3 months ago
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 1:28 pm
These will be available at: www.theseventhletterstore.com
For wholesale inquiries: inquire@knowngallery.com
4 months ago
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 5:16 am
Featuring music by Don Chalant & Animosity x Brothaz Bent x TSL. To download this track/mp3, click here
4 months ago
Monday, May 5, 2008 at 3:43 pm
3 months ago
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 5:33 pm
4 months ago
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 5:43 pm
An exciting phone call came into the Saberone Studio. Ron English was coming to Los Angeles to do some guerrilla billboard work and wanted Saber to be involved.
Ron English is one of the most technically superior oil painters today. His distortion of pop culture gives us a clear vision of reality. He will always hold my respect for this and for the work he’s put in on the public level.
The billboard of choice is on the west side of La Cienega, just south of Airdrome in Mid City, a prime location. First Ron put up the bill, then Saber did his thing.
With the ladders, spray paint, rollers, wheat glue, etc., and it took a couple hours. They did it in the middle of the day, and somehow got away with it. And it looks great lit up at night.
4 months ago
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:00 am
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R-16 Korea Sparkling, Gyeonggi 2008 Urban Arts Festival and World Bboy Masters Championships
The world illest mega bboy masters championships, it aims to transform the young generation’s mania culture into the ground of culture sympathy that breaks down the differenced in generation, culture, region, and sex.
Venue: SuWon Olympic Sports Complex
Date: May 31 – June 01
May 31 – Performance Battle
June 1 – Crew on Crew Battle
Artist Line up
Main R-16 Event
Stage Production Art Work By: Brent Rollins, The Seventh Letter Crew, Gun Ahn
MC: Bboy Ivan(USA), Superman Ivy (Korea)
DJ: Jus Jones (USA), Cut Nice (Holland), Renegade (UK), Light (Japan), Wreckx (Korea), Dust (Korea), YTST (Korea)
Judges: Ken Swift (USA), Cros One (USA), Storm (Germany), Maurizio (Italy), Katsu (RSC Japan)
Show Case: Salah (France), Hilty and Bosch + Coothkoo (Japan), Expression Crew (Korea), MyoSung Company (Korea), Bobster Scat + House Rules (Korea), World Wide BGirls Showcase (France, UK, Japan, Korea)
Crews (16 Crews from 15 Countries):
Hoochen Crew (Belgium), Brazil All Star Crew (Brazil), Pioneer Crew (China), Natural Effects Crew (Denmark), Pockemon (France), Funk Fellaz Crew (Germany), Funky Dope Manouvres (Holland), Unstopable Lions (Israel), Rapid Soul Moves (Italy), Turn Phrase Crew (Japan), Ghost Crew (Norway/Sweden), Top 9 (Russia), Immortal Style (South Africa), Super Crew (USA), Gamblerz Crew (Korea), and Defending Champions Rivers Crew (Korea)
Festival Events
Graffiti Expo
Artists:
- The Seventh Letter Crew World Wide (PUSH / EWOK / RIME / AROE /REYES / RISK / SABER / NORM / STEEL / SEVER / RETNA
POSE / ALOY / EKLIPS / FRAME / THE MAC / WISE / KENT PARKER / DAME)
- Wontak Crew (Korea),
- JNJ Crew (Korea)
- Mr. Koma (Korea)
Gallery Exhibition
- Joe Conzo
- Jamel Shabazz
- Korea’s own Robot Taekwon – V Figure Exhibition
Out Door Stage
May 31 14:00 – 17:00
MC: MC GO and MC J-ROM
DJ: DJ Renegade (UK), DJ YTST (Korea)
UK Championships Korea elimination 2 on 2 Locking Preliminary
Judges – You and Jin of Hilty and Bosch Japan
Battle of the Year We Bgirlz 2 on 2 Korea elimination
Judges – Hong 10 (Korea), Flavor Roc (France), Valetine (France)
June 01 14:00 – 17:00
MC: MC GO and MC J-ROM
DJ: DJ Renegade (UK), DJ YTST (Korea)
UK Championships Korea elimination solo Popping Korea Preliminary
Judges – Kei and Gucchon of Cothkoo Japan
Media Coverage (On Air)
Korea – KBS, KBSN + 4 other Channels
World Wide (4 Hours of R-16 Contents will be aired on following countries)
KBS WORLD-USA, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Sri-Ranka, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, Slovakia, Czech, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Finland, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, South Africa, Nigeria, + 22 Middle east countries (total of 53 countries)
Euro Sports 2 – Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, slovenia, Switzerland, Spain, UK, Turkey, Sweden, Vatican State (total of 46 countries)
Euro Vision – France (NRJ 12, W9, Virgin 17, Game one), Germany (Premier), UK (Bravo), Spain (Vogecable), Switzerland (TSR), Finland (Canalplus), South Africa (TM Sports)
Asia – TBA
Publications Invites -
URB, VIBE, Streetwear Today, KDU/The Royal, Swindle, BPM, Vapor, Theme, Dazed & Confused, Wax Poetics, Staf, Lodown, iMeem.
For more information: www.r16korea.com
3 months ago
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 4:19 pm
3 months ago
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 4:19 pm
These pieces are for sale. Check out more photos at UsVersusThem.com. For sizes and prices please email inquire@knowngallery.com.
3 months ago
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 11:19 pm
3 months ago
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 12:43 am
Open Air Gallery - Graffiti Art
This Master Collective Continues To Dominate The L.A. Graffi Ti World.
writer: Samuel J. Perea
photographer: Samuel J. Perea
photographer: Samuel J. Perea
The Seventh Letter is a crew of collected masters who meticulously design and exhibit their art throughout the city of Los Angeles, California, in a quest to dominate the world of graffiti. Composed from the union of Msk and AWR, these artists of concrete and Krylon have not only made their mark, but they have taken corridors such as this one and have set up an unofficial museum as masters in their trade.
The menacing red and black Seventh Letter Crew script that adorns the wall stands much like the black sail upon a pirate ship that demands respect and strikes fear into the minds of other graffiti heads who challenge their superiority. We should not speculate as to the nature of this crew, but only express our admiration for their undoubted skill in the craft. Eklips, Retna Revoke Rime Saber and T-loks are the standouts among the crew of artists who are taking their style and skill to buck the system and take their attitude to mind-crushing highs with each empty can.
That said, there's no need to attempt to validate graffi ti as a true art, or say that it's more than just a crime of vandalism; simply take it for what it is, a transformation of these forgotten gray walls of Los Angeles into a shotgun blast of color. This, compounded with the climate of the graffiti movement coming to a boil due to many graffiti landmarks in Los Angeles being dismantled, could justify a call to war for graffiti artists to assault every nook and cranny of this great city and make the concrete pay for the crimes of the few who view true graffiti simply as a mindless plague.
On the other hand, many may attempt to stand under the umbrella of graffiti hoping to avoid detection, but those who just splatter their name in a quest for fame with no true skill and just a lot of cheap paint and idle time should not be grouped together with artists such as the Seventh Letter crew who have paint streaming through their veins and aerosol pumping in their lungs.
Though many of these artists have taken their skill beyond the walls and freeways and into art galleries and the homes of the rich and famous, they still return to their roots at the drop of a hat, a dark night and a promise to get their fix in this shooting gallery for the few who fiend for something presented by the Seventh Letter Crew. Check out some of their work at www.theseventhletter.com, www.revok1.com, or www.digitalretna.com
SOURCE: http://www.lowriderarte.com/features/0805_lrap_open_air_gallery_graffiti_art/index.html
