ)
SIK ONE (NZ PIMP AKA)
TURUMAKINA DULEY (AOTEAROA)
OD (NZ-Hidden Gem)
JUSE ONE (AOTEAROA NZ)
MEPHISTO JONES (NZ WELLY)
ANT SANG (NZ Comic Wiz)
MARTIN HORSEPOOL (NZ RETROBOT)
BREED/DAN GORDON (NZ)
PAUL SHIH (NZ-Taiwan)
SAM RULZ (Baddest Chick NZ)
ENFORCE ONE (Cut Collective NZ)
TRUST ME (Cut Collective NZ)
COMPONENT (Cut CollectiveNZ)

MUSICAL Artists representing HIP-HOP LIVES HERE on the night:

THE CLASSIC AOTEAROA HIP-HOP REALISTS - CHE FU & DLT, DAM NATIVE, MANUEL BUNDY, NED ROY, THA FEELSTYLE plus SCALPER (UK) and maitreya.
Introducing Kepa Maika preforming his song visually interpreted by Chaz Bojorquez

Calligraffiti Exhibition at the Pacific Asia Museum

I'm one of the artists featured in this exhibition. I collaborated on some large vinyl murals a few years ago with famed artists Xu Bing, Chaz Bojorquez, and others. Now they are going to finally exhibit them. I'll try to dig up some pics of the murals to post up a sneak peak. If you get the chance, definitely check out the show.
Here's the info:

Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art

Sept. 17, 2009 – Jan. 17, 2010
In the Changing Exhibition Galleries
Guest Curator: Collette Chattopadhyay

Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art addresses issues of power, culture, and universality. The process of writing in art is a central theme, permitting the exploration of correlations between the elevated form, calligraphy, and its historically devalued twin, graffiti. Suggesting that these visual practices mirror each other, the exhibition presents works that critique or parody social and artistic frames of reference.

Premised on the idea that art is a game that mirrors the realities of life, the works in this exhibition suggest that through “calligraffiti” (calligraphy + graffiti), knowledge can be constructed that simultaneously embraces the elevated and debased, intention and chance, reality and myth. Layering languages, histories, and philosophies, the works collectively trace evolving paradigms of artistic thought and practice to enhance greater respect and understanding of social and cultural multiplicity and difference.

Artists featured in the exhibition include: Chaz Bojorquez, Vince Cavallo, Cre8, Desi W.O.M.E., Duce, Fung Ming Chip, Gronk, Gu Wenda, Julianna Hernandez, Keo, Leo Limon, Man One, Minette Lee Mangahas, Sano, Scud, John Valadez, Vyal, Xu Bing, Zhang Dali, Zheng Chongbin, and Zender.

Sponsored by Pasadena Art Council, and Rene Balcer and Carolyn Hsu.

www.pacificasiamuseum.org

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