Just bumped into those 3 hood kids with their mom this morning on their way to school… Where’s E-Man at?
Posted on January 29, 2008 at 03:58 PM | Comment (1 comments)
This movie is going to be one of the best thing coming out in a while. It’s a movie about an icon of the L.E.S: Clayton Patterson. I met Clayton at Alife in 2000 when the wifee was working there. He used to chill out in the store and take pictures of everybody surrounding it...IRAK peeps, Reas, Espo, Models, Thugs, local kids,etc… I was amazed that he was at every single opening downtown. With his dope hand made chain stitch hat and his grey beard he would never miss a fight, an overdose or a group of cool cats posing. You have probably seen his cover and article for Mass Appeal (A chubby Spanish Kid in front of a tagged doors).I realized later that he was also the founder of The Outlaw Museum. Clayton is the coolest guy ever. He shot more than a half million photo of the L.E.S. He moved in New York in the late seventies and document the L.E.S. since… I got a message on myspace from this a nice dude named Ben who basically co-directed a movie about Clayton with another dude named Dan. Here is what they say on their myspace: Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City’s Lower East Side, a neighborhood famed for art, music and revolutionary minds. Traversing the outside edge he’s recorded a dark and colorful society, from drag to hardcore, heroin, homelessness, political chaos and ultimately gentrification. His odyssey from voyeur to provocateur reveals that it can take losing everything you love to find your own significance.
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Posted on January 26, 2008 at 11:09 PM | Comment (3 comments)
THE NEW WAVE OF JAPANESE STREET ART
Here is the most amazing art I have seen in my Tokyo trip… Those drawings were attached on the fences of a Preschool in Daikayama . I wish I could be that creative.
Posted on January 25, 2008 at 12:48 PM | Comment (4 comments)
If you pick up the February issue of Juxtapoze magazine you’ll find an amazing article about my friend Christian who devoted a good part of his life archiving graffiti hand styles and stories about their origins. I know Christian for 3 years as we work everyday together and I have to say is one of most knowledgeable dude I met in this field. He is most definitely a kind of anthropologist-historian of hand styles with the skill of showing you how dudes does it. He is also getting some props on the youtube with his Handselecta video “How to do it”. SP One has 62’000 views and running! Congratulation homey!!!! Much more here Handselecta
Posted on January 21, 2008 at 05:35 PM | Comment (4 comments)
After 3 days of intense “street wear fabulousness” in Tokyo, I have to say that I am so tired to look at overpriced Japanese “cool street guy” stores. On my way to Daikayama, I found in a small street this amazing calligraphy supply store. You can buy hundreds of Sumi ink, a thousand brushes and miles of paper. As usual they were not speaking one single word of English or French but at least they gave us some ill brushes and a big smile.
Posted on January 21, 2008 at 09:23 AM | Comment (1 comments)
I don’t know where to start with this post… I have been in Asia for the past 4 days and I am still crazy jet lag. I just left Shanghai for Seoul and looking back at my flicks I couldn’t help to compare Shanghai to the Death Star in Star Wars. This city is the most polluted city I ever been. You feel like you just on another planet with such dehumanized dimensions. It’s just a massive death star in constant construction. The weird thing about it, is the fact there is no graffiti at all, no personal expression, no doodles, concert posters wheat pasted… It’s just looking like a big military construction site. Whoever will be the first all city writer in Shanghai will be a rebel alliance super Jedi ! I am sure if you get busted over there they probably will chop your arms like in Sierra Leone. More to come from Seoul and Tokyo soon.
Posted on January 16, 2008 at 08:54 PM | Comment (1 comments)
Here is a little project that I had the chance to design for Ghostface.... Limited to less than 500 promo-only pieces and slated to release in early February 2008. Wuuuuuuuuuuuuu !
Posted on January 14, 2008 at 05:27 PM | Comment (5 comments)
THE CROWN EIGHTS GREAT BLACK WHITE SHARK
This is my homey Brian aka The Great Black White Shark. Check is Flickr… He has some amazing artwork and photos.
Posted on January 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM | Comment (1 comments)
My friend X came by my office and wanted to catch a tag ... Stupid cheap marker.
Posted on January 10, 2008 at 04:51 PM | Comment (4 comments)
Back then porn publishers use to have more artistic taste and poetry… Hotness from the past to start well the 08. Enjoy!
Posted on January 03, 2008 at 09:10 PM | Comment (5 comments)
