Taken from Juxtapoz:

Juxtapoz for the month of August in the year 2009 decided to split the covers: Newsstand featuring the Clayton Brothers, subscriber featuring Mac. Figuring both artists have distinct styles, it made for a nice juxtaposition, get it? Besides showing the newest work from the Clayton Brothers and Mac, August 2009 has features on Natalia Fabia, filmmaker Stacy Peralta, Lisbon-based, London-residing artist Vhils, and cultural and fashion icon, Shawn Stussy. We also have a fantastic feature on our hometown artist, Henry Lewis. Amanda Fairey, curator of Subliminal Projects, also makes an appearance.
We also have Greg Gossel, The New Yorkers, Basco Vazko, and Jonathan Yeo in here, as well as Michel Gondry’s toilet paper. Come, come get it.

From MAC:

Damn!….I saw the new issue of Juxtapoz(#103) and was blown away to see one of my paintings used as the cover of the subscriber edition!….and inside there’s a 14 page interview with me by David Choe, who tries to get me in trouble….along with a portrait photo at the beginning taken by Estevan Oriol…
Wow.
After years of reading Juxtapoz, and never actually being in Juxtapoz…here I am… on the cover of Juxtapoz. Not sure how that happened but I feel really honored! Aside from all that it looks like a great issue with some other great art in it…
I’m just posting the cover and the first spread of the interview here for now…maybe more later when I have time…. and you can also get a copy at Juxtapoz.

Find out more at: AUGSDRAWS.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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

Go grab a copy of this months issue of Juxtapoz Magazine featuring Augor ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLICK CLACK - That's why we're the WORLD FAMOUS SEVENTH LETTER CREW!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amandalynn is one of the most well rounded artists you will ever encounter.

Born to create, Amandalynn’s artistic career spans cities, interests, and genres, infusing raw talent and drive into every endeavor she takes on.

As the only female artist that can lay claim to The Seventh Letter (Juxtapoz #78), Amandalynn has engaged in her fair share of legal and illegal and street art, but her interests take her far beyond city walls and into everything from studio painting, stained glass, sculpture restoration, set composition, apparel design, and custom motorcycle and car artistry. See, we told you she’s well rounded.

Learn a bit more about this visionary artist and peep Amandalynn’s answers to our 20 Questions below:

Read entire interview HERE

NEWSSTAND COVER

SUBSCRIBER COVER

Chaz Bojorquez is a legend of Los Angeles' graffiti and street art culture, and now is finally on the cover of the newest March 2009 Juxtapoz magazine. Inside he is interviewed by another LA graffiti king, Saber. In March, we also feature Risk, D*Face, Dan Witz, Mr Jago, and DZINE, as well as the newest exhibitions from James Jean, Shepard Fairey, Cold War Design, and Rip the Ripper. And, if you look closely, there is a Marlon Brando as Vito Corelone Godfather bust in these pages. Enjoy.

Peep the interview on Juxtapoz HERE

Pillip Spearman: Changing the Face of Korean Tattoos
Friday, 30 January 2009 , Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine
http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5297&Itemid=1

In a reality increasingly interested in the right look than the real game, our buddies from The Seventh Letter (Juxtapoz #78) came through again with just the right artfully crafted words, at the just the right time.

“The other night me, Revok, and Rime did this funny diss to streetwear fiends and hipsters,” Augor wrote us. “The idea with it is that so many people claim to be down with "street life” shit. People that call themselves "street artists" or makers of " street wear " clothing are anything but "street" so the diss to them being "hustle harder." Meaning, step your game up because the streets aren’t feeling you. It’s our response to the bullshit that’s coming out today on the streets, and in the stores.” Word.

Augor also sent us over a preview of a new print he made (below) following the same concept. You can peep that soon at his site, augsdraws.com

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SOURCE: http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5264

"My Christmas Morning” from Augor MSK
SOURCE: http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5080&Itemid=1

We don’t need many reasons to love Augor MSK of The Seventh Letter (Juxtapoz #78) any more than we already do, but when we got an email today from this seriously talented graffiti artist highlighting his Christmas morning last week, we were nothing short of amazed.

We’ll let Augor tell the whole story himself:

“On Christmas morning after opening gifts me and my youngin squad went to a local downtown dead rail yard to flick some stuff we did the night before,” Augor writes in his email.

"We ended up stumbling upon a homeless family, boy age 18 and mother, who drove a motor home from Oklahoma and tried to find shelter in hiding their motor home in the yard but got stuck on the train tracks. Out of the kindness of our hearts, we built a ramp on the tracks and drove it for them, with their dog riding passenger into a cut where they could rest safely...I came back and gave the kid gifts of shirts and ended up painting their van which was covered in horrible graffiti.”

Augor concludes, “Shows that we’re not just a buncha ego maniac, self-centered taggers.”

Check out the flicks & article on Juxtapoz.com...