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BENNY DIAR INTERVIEW ON SKATE ALL CITIES
“To start off the new year, Skate All Cities is proud to announce our latest interview with DIAR. For all those who don’t know the history behind Benny aka “DIAR”, he was an aspiring graffiti artist who had recently been involved in a car accident a couple of years ago which paralyzed him from the neck down. Even though he has faced – what to many people considered in this world – a lifechanging setback, his passion for art and graffiti has never stopped. In order to keep producing art he discovered a new technique; by using his mouth.” You can read the full interview by clicking HERE.
KRINK x UNIFORM EXPERIMENT l VIDEO
“Artist, businessman, and 12ozProphet blogger KR has collaborated with a slew of select brands bringing his trademark drip aesthetic to G-Shock watches, Levi’s, and even Mini Cooper. Check out this video for his latest brand collaboration, KRINK x uniform experiment, featuring a series of tote bags sprayed, splattered, and dripped with KRINK.
KR hand-painted 12 tote bags with his classic drippy style. In addition to the bags, Krink designed two custom t-shirts. Both shirts and bags will be available in Japan this November.” – 12oz.
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEW l ACCLAIM MAGAZINE
Peep the Q & A with our good friend Sammy Rodriguez whom you might also know as Shorty Fatz by Meisy Cheong for Acclaim Magazine. Below is the intro but make sure to hit the jump for the full read.
“From his earliest beginnings as a tagger to his first solo show opening tonight, Cali artist and designer, Sammy Rodriguez, has been passionate for the visual communication of letters and the emotive power of words and type. InYou, Me, We, Rodriguez explores the connection between letters, type and facial gestures, explaining that words are not just letters on a page, but rather, a conduit to visually convey our feelings. Here he delves into the meaning and motivation of handstyles, chats to us about his current work and explains why tagging gets such a bad rap in a cultural context.” – Meisy Cheong
SPACE CREATURES: BODY PAINT & GRAFFITI (VIDEO) NSFW?
REMIO l ART SHOW
“Remio took part in the Los Angeles’s Downtown Art Walk last weekend and the following are some nice film photos from the exhibit.” - Juxtapoz
“WE ARE ROBOTS” ARTWORK BY: PACO EXCEL 7.9.2011
“Paco Excel born and raised in California with a background in graffiti dating back to 1989 was first a member of graffiti crews TDK/Oakland and then AWR/Los Angeles, still painting graffiti all over the world is now enjoying the world of pop art. Inspired by an old friend/graffiti writer named Dalek, he is now painting his interpretation of what he believes humans are becoming; ROBOTS. In a world controlled by computers, cell phones and social networks displayed on monitors, he believes that we are becoming less and less connected with humanity and more with technology, hence the subject matter. WE ARE ROBOTS.” – EMPIRE SEVEN STUDIOS
RETNA l MURAL @ PASADENA MUSEUM OF CA ART
“Home Features Blogs hypebeast.tv Streetsnaps Forum Hypetrak Style Arts Design Music Culture Events Lifestyle Tech Retna Mural @ Pasadena Museum of California Art by Adrian Brinkley, May 5, 2011 Starting this month, the Pasadena Museum of California Art will be launching a new exhibition entitled, “Street Cred: Graffiti Art from Concrete to Canvas” to highlight the city of Los Angeles’ wide-ranging graffiti styles. Among the many artists being featured in the show is L.A.-born graffiti artist Marquis Lewis, better known as Retna. Coming to rise during the 1990s, Retna became know for his unique murals painted on trains, walls and overpasses throughout the city that features symbols inspired by ancient hieroglyphics and calligraphy. A number of select pieces from the artist’s works will be on display at the museum from May 15 until September 4.”
Photography: Brandon Shigeta Source: Hypebeast
PARALYZED ARTIST BENNY DIAR x TATTOO MODEL MALICE MCMUNN – BODY PAINT VIDEO (NSFW)
Tattoo model Malice McMunn came through for a body painting session a couple weeks back. I’m paralyzed and I use my mouth to hold the brush. I messed around with editing before my accident but this was the first time I finished an editing project. It felt good and was nice to be able to do it on my own. I’d like to thank Malice for coming through and Damien Luvara for filming and the photography. Check out BennyDIAR.com for all my paintings and updates on my recovery..
