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LIVE PAINTING: BRITWEEK IN SANTA MONICA

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:24:00 +0000

Painting I created live at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica in support of Britweek.

Time lapse video:

ADOBE MAX BASH

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:00:00 +0000

I was invited to help guests have fun with a graffiti wall for last nite's Adobe Max Bash after party during their big creative convention in DTLA...

Paints, gloves and markers were set up...

I painted a quick logo and some motifs...

Stencils were placed about...

Then this happened!

Good times!

Too bad I wasn't feeling 100% to watch the Black Keys perform...there's always next time.

POEM BY JOSEPH ROSS

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000

This is the first time (that a know of) where a poem was written, inspired by one of my murals. Enjoy!

On “The Downtown Artist at Large”

A Mural by Man One, Los Angeles, 2012

for Lamont

If only America’s roof

could keep out the cold

the way colors sometimes

can, the artist’s brush

might tower over

the world like God or

God’s mother, awaiting

not worship or gold

but use. The brush gripped

to splash the color of light

in the shape of a broken

life. Good and evil,

the saliva of God, wait

impatiently to mix with

the hue of open eyes,

the color of coffee,

the shade of an impatient

country where some are never

at home. The artist finally

arrives at the color

of a wall’s destiny:

every rich man’s wall re-born

with a poor man’s face.

More info on the poet: www.JosephRoss.net

LACMA DOCENTS: GRAFF TOUR

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0000

So last week I led another one of my LA graffiti tours that I organize for private and corporate groups. This time I was contacted by LACMA Docents and I put together a 2 hour tour for the group which was about 60 people deep!

We met up in DTLA and I showed them some of the nice productions by crews like CBS, MSK, K2S and artists like Risky, How/Nosm, and Mr. Cartoon.

I explained to the group some of the basic terms and philosophies of graffiti and street art. They had some excellent questions and were blown away by so much art that they had never seen or experienced so intimately.

We wrapped up the tour back at my studio where I showed them some of my paintings, old and new.

Proof that graff and street art are not only for the young, but the young at heart!

If you would like to have a tour for your group or company just contact me and we'll make it happen!
manone@manone.com

*All photos by Fred Alcantar © 2013

BRITWEEK: URBAN ART AUCTION

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:17:00 +0000

My Jaguar car hood and painted Christopher Guy table, will be auctioned off next Monday evening at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.

Other artists in the auction include:

BANKSY, CHARMING BAKER, CRAOLA, EINE, RISKY, SHEPARD FAIREY, MEAR ONE, INKIE, KOFIE, SARAH DANAYS, JOHN SIMPSON, DREW WALKER, and NICK WALKER

*Art sales help support Hollywood Arts.

BON JOVI MURAL

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:40:00 +0000

I was recently commissioned by Staples Center to create a mural for rock band Bon Jovi to welcome them to Los Angeles for their sold out concert on April 19, 2013.

I integrated their iconic logo bursting out of a brick wall with a Bon Jovi piece on it. Nothing too crazy, just something fun and simple, with DTLA buildings silhouetted in the background.

Best part is I got to keep the canvas.

So if you're in the market for a 10'x14' canvas with your favorite band Bon Jovi graffitied across it, then lets talk!

Here's the final result, enjoy the pics and videos.

Video: Making of the mural

Timelapse only video:

Slideshow or click for more pics:

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MAN ONE DIGITAL BILLBOARD

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:44:00 +0000

Short video of my billboard:

The digital billboard above the Key Club on Sunset in West Hollywood is showing off some cool public art amongst the movie ads and other stuff being promoted.

Every few seconds it shows different artwork from LA artists like Saber, Rick Robinson, Miripolsky and others.

This cropped image of my "Fierce Beauty" piece (which will be on auction later this month) is one of several pieces which will be randomly rotated over the next few months.

So next time you pass by take a look up at the lights!

"Fierce Beauty"

spray paint on Jaguar hood

will be on auction:

April 29, 2013 at

Julien's Auction House in Beverly Hills

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RED BULL: CANVAS COOLER

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:47:00 +0000

I will be showcasing my work at this Red Bull event on Thursday nite!

