12ozProphet

Here is the first attempt at craeting sculpture from the B-Boy studies I have been investigating over the years.

Here are some examples of my jewelry works. Feel free to inquire about original works.

Excerpt from the book-

‘My wake up call came when, my brother, a group of friends and I were playing in an abandoned
burnt down building. We were stripping metal parts, like copper and lead pipes, for resale, and
stripping the window siding for the chain links to make our nun chucks.
When all of a sudden we heard a loud sound that is hard to describe; it’s painfully hard to describe
a 13-year-old boy falling five stories from a rooftop’.- Mare139

Keeping it ‘Steel’ I had to show this for my Graff headz and Rap headz. I flipped this award for 50 Cent using his G-Unit ‘G’ and giving it flavor with graff arrows. This was commisioned by Marc Ecko. 50 Cent has something like 4 of my BET Awards already.

Aspire-Ascend-Achieve BET Award

I created the Annaual BET Award in 2000 and every year since we have made the same award given to some of the most recognizable personalities in Music, Film, Sport and Video. Someone sent me these imgs and it made me think about several things that I love about this project. Mainly the design of the award, I like that it represents 3 key words… Aspire, Ascend, and Achieve. I designed this award with those words before it was visual, my sense of what it would mean not just to honorees but for myself. The award in part represents me Aspiring, Ascending and Achieving from a small place called the South Bronx to the millions that see it and by the likes of Beyonce and Prince, Jay Z, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and others. It also represents ‘getting up’ something I call ‘corporate bombing’, something we have been doing since we writers got invested in commercial work in the early 1980’s. You now I made sure my name and tag is on the back of each award. So if you see it think of it as another Mare139 burna.

But more than numbers its about what an award means, I have made several and have come to understand what winning one could mean for someone who has worked extremely hard to earn their recognition. These things should be considerate and have substance, enduring design and craftsmanship. I never half step on my award design, to me they have to meet my criteria in order to have my name on it. My latest award for the Rock Steady Anniversary was also more than an award or sculpture, it was a breakthrough aligned with my goals of turning my bboy drawings into sculpture, this was the ultimate personal award for me.

A Nice Set is a touring exhibition of sets of slip mats by 33 1/3 artists & a book. Curated by Plus et Plus,
concept in collaboration with the reed space & published by IdN.

I freaked the felt to make the turntable melt! You SUKAZ!!

Peep the site- http://www.aniceset.com/home

For those familar with my works over the past few years you know I have ventured deep into the B-Boy aesthetic of my youth. My way of translating it is in the similar manner I have for Style Writing by abstracting it and creating a new language for it. I am not too far removed from the dance even though this is a pretty progressive interpretation, my trust is in my experience through it and with my dialogues with the B-Boys themselves. I love this stuff!!! B-Boying is proving to be more progressive and ambitious then most other forms of dance. There is lots more to come….