KNOWN GALLERY
441 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90036
Opening December 17, 2011 | 12pm-8pm
Show runs through December 23, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011 | Modern Multiples print show at Known Gallery
December 16 2011 . 10:12pm
Chaz Bojorquez working on his piece for your Oil & Water art show at Known Gallery
November 12 2011 . 11:11pm
Photos by Michael L. Nuñez who has been filming Chaz Bojorquez for a documentary he’s producing and directing called “Roll Call: The Art of Chicano Gang Graffiti”.
Chaz Bojorquez | Los Angeles Letters Patent of Nobility video
August 25 2011 . 03:10am
Find out more at: chazbojorquez.com
AROE | Scream London presents West End Rebellion
July 06 2011 . 04:05pm
Scream presents “West End Rebellion”, a group show featuring urban and contemporary artists including; Faile, Retna, Banksy, Futura, Swoon, Keith Haring, KAWS, Giles Walker, Aroe, Antony Micallef, Adam Neate, Os Gemeos, Herakut, Augustine Kofie, Richard Hambleton, Chaz Bojorquez and Shepard Fairey. “West End Rebellion” will include ‘Monica’ and ‘Skeletons on the Wall’ by Swoon, Shephard Fairey’s ‘Duality of Humanity 2′, and a Banksy original ‘Laugh Now’. A Giles walker robot sculpture is also being shown.
Aroe made his first attempts at painting around 1984 in the first wave of graffitti to hit the UK. He continued until around 1990 when he was busted for his work on the trains. In 2000 he decided ito start the infamous NT crew with a few like-minded individuals with a view to write on any and every train/subway they could find. Aroe has travelled the tunnels and slums of the best and worst cities in the world dropping panels and whole cars wherever possible. He released the DVD ‘Terror Fabulous’ which served as a brief summary of their numerous actions in mainland Europe. Trains aside, the walls play a large part in his life. He finds constant inspiration from the other members of the crew as there is a healthy spirit of completion. Aroe describes himself as “an old fool from the old school.”
For more info about where and when and who: screamlondon.com
Street Cred : Graffiti Art From Concrete to Canvas | PMCA
May 12 2011 . 08:36pm
The Pasadena Museum of California Art presents
Street Cred : Graffiti Art From Concrete to Canvas at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
May 15, 2011 – September 4, 2011
Opening Recetion:
May 14, 2011
7-10 PM
$5 / Open to the public
Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 E, Union Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
pmcaonline.org
Internationally renowned as one of the most fertile grounds for graffiti art, the City of Angels has its own idiosyncratic graffiti styles created from filtering the innovative New York “wildstyle” through local influences such as gang writing styles. The Los Angeles artists featured in Street Cred currently represent a broad range of genres through their fine art production, from letter-based formalism to Surrealism. Co-curated by Steve Grody and PMCA Exhibition Manager Shirlae Cheng-Lifshin, this exhibition will also include Grody’s photographs from the crucial years of the graffiti scene, providing key insights into the visual “language” of graffiti, its development in Los Angeles, the ways in which the street work informs the canvas work, and how the two worlds interact.
Artists featured in the exhibition include Michael Alvarez, ANGST, AXIS, Chaz Bojórquez, CODAK, CRAOLA, DASH 2000, Ekundayo, EYEONE, HASTE, Paul SKEPT Kanemitsu, Alex Kizu, KOFIE, MAN ONE, MEAR ONE, Juan Carlos Muñoz Hernandez, Jose Lopez, Erick Montenegro, Nicnak, PUSH, RISK, Jeff Soto, Evan Skrederstu, RETNA, REVOK, SABER, SHANDU, Jesse Simon, SINER, and ZES.
This exhibition is curated by PMCA Exhibition Manager Shirlae Cheng-Lifshin and graffiti historian Steve Grody.
Made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.
Additional support has been provided by 33third / Mid-City Arts and Brandy and Ed Sweeney.