Just retweet: #ManOne #CanvasCooler #RBcurates

I need your votes to win a trip to Miami for Art Basel!

Come down, it's free and will be a good time.

Arrive early, it will be a packed house!

Sneak peeks of my piece in the show below:

Slideshow below or click to my Flickr:

FUN WITH MOO

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:32:00 +0000

The good peeps over at MOO.COM sponsored me with some product and let me explore what I would do with it. Since I really dig the tiny stickers they produced, I ordered a whole mess of them covered in my designs, murals, art, and logos.
(Btw you can order your own stickers by clicking here!)

Now the fun part, what to do with them?

Obviously I can stick them up everywhere...always fun!

Or I can start customizing everything I can...cool too!

But I decided to work on some mini-projects like this one, transforming my
boring sunglass case into a mini portfolio of sorts.

This is how I did it:

Took my favorite stickers of this batch:

Carefully lined them up...

BAM! Instant mini portfolio sunglass case!

Almost feels like I got a new pair. Take that Ray-Ban!

Let's see what I do next with MOO!

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ICE CREAM LAB MURAL

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:15:00 +0000

I was asked to create a mural for the new Ice-Cream Lab in Beverly Hills. They create ice cream by instantly freezing the cream or yogurt base with liquid nitrogen which creates an awesome smokey effect. The result is a scientific approach to ice cream-making and its done before your eyes! Naturally the theme of a scientist in a lab came to mind.

They wanted the mural to have a graffiti aesthetic but not too hardcore so it would better appeal to their demographic. So this is what I came up with:

Needless to say they loved it!

Here I am with the happy co-founders of the Ice-Cream Lab, Tommy & Joseph:

The branding needed to be just right and they gave me a lot of liberty in playing with their logo and mural in general.

This was a fun gig and I look forward to painting up their other shops as the brand takes off, which I know it will.

Make sure you head down there, you're gonna love the ice cream and hopefully the art too!

They are located at: 9461 S. Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Tell them I sent you!

Here's a cool video of the making of the mural and the initial tasting party. Check it!

More pics:

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GETTY BOOK

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:48:00 +0000

I was invited, along with over 100 of LA's top graff artists, to add a page to the Liber Amicorum or "book of friends" for the Getty Research Institute.

The oversized, one of a kind book was just recently bound and it serves as a historical overview of this moment in time in Los Angeles. The cover has an elegant "LA" handstyle by the one and only Prime K2S!

I decided to create my piece purely in graphite like I do in my own sketch book these days.
I also decided to stay away from any of my characters. Letters are at the core of the graffiti movement so that's what I wanted to represent.

We got to actually put our hands on books that were centuries old!

It was nice to see some of the drawings first hand and get a sense of understanding that our modern day graffiti is merely a continuing exploration of these letter forms in art. In 200 years from now, when someone is looking through this book they will be able to appreciate the text based art that helped transform the world.

I also made sure to add my wife and kids names so that they too will live forever in the halls of the Getty.

That day at the Getty some pretty big heavyweights were in the room.
Here I am with Kofie Augustine, Chaz Bojorquez, and Seen.

I don't remember what the book curator from the Getty was trying to tell Seen, but it's obvious that Chaz wasn't buying it! Lol.

Hopefully the Getty will decide to exhibit the book and some of the art from it at some point. That would be the icing on the cake!

*Big thanks to Ed Sweeney who not only conceived this project but invited me and all these artists to participate in it.

SBS - KOREAN TV NEWS

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:25:00 +0000

SBS, a Korean TV news station, recently interviewed me while I painted a production with the homie HOZOI from Paris.

Here's the video of the news segment they ran with, wish I could freak it in Korean!
(OR CLICK HERE TO VIEW ON THEIR WEBSITE)

Check out more pics and the timelapse of this piece on an earlier post:
MAN ONE + HOZOI COLLAB

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NIKE BHM

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000

In celebration of Black History Month, Nike approached me to help them paint a mural to kick off an event at Gonzales Park in Compton last weekend.

