25 posts tagged LA Graffiti Girls

Don’t forget to check out LAGG artwork this weekend!
Opening Reception is Friday, March 18, 8 – 11pm.

Cella Satellite Galleries is pleased to present Scaling the Wall. Curated by Trina Calderón and Miah Jeffra, the exhibition features graffiti and graffiti-influenced works by a diverse group of writers and artists in California.

Scaling the Wall comprises large-scale bombs by four of Southern California’s best female writers, and a white-wall display featuring six artists straddling the worlds of street and gallery institution, through various media.

Inspired by the groundbreaking MOCA street art retrospective, Art in the Streets, opening later this year, Scaling the Wall attempts to act as complement to Art in the Streets’ largely male roster of artists, while also discussing the complex and evolving relationship between street art and the arts institution.

Artists featured are [LA Graffiti Girls interviewees PERL FDS, JERK, OPIA, KUTA ONE HEM BWS] as well as ROOTSYSTM, ogdarthvader, LOVER ONE, C.1, Proto and Alberto Aviles Molina. 

The bombs, thrown up on bifurcated wood panels, will be auctioned on opening night, then divided at the close of the exhibition.  Proceeds will benefit ArtStorm, an aerosol art non-profit organization that provides self-sustaining world-class Urban Art and LifeSkill programs for at-risk youth in Los Angeles.  Aerosol paint for the bombs is provided by Montana Store Los Angeles, in Echo Park.

The evening will feature live painting by Collective Aesthetics.  Sound equipment to be provided by Looport and DJ Mixter Ed will spin records for the opening event.

EXHIBITION AND GALLERY EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Here’s a sneak peek of the artwork to be featured in the exhibit:

Perl

Jerk

(Photos courtesy of Trina Calderón)

Cella Satellite Galleries is located at 10816 Burbank Boulevard, North Hollywood. Gallery viewings are by appointment after Friday.

For more information, please contact Shannon Currie Holmes at 213.291.7908 or info@cellagallery.com.

In honor of International Women’s Day, Revolution Books has planned, for this Sunday, March 6th from 2-6pm, “A day of Defiance & Celebration: For the Liberation of Women and the Emancipation of All Humanity.”

The event will start out with an international potluck and will be followed by a program of speakers and presenting political reflections and multilingual cultural performances, full of meaning and humor, seriousness and imagination of a new and better world. 

$10 donation at the door; special price for families

This Tuesday, March 8th, will mark the centenary of International Women’s Day, a revolutionary holiday, by not just celebrating the role that women have played in society, but also raising awareness of the struggles of women on a worldwide level. 

Revolution Books (Libros Revolucion) is a non-profit bookstore, run by an all-volunteer staff, which specializes in books carrying books that seek to change the world. 

For more information, contact Revolution Books:
5726 Hollywood Blvd, west of Wilton, Los Angeles, CA. 90028 
(323) 463 3500
revolutionbooksla@gmail.com

“I’m KIF from Leon Guanajuato, Mexico!

I became interested in graffiti when I was about 10 or 11 years old. That’s when my brother and his friends began painting and started BR crew. I would always ask them things about graffiti, but they never gave me much information, which sparked my curiosity even more. I’m not sure if it was because they didn’t want to explain graffiti to a little girl or because they didn’t even really know, themselves. I didn’t start painting until high school when I became friends with other writers and met my boyfriend “Work.” After high school many of these writers I became friends with fell off and stopped painting, but I didn’t.

I currently belong to two crews:

CK: A crew created 12 years ago, I joined the crew in 2008. Current members: Nickis, Fase4, Gogue, Bote, Sukre, Bacteria, Jhard, Unek, Boro and Berk.

IKS: A crew started in about 2003, I also joined this crew in 2008… The cool thing about this crew is that we all live in different parts of the city. Current members: Sark, Truko, Mikro, Gogue, Asme, Kabo, Naus, Jhard, Dreik, Ocre, Blexo, Dekl, Killer, Enter, Time and Dose.

These two crews are made up of excellent graffiti writers in my town and even though I’m the only woman in both crews, they have become second family.
They have and will continue to be a part of my life for many years.

LADY’S GRAFF is a website I began in 2002. At the time, there were almost no women in the Mexican graffiti scene, and the very few women who were had continued to go unnoticed. I wasn’t sure if this was due to the lack of interest in Mexican female graffiti art because it is, obviously, a male-dominated scene, or what, but I felt the need to do something about it. Ultimately, Lady’s Graff became a place where female writers could showcase their work as well as a forum for them to communicate and network with each other. Since Lady’s Graff’s beginning in 2002, the project continues to grow and the number of participants continues to be on the rise.”

To learn more about Mexico’s graffiti girls, check out Kif’s website: http://ladysgraff.blogspot.com/