The man that doesn't sleep, REVOK, just finished up this amazing collab with POSE, AUGOR and RETNA! These will be available at the SEND LAWYERS, GUNS and MONEY art show at CANVAS L.A. This is your last warning, DON'T SLEEP!!!
Go grab a copy of this months issue of Juxtapoz Magazine featuring Augor ...
Greetings all,
Paperworks Laboratories linked up with legendary Los Angeles graffiti crew
AWR/MSK to create this benefit print to coincide with their show at Canvas
called “Send Lawyers, Guns and Money.” Featured on this print is Revok,
Retna, Augor, and Pose. These writers are nothing short of amazing. From
showing their artwork in galleries worldwide to having Takashi Murakami
take down one of his billboards they vandalized to keep for his personal
collection this crew will be making a lot of noise in the art world for
years to come. This 18×24 inch 5 colors hand pulled fine art print
featuring all 4 artists signatures will be available exclusively online at
Paperworks Laboratories. The print will be in a very limited edition of
100 and only 30 will be available online.
Thanks and Best,
Paperworks Laboratories
Order online at: PAPERWORKS SITE or stop through CANVAS and pick one up in person.
The Movement #4 - True Game
Painted the other night in Hollywood, this collaboration features: Rime on panther detail, Revok on letters, and Augor going for it with an eagle headed snake. This chapter of the movement titled “True Game” was inspired by the neighborhood’s resident tattoo legend. the panther and eagle/snake/dragon thing being obvious homages to the tattoo tradition.
See more photos from THE MOVEMENT HERE
As was seen in a few posts below the Augor spraycan from Ironlak finally dropped and is selling out quick. For those who can't afford it a contest has been set up to pay for it with your talent. Send in a colored drawing of the letter R as creative and interesting as your can to Augsdraws@yahoo.com. The 4 best winners will recieve a FREE Augor spraycan signed, and their work featured on www.augsdraws.com.
Here's Augor’s attempt
Accepting art until: June 1oth
Results read: June 15h
good luck !! ” nurf or nuthin”
Click photo to enlarge.
Graffiti artists in L.A. and elsewhere are paying tribute to the King of Pop and his legacy with both colorful murals and simple messages.
Michael Jackson stands in his signature pose: hips popped to the right, left arm raised in the air. His gloved right hand sits on his hip and out of his mouth he exclaims, "Hee-hee!" It's the King of Pop as immortalized in the parking lot of Mid-West Wholesale Lighting on Hollywood Boulevard by L.A.-based artists "Jersey Joe" / "RIME" and "Augor."
The pair incorporated Jackson's image into a rough graffiti sketch by New Zealand-based artist "Askew," and the portrait, although cartoonish in appearance and featuring a medley of Jackson's trademark looks -- styled hair, red leather jacket, sequined glove and tight pants -- realistically captures the legacy of the famous (at times, infamous) pop star.
"It was all very sudden," said 30-year-old "Jersey Joe" / "RIME." "We were working on this sketch as part of The Exchange," a project through which top-notch graffiti artists swap work, "and a friend of mine called and told me Michael had died. Ten minutes later, we were adding his image to the piece." The mural is just one of a number of tributes from street artists that are popping up on walls across the United States and afar in the wake of Jackson's death June 25.
In Tulsa, Okla., an artist named "Big N" painted a likeness of the young Jackson on the side of a building near 11th and Mingo, adding the message "Rest in Peace, King of Pop" next to the image. In Tokyo, a side-view caricature of Jackson pays homage to the late singer.
He can even be found on the side of the Kokua Market building in Moiliili, Hawaii; there, 808 Urban’s design showcases Jackson with an open shirt flowing away from his body, his hat slightly cocked to cover his face as a spotlight shines on him.
"For us, as artists, our contribution to his legacy is visual," said "Prime," founder of 808 Urban, a group of artists working in low-income neighborhoods. "Michael made a huge impact on the world. People have turned the mural into a vigil. They go there to pay tribute, to see an image, since we don't have him here. It adds comfort to the community to see him."
Closer to home, on Melrose Avenue, near Heliotrope Drive, local artist "RABBI" of dtladesigns painted a realistic portrait of Jackson from his "Thriller" days -- sporting a red leather jacket, brunet curls cascading over his forehead -- with the words "Rest in Peace."