They had a great image designed by Fuse Green and they asked if I could replicate it as a mural.
This was no easy task because of the level of detail especially in the background.

So I decided to create the mural using a combination of stencils, spray paint, and acrylic.

I had my boy Ando at search+resQ help me out with creating these mad stencils:

I hired the sign painting skills of the homie SINER LTS to help me out.

The result was pretty tight and seamless!

Along with the unveiling of the mural, I also led a community stencil workshop session with the kids in the neighborhood. I used some of the images from the mural as well as a few Man One specials. As you can see they ate it up!

*More pics on my Flickr

Slideshow:

VEGAS MAGIC: DICKIESGIRL INSTALLATION

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:30:00 +0000

I was tapped on the shoulder to create an original and eye grabbing installation for the Dickiesgirl booth at the Las Vegas MAGIC Show in February.

Here's the video of the process:

I was given 500 pairs of denim in 23 colorful styles to pull off the unique art piece.

I decided to do two separate walls of denim. The first was a colorful spectrum blend starting in the middle with white denim that peacefully transformed from light and pastel colors to darker hues and bold colors in either direction. I chose to spray paint large graffiti text like: MAN, COI and other words that refer to my street art name and affiliated crews.

On the second wall of denim, the pants were arranged in non-sequential format. The result was a much more abstract design.

The installation at MAGIC was a success to say the least.

Thanks to Migs and Wence for assisting me to get this done on time!

Look out for Man One custom Dickiesgirl denim soon to a store near you!

*Click here for more pics of this project on my Flickr.

Slideshow:

TIP THIEVES IN VEGAS

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:15:00 +0000

While I was out in Vegas for MAGIC last week, me and the homie Vyal rocked these walls. Thanks to the homie Ras One for hooking up the spot!

I call this piece "Tip Thieves":

Here are the little bastards...

Putting the smash on...

Vyal and his eyeball abstractness:

*Click here for more pics from this set on my Flickr.

LA ART SHOW PANEL WITH MCLA

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:12:00 +0000

On Saturday January 26th at 4:00pm the MCLA will be presenting a panel at the LA Art Show 2013:

"Rebuilding Our Heritage: Ordinance Reform and the Impending Mural Resurgence in L.A."

I will be on stage as a panelist alongside other artists and LA notables: Glenna Avila, Tanner Blackman, Chris Espinosa, and Judithe Hernández.

It will be moderated by MCLA's very own Exec. Director and good friend, Isabel Rojas-Williams.

Hope to see you in the attendance!

MAN ONE + HOZOI COLLAB

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:33:00 +0000

Finally painted my first wall of 2013 with great company!

My crew mate, HOZOI, is in town from France and we got to rock a quick wall.

Never too busy for a quick media interview!

Crazy Frenchie!

Final wall shot!

Check out this time-lapse of the wall.

All photography and video on this blogpost shot with my iZZiGadgets

it always coming in handy!

If you can't view the slideshow below there are

More pics of this wall on my Flickr

FRESH FOR 2013...YOU SUCKERS!

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:51:00 +0000

So the beginning of the New Year 2013

starts off with many new and exciting changes and projects for me!

After 10 years of curating monthly exhibitions at my gallery Crewest in DTLA, we decided to close our doors on Dec.31st, 2012. Although many of our artist friends and fans were surprised and a bit saddened by the news, it was time to move on to bigger and better things!

I love representing artists and curating shows, but it was becoming a huge burden to keep the space going and juggling my own artistic career as well. Looking forward to the next evolution of Crewest...but you'll have to continue following us to see what's in store!

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So with that said, I am opening up my new Man One Art studio and going back to painting and creating my art full time! I'm already off and running with so many art projects on the table, including commercial gigs, private commissions, and public art opportunities.

I'm moving fast, so don't blink!

You may have also seen me on my first TV appearance of the year last weekend on the Food Network's competition show, "Sugar Dome". The 80's themed episode had me working alongside 2 other cake and sugar artists as we battled for the prize against 2 other teams. Long story short, we won! I'll post a blog with pics and a bit more info shortly.

