TAG: Retna

Jul21

Shepard Fairey’s West Hollywood Library Project

I lived about three blocks away from the new West Hollywood library for several years, so I basically got to see all the ugly construction and lane closures as I would bike past several times a week. Now that I’ve moved, it seems the library is getting a much nicer facade, thanks to street artists Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf and RETNA. Here’s some pics of Fairey at work on what appears will be a very yellow wall piece. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but that’s a fair assumption.

Lots more photos at Arrested Motion.

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Jun21

Jun Cha Interview : Arudima Studios (Video)

Jun Cha’s Aruidma Studio is located not too far from my adolescent stomping grounds. The Los Angeles Clippers training facility and Electronic Arts’s headquaters are close enough to be neighbors. Equal parts fresh mindset and tradition decades old, his air conditioned office/studio space is welcome relief from the afternoon temperature outdoors mid-June in California. Once upstairs and treated to the visual splendor and much needed water, Jun emerges from a room surrounded by paintings and various equipment. Below is an excerpt of the conversation that ensued, as insights are shared between an uncommon journalist and one of the youngest tattoo artists with the biggest of track record of recent memory.

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May23

The Jarritos Flavor City Art Contest (Video)

The Jarritos Flavor City Art Contest: “Drink Out Loud” is looking for innovative Angelenos to describe what Jarritos means to you. We are looking for artists of all ages to develop eye-catching works of art in any medium to express the flavor and experience of Jarritos. Each piece will tie in the message of “Drink Out Loud” and one of the twelve flavors (fruit punch, grapefruit, guava, hibiscus, lime, mandarin, pineapple, strawberry, tamarin, mango, watermelon, lemon-lime).

The judge panel is assembled by Los Angeles residents prominent within the art community: Estevan Oriel, Raymond Roker of URB Magazine, Roger Gastman of R. Rock Enterprises, Stephan Malbon of Frank 151, Amir Fallah of Beautiful Decay, Casey Zoltan of The Seventh Letter and Known Gallery, Mark The Cobra Snake, Retna, Brandy Flower of …

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Jan25

VoxHumana + Retna + Mac + Kofie + Mear+ Epic Pieces

Graffiti sure has come a long way

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