On Thursday, Mayor Eric Garcetti named the noted author of “Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.” to a two-year term as Los Angeles’ official poet laureate and literary ambassador.Īt its annual gala Friday in North Hills, the Comision Femenil of the San Fernando Valley, a nonprofit dedicated to improving life for the Latina, her family and her community, named the co-founder of Tia Chucha’s one of its four 2014 Mujeres de Corazon.įor more than a decade, the civic group said, she’s helped thousands “tap into their inner power … and become what you were born to be.” I say I’m the luckiest man in the world.” How pitiful that these anti-graffiti extremists can’t tell the difference between the art and the shite.“I’m absolutely humbled. I find it stupidly ironic that the same people constantly crowing about how ugly graffiti is gloat when an artist makes beautiful graff art like Revok does. that blocks the view of the mountains when people are stuck in traffic headed east than I am by graffiti. I am way more offended by that high-rise being built on Santa Monica Blvd. Our local government again and again makes horrible decisions selling out our schools, transportation, futures, and our health, as E73 points out. So many people have shame about this city and thinks it lacks culture, continually outsourcing to New Yorkers like Bernard Kerik and Joe Torre and denying our intrinsic strengths. What kind of effect might this have on illegal artwork? Stop outlawing free public street art and find a way to hire and incorporate these artists, cuz graffiti artists are born everyday and the need to create cannot be stopped by cutting art classes or locking up taggers. We could have the most beautiful city streets of murals and artwork instead of all that gray and make it an attraction we’re known for, drawing tourists and putting our Southern Californian culture more firmly on the map. and immigration enforcement citywide, the people running the show don’t understand the culture and bounty of a free Los Angeles. Just like with the taco trucks in East L.A. I feel the real loss here is Los Angeles’s. REVOK also makes a point never to work on private property or tag up people’s shit, he even mentions it in Bombit! That interview should be used to persuade against malicious intent charges. This talented and versatile artist stands up for the whole community and has worked ceaselessly to give graf the legitimacy, acceptance, and evolution that it deserves. I am sorry for REVOK and wish him the very best outcome, if there’s anything we can do on our site to support him, please don’t hesitate to let us know. Thanks NYSE and everyone else who gave great insight! It is also interesting to note that any charge of vandalism is dependent on “Malicious Intent” – how one can look at Revok’s work and derive ‘malicious’ from it is the real crime here. But, once again, the stereotype absconds the individual. Trying to negotiate this duality is a terrible burden the expectations that mark your rise to prominence and the ultimate goal to survive as a professional artist are the ingredients of an epic internal battle.Īnybody that looks at his work with an objective eye can readily see that this is not a tagger at all, but a respected street artist that should be revered and encouraged to paint his masterpieces. The life of a master street artist like Jason is a difficult line to walk on one hand you have the creative genius and on the other hand you have the environment which has marked his birth – the streets. I must say that, at least as far as my life goes, graffiti opened doors for me and set me on my path as a fine artist, designer, and illustrator.Īlthough I am not a close friend of his by any means, I did get to watch as his skills and style developed into something unparalleled in the graffiti world he is truly a master of his craft. I’ve known Jason for many years, as we are in the same art crew.
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