"He made such great music," said "RABBI," 24, of Los Angeles. "The Michael Jackson who made you dance, who made you sing along . . . that Michael Jackson has been gone for a while. I wanted to capture that Mike. Everyone wanted to be that guy."
The piece, done with spray paint, took roughly eight hours to complete.
"I hope when people see it, they just smile and think about the days when they were just dancing to his music," "RABBI" said. "People don't do enough of that."
Motorists driving down La Brea near San Vicente Boulevard might catch "Mr. Brainwash’s" contribution. There's no sequined glove. No portrait of the icon. The black and white mural simply reads, "MICHAEL JACKSON: YOU ROCKED OUR WORLD," with "The King of Pop" splashed across the bottom right corner in red paint.
Jackson, certainly, isn't the first icon to be immortalized in such a fashion. Portraits of Marilyn Monroe, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X can be found on alleyways and buildings throughout Los Angeles.
"Murals are, in some way, the autobiography of a city," said Jane Golden, executive director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, which has received a few Jackson mural requests. "When someone dies, you often see memorials happen right away. Art is cathartic that way. What we're seeing with these murals is an incredible outpouring of appreciation and support for a singer who influenced many peoples' lives.
"People are not only remembering him through the murals, they're reliving memories they have in relationship to his music."
yvonne.villarreal@latimes.com
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Getting Augor's feature article locked down was a blast, as (almost) all features are for the Magazine. I'd already been following Augor's work for a while when we at Juxtapoz decided to run a feature on him for our April 2009 issue. Originally, we were going to run it in July or August 2009, but I was so hyped on his new shit that we pushed it up.
What initially struck me about his billboard work in particular was how obviously well-planned and thought-out the entire production was. There was a message there in the way he manipulated the advertising I found intelligent and really fucking ballsy. I've hung out with graf artists since I was in high school, but never with a writer doing things on this scale, which really intrigued me. Originally, when I decided to write the piece (way back in September 2008 or so), I asked Augs if he'd be down to take me out bombing with him in LA one night. To my surprise, he was totally willing. So I got to planning.
Augor and I kept in touch throughout the months leading up to our planned meeting and his work and its level of skill and boldness only seemed to increase during that time. It was great to watch him progress, knowing we were going to collaborate on this feature.
When I got off the plane in LA, I immediately called Augor and couldn't get a hold of him. I hit up some other cats I figured might know where he was, but still couldn't pinpoint him. "Great, he's probably in jail or something," I thought. True to my nagging suspicion, Augor had been rolled up on by LA's finest while doing a piece a few days prior, and had only just been released when he called my cell. We agreed to meet up at his place the next day- a day that turned into a full 14 hours of talking, watching fellow writers paint a legal wall, eating, hanging out, drinking, and getting to know a young artist hell-bent on changing the way the public, and even other writers and artists, see graffiti and public space.
Overall, having the opportunity to meet up with world-class artists and get to know them in an intimate enough way to be able to try and write their life story in less than 3,000 words, while keeping it informative and interesting, is a big challenge but I love it. Talking with Augor reminded me of my frustration over what a bad rep graf artists get, because not only is he a really nice guy but he holds his art (graf, illustration, graphic/apparel design, whatever) to really high aesthetic and moral standards. Only in respecting what you do, will others around you feed off that, and in turn respect your artwork.
So read the Augor's article in the April 2009 edition of Juxtapoz and get to know an artist I have no hesitation in saying is a rising force to be reckoned with.
-Katie Zuppann
Augor brings you The sequal to last month’s installation show. This week Augor presents ”So Called Artist” A new collection of paintings created since last months show ended. The conclusion to this 2 part art show should be quite interesting. If you were not able to make it to Augor’s installation show last month this is a great time to see it in it’s full form the way Augor intended.
7 pm to 11 pm
125 E 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 623-430
for more info go to www.upperplayground.com
Here are some preview shots from the Ironlak USA team in Chicago. Finished production photos and video coming soon. Find out more at: kcortizphoto.com, Ironlak.com
Find out more on Kanye's blog, REVOK1.com and Augsdraws.com
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