Also look out for me as I star in a brand new episode of MTV'S "MADE"...more details to come, but it will air in a few weeks. I also have a small cameo in an upcoming VH1 reality show and my art will also appear in a new Nick Cannon movie. Can't spill the beans yet either, so stay tuned for that too!

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If you haven't seen my website lately, check it out:

www.ManOne.com

I'm constantly adding new content including pics, videos, and very soon my very first Man One Art Online Shop! You'll be able to get exclusives straight out of my studio, including paintings, prints, posters, custom toys, sticker packs, tees, and all kinds of other goodies!

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On the painting front, I am creating a new body of work to be released later this year. Look for my artwork on some billboards and in galleries as far away as the UK.

Most importantly, I'm taking it back to the streets!

I have massive walls planned for LA and a few other choice cities around the world.

SO STAY TUNED!!

Keep following me on this blog and on:

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube, and Flickr...

Peace...

MAN ONE ON AL-JAZEERA TV

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:58:00 +0000

For images (and more info) of my mural in this segment "They Claim I'm a Criminal" CLICK HERE

Contact:
manone@manone.com
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PORTRAIT MURAL FOR ILCALA

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:01:00 +0000

Little indoor mural I painted for a homie on the Westside..

All pics and time-lapse video were shot on my iPhone4 with my amazing iZZi Orbit!

More at:
www.ManOne.com

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PAINTDEER

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Westfield Century City hosts the Reindeer Project.
A first-of-its-kind holiday art collection of Original Reindeer Art Installations,
designed by renowned LA artists for an auction benefitting Inner-City Arts.

You can bid on my piece PAINTDEER until Dec.10, 2012 at the online auction:
CharityBuzz.com

100% of the proceeds benefit Inner-City Arts

Timelapse video of the making of my PAINTDEER piece:

More reindeer pics on my Flickr or check out the slideshow below:

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#GOVOTE

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:49:00 +0000

THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE...SPREAD THE WORD....#GOVOTE

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DOCKWEILER STATE BEACH MURAL

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:13:00 +0000

The great guys at the Mobile Mural Lab put together a great public art project that they designed at Dockweiler State Beach.

They asked me to take part and invite some youth. So I made it a family event and got my kids and niece to help me out.

Here are some pics for you to enjoy.

They loved the free form spray painting.

Eventhough I had nothing to do with the design (I just helped with the tags on the walls) I think the final result was awesome!

Check out the glow in the dark fossils that appear in the evening..pretty damn cool!

I'M A FEATURED ADVISOR ON PIVOTPLANET!

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:17:00 +0000

I am now an official advisor on Pivot Planet and I am available worldwide for one on one consultations!

If you've ever been interested in changing careers or learning more about becoming a professional working artist or gallery owner, you can sign up on PivotPlanet.com and book a session with me!

I will be able to help you with any specific questions you may have about being an artist and taking your art to the next level. I've been making a living as a professional artist for almost 20 years and can help you with anything from how to market your work, how to price your art, how to sell it, creating a collector base, how to work with galleries, and pretty much any other question you may have.

Or maybe you'd like to start your own gallery. Since I've been running Crewest Gallery in L.A. for the last decade, I know I can advise you on important steps you'll need to take to form and run your own gallery, sales structures, marketing and pr, dealing with artists, contracts, and a ton of other stuff.

So if you think you could use some expert advise and are serious about taking your art or yourself to the next level, then I'd love to help you out!

Get more info about this opportunity at:
www.PivotPlanet.com

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RECKLESS ENGINEER PUB - BRISTOL, UK

noreply@blogger.com (The Crewest Man) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:08:00 +0000

Some firsts for 2012 in Bristol, UK:

-Got paid to paint a bathroom in a biker pub:

-Vyal told them to PISS OFF! and they loved him for it:

-We wore bandanas because the stink was stronger than the spray paint fumes:

CHOKE ON IT CREW! © 2012

More pics below in the slideshow or on this link to my Flickr: