MAN ONE HONORED BY CITY OF LOS ANGELES

This Friday June 15, 2012:

Councilwoman Jan Perry and the L.A. City Council will be honoring me for my artistic services and contributions to the City of Los Angeles as well as recognizing Crewest's 10 Year Anniversary as a cultural milestone.

I'm inviting all my friends and family to join me in this very public occasion. Hope you can make it!

Friday, June 15
City Hall
200 N Spring St (enter on Main Street)
John Ferraro Council Chambers
3rd Floor
10:00am  





**If you need complimentary parking to attend the event please email Michael Garcia (michael.d.garcia@lacity.org) with car (make and model) and license plate number.   

Directions to City Hall

And Parking Instructions:

From the NORTH heading SOUTH

 Take the 101-freeway, exit on Los Angeles Street

 or the 2 south to the 5 south then take the 110 South to the 101 south, exit on Los Angeles.

Make a right turn and head south pass Temple St and enter into the LA Gate parking structure.

This is 1 ½ block from the freeway exit.

From the SOUTH heading NORTH

Take the 110-freeway north to the 101 south, exit on Los Angeles.

Make a right turn and head south pass Temple St and enter into the LA Gate parking structure.

This is 1 ½ block from the freeway exit.

Parking Structure can be entered from Los Angeles Street heading south ½ block pass Temple.

On the right (west) side of the street.  You must check-in at the kiosk.

You will be directed to drive underground to the P3 level. 

Take the elevator to the 2^nd floor exit the building and cross the street.

Enter City Hall and check in through the security entrance.

The officers can direct you to your destination from there.

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QUICK PIECE IN GARDENA

The young homies from Paris (TonyOne and Sucr) were in town so we hit a quick wall in Gardena before they headed back to France.

Not the optimal conditions, but we made do climbing on barrels and dumpsters, quickly realized I ain't 18 years old anymore! Enjoy the pics..


TonyOne VCK:


My piece..Man One 90DBCOI:


Sucr VCK:


With the VCKings..


Shoutouts:


A few more pics on the slideshow below or go to my Flickr:



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MAN ONE DESIGN VIDEO INTERVIEW ON THALO

To hire Man One Design for your next project:
info@manonedesign.com


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A DECADE OF GRAFFITI SPIRITS

As part of my gallery Crewest's 10 Year Anniversary exhibition, I am featuring a mini-solo exhibit in the Front Room of the gallery showing the direction of my newest body of work.

In my 10th solo exhibit "A Decade of Graffiti Spirits" focuses on figurative acrylic and aerosol paintings on wooden panels. 





These paintings involve my colorful and bold trademark character creations coined, "Graffiti Spirits" as they are super imposed onto fields of spray painted tags and layers of paint. 





The underlying tags in the paintings are negative statements of culture, politics, and overall social angst.

The characters painted are meant to be a positive force of creation overcoming the negativity behind them.  





These characters depict the spirit of the artist as he pulls himself out of the negative environment by means of his graffiti background.

Here's a panoramic shot of the gallery show:

My print "The Downtown Artist At Large" (edition of 10) available for $100 each.

Click here for more info on this print from my recent mural.

Slideshow below or click for mor pics on Flickr.

Show runs alongside "Mission Accomplished!" from May 5th - 27th, 2012

For artwork inquiries please contact:

info@crewest.com

LA RIOTS FOR MY BDAY

20 years ago today, I turned 21 years old but there was to be no party for me.  It was my junior year in college and LA was rioting. Thick dark smoke filled the red and purple skies above.  A few days later it was all over.

The only thing I could think of to relieve the agony I was feeling was to paint.  This was one of those paintings I created.

Happy Birthday to me...



"Burn"
Man One
Spray paint, acrylic and oil on canvas
24"x36"
1992





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MURAL: THE DOWNTOWN ARTIST AT LARGE

"The Downtown Artist At Large" a mural by Man One © 2012

Located on Winston St @ MaIn St. in Downtown Los Angeles, the mural commemorates Crewest Gallery's 10 year anniversary by honoring a local homeless artist known simply as "The Artist" by locals.

Timelapse video of the making of the mural:

Lamont or the "Downtown Artist At Large" (as he prefers to be called) has been a friend of the gallery since we moved to Downtown in 2006. He's had his trials and tribulations but through it all he continues drawing and painting on the streets of LA.

Here's a little video interview I did with the Artist so you can get to know his story:

Slideshow pics or go to our Flickr:






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