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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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! [...]
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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, [...]
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March 31, 2012
Hawaii is home to some of the world’s most well-known graffiti artists, so it’s only fitting that John “Prime” be involved in a mural project for the Palolo Discovery Center, located in the Kaimuki area of Honolulu, HI. The mural project is sponsored by AmeriCorps Hawaii and painting is set to begin soon. The [...]
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February 9, 2012
Design and graffiti; one would not ordinarily put those two skills in the same category, but when you boil it all down, doesn’t all art, no matter the genre, come from the same place? In anticipation of the year Twenty Twelve’s rendition of the Pow Wow art exhibition, Urban Mediums will briefly revisit the Twenty [...]
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October 30, 2011
All great men get inspiration from the masters that came before them. Artists of today have the great privilege of admiring old world painters like Gauguin and ground breaking painters like Picasso. Many graffiti artists break ground by extrapolating what moves them in nature, works of other artists and infuse their findings into their own creativity. [...]
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September 30, 2011
A self proclaimed mad artist, he can be found painting well into the wee morning hours on any given day. Sprung from O’ahu, bred by the ‘aina, schooled by California’s graffiti movement and seasoned by time, graffiti veteran, Estria has lived enough life and emptied sufficient spray paint cans to know how to make his [...]
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September 24, 2011
His art is powerful, his words even more so. Estria is known around the world and his nationwide Estria Battle that takes place in New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu and Oakland. Born and raised on O’ahu, Estria is a member of the old school class whose interests lie in a very unique type of youth [...]
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