Seeking Heaven (SH) is one of the more unique crews from Los Angeles.  As a graffiti/art crew or collective they have established themselves as a unique grouping of artists with different creative visions.  All members are from a specific locality within Los Angeles and throughout their 20 year history have earned respect not only in the streets but in the art community. Mid-City Arts is proud to be the host of their 20 year anniversary show opening on Sunday November 1, 2009

Seeking Heaven 20 Year Anniversary
Dia De Los Muertos - Sunday November 1 2009  2-8 PM

Mid-City Arts / 33third Los Angeles
5113 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90019

Featuring artwork by:

ACME
ASYLM
BASH
CISK
DCLINE
DRE
EYER
FENE
KOZEM
MEL
MODEM
PANIC
PRECISE
PRIDE
RELIC
SIZE
SWANK
WARE

seekingheavencrew.blogspot.com
33third.com

Photos by Kohshin Finley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find out more at: IRONLAK and WeAreSupervision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find out more at: IRONLAK and WeAreSupervision

more photos at http://kohshfinart.tumblr.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

please visit: www.amayzun.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There Goes The Neigborhood
By Shelley Leopold
LA WEEKLY, June 5-11, 2009 / Vol. 31 / No. 29

If Retna and El Mac were a team that worked in a more corporate environment, Retna would be the type guy, El Mac would be the photographer. But they don't make ads or album covers (yet), and they identify as graffiti artists. Retna is one of L.A.'s most prominent writers (and LA Weekly favorite) that has graced most of our city's billboards and blank walls with stunning Heiroglyphic type-forms and textures, now concentrating on legal spaces. El Mac hails from Phoenix and creates beautiful photo-realistic portraits, at monumental scale, mostly of women. They team up on a regular basis, notably for the towering Buddha murals on the gas station at Marathon and Western and the long-standing "Girl with Headphones" at La Brea and Third.

This new show of work at the recently configured Mid-City Arts space will feature live painting, a large-scale indoor mural installation accompanied by smaller pieces and serves as an homage to the neighborhood, something Retna promises with every work he completes, whether its inside a gallery or out in an alley. "These blocks and corners were where I was given the opportunity to do my art and was shown a lot of support by the community," Retna explains. "Communities like these are where we come from and it feels good to give something back to the future generation of kids doing this."

Word.

Mid City Arts, 5113 W. Pico Blvd., L.A.; Mon-Sun., noon-8 pm; through July 5; reception Sun., June 7, noon-6 pm www.micity-arts.com

Photos by: KC Ortiz of WeAreSuperVision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live painting with Augor, Pose, Jaes, Ewok and Enue. Visit 33third.com and Ironlak.com for more information.

33Third Store/Gallery
5111 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019