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Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, May 8, 2012,
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Aesop Rock's video for "Zero Dark Thirty"is a whirlwind of a ten-hour graffiti session crunched into a three-and-a-half minute timelapse. Directed by Aesop Rock sits against a wall, rapping in real-time, as artist moves rapidly behind him. The shots show the painting at different stages of completion, often circling back to the start to highlight the layers Coro used to build the piece. Directed by Isaac Ravishankara, "Zero Dark Thirty" melds two visuals together -- a sped-up time-lapse of arti... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, March 27, 2012,
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Not only is George Orwell‘s “1984″ a formidable classic on paper, it’s also iconic in film form as well. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Imagine Entertainment – the production house led by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard – wants to take another stab at it on the big screen. Apparently they’ve been hunting down the rights alongside graffiti artist Shepard Fairey and LBI Entertainment’s Julie Yorn. It’s unclear why Fairey was involved in the process, since he isn’t trad... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Wednesday, March 21, 2012,
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By DAVID GONZALEZ David Gonzalez/The New York TimesClifford Joseph Price, the British musician and artist known as Goldie, was invited to work on the mural by TATS Cru, the Bronx-based group that he befriended 27 years ago.TATS Cru put out the call on Friday. “Yo, Goldie’s in town. Want to paint?” That was all it took to summon more than a dozen of the city’s best-known graffiti artists to an otherwise-desolate stretch of Hunts Point that in recent years has been turned into a 200-foot-l...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 20, 2012,
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Published Wednesday, Feb 15 2012, 10:09am EST | By Ben Lee | David Choe, the graffiti artist worth $200 million (£130m) from Facebook stock, has revealed that he has been offered a lifetime of sexual favors for $2m (...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, February 20, 2012,
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Kim Bum, who has recently wrapped the cable drama “Padam Padam,” is set to play a graffiti artist suspected to be a criminal in the film “The Miracle.” Reports from local news agencies confirm the earlier buzz. Kim Kang Woo, likewise reported to have been in talks to play the other lead role, is confirmed as the detective chasing Kim Bum’s character. “The Miracle” is a fantasy thriller in which Detective Yang Choon Dong is also a water purifier salesman on his off hours. Yang Cho... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 29, 2011,
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By DAVID GONZALEZ David Gonzalez/The New York TimesThe mural by TATS Cru, which appeared in a recent Fiat commercial featuring Jennifer Lopez. The graffiti artists claim that they never gave Fiat or its ad agency permission to feature the mural. A copyright symbol appears in the lower right corner.Jennifer Lopez’s recent “My World” television spot for Fiat is proving to be about as unlucky as Sherman McCoy’s South Bronx detour in “Bonfire of the Vanities.” Both featured glamorous wo...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 15, 2011,
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Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis turned down the chance to buy works by graffiti artist Banksy before he hit the big time. The singer is an avid art enthusiast and was approached by the reclusive Brit who offered to sell several of his pieces to him. However, Kiedis was in "tour mode" and was too busy to strike a deal - and now regrets his hasty decision because Banksy's works now sell for millions. He tells Britain's The Sun, "I met Banksy years ago and made the mistake of not buyi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Tag One on Tuesday, November 15, 2011,
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10.29.11 | 09:33 am After a barrage of strange up-with-people tweets and an unsettlingvideo ode to Emma Stone, image control is not Jim Carrey’s strong suit in recent months. Perhaps its time for a change. While many blockbuster stars might choose to pursue film direction or humanitarian work later in their careers, the two-time Golden Globe winner has decided on a different path — street art. Six months ago, Carrey secured a massive warehouse space in New York’s West Villa...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 26, 2011,
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September 09, 2011 02:50 PM EDT Jim Carrey has been feeling his inner artist, aka Baba and expressed himself by spray painting graffiti on the street-side walls of his New York City studio. The actor has named the studio Church of FFC and is attempting to defy graffiti laws. The city painted over his first artwork, so he went out and painted it again. Even though he had to redo his artwork, he seemed to be being a good sport about the attempt to clean it up. While he may seem eccentric, this k...
Posted by Tag One on Monday, September 26, 2011,
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Actor Jim Carrey seems to have discovered an artist within him, as he was spotted spraying graffiti art outside his New Yorkhome. He was pictured using a stencil of a Buddha's 'moment of enlightenment', painting it pink on the grey wooden wall of the property. Then he finished off the design with swirling blue and green patterns and the mysterious letters 'F.F.C.' scrawled across the wall, reports dailystar.co.uk. The actor was also seen admiring his handiwork, before he returned inside his ho... Continue reading ...
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