Posted by The G on June 22, 2010 under Encounters with G | 
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WK Interact and G
At the book launch party for the ultimate Urban Art Bible, Beyond The Street, I met artist WK Interact. WK Interact was born in France, but he now resides in New York. His work is so great! He started out as a street artist and before long, galleries worldwide were snatching up his work. Most recently, he collaborated with Shepard Fairey in a graffiti face-off called “The East Vs. West Propaganda Project” which has shown in Tokyo and Paris. He was super cool when I met him and I thank him for the photo op and for creating amazing work!
Posted by The G on June 6, 2010 under Encounters with G |
Photo taken with my hand.
SABER and G.
Artist SABER had already been known as a legend in the world of graffiti but in 1997, he became an international superstar. He covered the sloping cement bank of the Los Angeles River, making it the largest piece of graffiti ever created! The piece is the size of a football field and he used 97 gallons of paint and completed the project over 35 nights! When I met SABER at the launch for the book Beyond the Street, which is an amazing book, by the way, he was super cool and posed for a photo with me. SABER just released a book of his own called SABER: MAD SOCIETY. Check out his stuff, it’s really awesome! Thanks SABER!
Posted by The G on June 2, 2010 under Encounters with G |
Photo taken with my hand.
Logan Hicks and G.
At the final event at Deitch Projects in New York, the launch party for the amazing book Beyond The Street, I met artist Logan Hicks. His latest work was recently shown at the Opera Gallery and I loved the exhibit. You can’t see the detail in the photos, but Logan Hicks used spray paint on those amazing paintings! In addition to being super talented, Logan Hicks was also super nice. Thanks again for creating great works of art and for being a cool guy!
Posted by The G on June 1, 2010 under Encounters with G |
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Martha Cooper and G
I’ll be writing about the book launch of Beyond The Street by Patrick Nguyen and Stuart Mackenzie for the next few days. I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I was lucky enough to be a part of this historic night. It was the last event ever held at the legendary Deitch Projects in New York and many of the most prominent figures in the Urban Art movement were on hand to send off the gallery in style. Martha Cooper is a photojournalist who specializes in anthropology and graffiti. If you’ve seen any of the iconic images of New York graffiti from the 1980s, the chances are high that the photos were taken by Martha Cooper. When I met her, she was extremely nice. Martha, being the fabulous photographer that she is, was concerned if the photo I took of us came out ok and if you click here, you can see us reviewing the image. I’d like to thank Martha Cooper for being extremely nice and for taking a lot of photos that have enriched my life. You can see many more of Martha’s fabulous photos here.
Posted by The G on May 31, 2010 under Encounters with G |
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Morgan Spurlock and G
The other night at the book launch for the most excellent Beyond The Street at the recently deceased Deitch Projects (RIP) in New York, I met film-maker Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock is most famously known for his documentary “Super Size Me,” in which he exposed the grotesque food that McDonalds sells. He recently completed an adaptation of the uber-popular book Freakonomics and he is currently filming a documentary on Comic-Con. Both should be very interesting. Thanks to Morgan Spurlock for making great documentaries and also for being super cool!
