by fireisis on December 28, 2012
If These Walls Could Talk… …They would tell his story. His story is of that of a street artist who ended up on the wrong side of cell bars. His illustrations speak of childhood adventures that led to incarceration. Outside of his cell, before ending up serving a 10 month term, Mickael Broth’s [...]
by fireisis on August 18, 2012
To be an artist means being a brave misfit in a world of convention and normalcy. Being an artist is seldom looked at as being a “legitimate” occupation and from my own experiences and stories I’ve heard, most artists spend a lot of time defending themselves. An un-artisic mind will never understand an artistic one and [...]
by fireisis on July 31, 2012
“I find it beautiful, that’s why I do it” – Wayne Roberts As graffiti legends of the past enter into the winter of their lives and pass on, I am kicking myself that I didn’t venture into the study of graffiti art earlier. Just as I mourned the deaths of Frank Sinatra and Richard [...]
by fireisis on July 9, 2012
Wrong place, wrong time is a predicament photographer, Jonas Lara is all too familiar with. Artists have always been considered among the “bottom of the rung” on society’s ladder. Beethoven and Van Gogh were considered eccentric and outcasts of society, but graffiti artists get backlash and then some…and their wrap is getting grimmer. In many [...]
by fireisis on June 7, 2012
Four months after approaching Hawaii based mural and graffiti artist, Prime, Palolo Discovery Center and AmeriCorps Hawaii have moved forward with Prime’s aerosol revamp of the exterior of the building. We’re stoked about the progress he’s made so far and cannot wait to take photos of the completed mural that will encompass the entire cottage! [...]
by fireisis on April 7, 2012
It was a little over two years ago that I cracked open a book given to me by an old room mate entitled, “Style Master General,” by Andrew Whitten and Michael White, about the life of one of the most legendary graffiti artists from New York. I already felt a connection, knowing he was Black, [...]
