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BRITWEEK: URBAN ART AUCTION
My Jaguar car hood and painted Christopher Guy table, will be auctioned off next Monday evening at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.
Other artists in the auction include:
BANKSY, CHARMING BAKER, CRAOLA, EINE, RISKY, SHEPARD FAIREY, MEAR ONE, INKIE, KOFIE, SARAH DANAYS, JOHN SIMPSON, DREW WALKER, and NICK WALKER
*Art sales help support Hollywood Arts.
MAN ONE ON KCET 8/30/12
Art Battle LA premieres August 30th, 2012 at 9pm on KCET in the Southern California area
I'm proud to be featured in this documentary side by side with Mear, Eine, and Inkie. Read below for more info.
Los Angeles, CA - Niche.LA Video Art presents the premiere of Art Battle LA on August 30th, 2012 at 9pm on KCET’s show Open Call, a television series highlighting Los Angeles’s many vibrant arts communities including the Colburn School Conservatory of Music, UCLA Live, Los Angeles Ballet, and Live @ The Ford.
Directed by Eric Heights, Art Battle LA chronicles four graffiti artists as they “battle” in a BritWeek sponsored competition judged by Jaguar and Christopher Guy Designs. Follow along as Mear One, Man One, Inkie, and Eine spend a week together painting murals all over Los Angeles.
“I wanted this documentary to reflect the new generation of artists emerging through graffiti art culture with a compassionate narrative structure that brings exclusive discussions on modern street art to a new audience,” says Director Eric Heights.
“We are excited to work with KCET to showcase an often misunderstood art form in a more positive light. These are talented artists that do a lot for charities. We should recognize their contributions and support their work,” says Executive ProducerNic Cha Kim.
Art Battle LA premieres August 30th, 2012 at 9pm on KCET in the Southern California area on the following HD channels:
Over-The Air 28.1
Charter 309
Time Warner 412
DirecTV 28
Dish Network 28
AT&T U-verse 1028
Charter 309
Time Warner 412
DirecTV 28
Dish Network 28
AT&T U-verse 1028
Repeats Sept 3rd at 1:30PM and Sept 5th at 12AM.
MAN ONE IN WIESBADEN, GERMANY
Tomorrow we start a massive collaborative mural here in Wiesbaden, Germany (weather permitting).
It is part of this 3 day festival called Folklore-Wiesbaden.We will be painting an International Wall Street Meeting Monument.
Here's the roll call of who I'm on the wall with:
VYAL, WERC (Los Angeles)
MADE & PEETA ( Padova)
LOOMIT (München)
TASSO ( Meerane)
PIXEL JUICE (Mainz)
RZM (Wiesbaden)
TOTEM2 (Atlanta)
MR. PUPPET (Sweden)
ALIEN & JUST (Venezuela)
PRISCO (Puerto Rico)
and a few other artists.
Here's the wall we are gonna paint...
Here's our reaction...
In the meantime, we've been enjoying what the city has to offer, namely architecture and graffiti:
Oh yeah, and beer!
Check my Wiesbaden album for more pics, will add more as we go..
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BRITWEEK ART BATTLE RECAP
The Britweek Art Battle took place last nite in DTLA and guess who one 1st place?!
The battle consisted of painting on two surfaces. The first a piece of furniture (coffee tables) designed by world renown Christopher Guy and the second a sleek car hood provided by Jaguar.
We prepped and painted most of the aerosol components before the event and then had 2 hours to rock the art out.
At the end of the night the Jaguar rep voted for his favorite hood. He chose my piece "Fierce Beauty"!
Check out the video they produced of the event on the Jaguar website.
Then Christopher Guy, who was in attendance, chose his favorite painted table, which ended up being mine as well! DAMN!!
The people's choice went to INKIE who dropped some fresh marker and can skills on his pieces.
In the end it was all in good fun and for charity. So we had a blast! Big ups to MEAR and my new mates INKIE and EINE!
Slideshow below..or view on Flickr:
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The battle consisted of painting on two surfaces. The first a piece of furniture (coffee tables) designed by world renown Christopher Guy and the second a sleek car hood provided by Jaguar.
We prepped and painted most of the aerosol components before the event and then had 2 hours to rock the art out.
At the end of the night the Jaguar rep voted for his favorite hood. He chose my piece "Fierce Beauty"!
Check out the video they produced of the event on the Jaguar website.
Then Christopher Guy, who was in attendance, chose his favorite painted table, which ended up being mine as well! DAMN!!
The people's choice went to INKIE who dropped some fresh marker and can skills on his pieces.
In the end it was all in good fun and for charity. So we had a blast! Big ups to MEAR and my new mates INKIE and EINE!
Slideshow below..or view on Flickr:
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BRITWEEK: ART BATTLE
About the Art Battle
To celebrate the BritWeek T4C Artists Competition Closing Ceremony, BritWeek will host Art Battle LA, paying homage to the 2012 Summer Games' theme on sustainability and its overall spirit of unified competition across borders.This special event night will feature a live Art Battle between four notorious names in the London and Los Angeles street and graffiti art scenes. Two UK artists (EINE & INKIE) and two LA artists (MAN ONE & MEAR ONE) will go head to head in the spirit of unified competition. Battle grounds will be held at the historic arts district core of Downtown Los Angeles. Audience members will have the opportunity to view the Art Battle live throughout the evening. Art Battle participants have been set forth the challenge to paint one-of-a-kind designs onto recycled furniture pieces by globally acclaimed furniture designer Christopher Guy, who will preside at the Battle. All proceeds will go towards supporting Hollywood Arts.
Where and When
ART BATTLE
April 26, 2012
Robert Reynolds at the Continental Gallery | 6pm to 8pm
408 S. Spring Street • Los Angeles, CA 90013
T4C AWARDS COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Farmers & Merchants Bank | 8pm to 9.30pm
401 S. Main Street • Los Angeles, CA 90013
RSVP REQUIRED FOR BOTH EVENTS:
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