Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 02:37am by Risky
RISK PAINTS SANTA MONICA HOME & PREPARES SOLO SHOW……
Los Angeles graffiti legend and fine artist RISK has been commissioned to paint a 4,700
square‐foot dream home designed and built by Santa Monica developer Adam Corlin.
“Painting the house is a great experience,” RISK says. “I stripped down my graffiti to its most
abstract form, with splashes of color and washes, and am applying it to a four‐story canvas.”
Corlin and RISK first met in 2011 when they teamed up for “Oceans at Risk,” a project that
raised money and awareness for the Heal the Bay Foundation. Since then, Corlin has
become an avid collector of RISK’s work as well as an integral part of “Team Risk.”
Most recently, RISK and Corlin collaborated on “Beautifully Destroyed,” a series of murals
across the United States, including a mural in Miami’s skid row and a mural in Los Angeles
for the Freewalls Project. Since the completion of these murals, RISK has been asked to
complete additional murals throughout the United States, Europe and South Africa.
“Painting the house is an extension of the ‘Beautifully Destroyed’ project,” RISK explains. In
addition to the exterior of the house, RISK is designing and painting a water feature as well
as various interior rooms.
Corlin has also teamed up with Roger Gastman—co‐curator of the Art in the Streets
exhibition at MOCA—to present a one night, invite‐only solo show with RISK. An
undisclosed buyer has already expressed interest in purchasing the multi‐million dollar
home as well as all of RISK’s work that will appear in the show.
“The city tried to fine me $65,000 last time I commissioned RISK,” Corlin says. “I was
outraged. They said if I wanted to make a public statement, I should have painted my house
instead of constructing an integrated scaffolding for the artwork. He thought he was being
clever, I took it to heart and painted my house.”
The house will be unveiled in May, in conjunction with RISK’s solo show.
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 02:56pm by Risky
From director Roger Gastman—a producer of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop—comes Wall Writers, a documentary on graffiti in its innocence.
Through unprecedented access to TAKI 183, CORNBREAD, and a host of other legendary writers, Wall Writers tells the story of a time when underprivileged city kids refused to keep lurking in the shadows, when the streets were so wild that fame and infamy became indistinct, when art became a democracy and self-promotion became an art.
And the narration is done by John Waters!
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 11:29pm by Risky
Just saw this ad The Corey Helford gallery dropped for my Solo with them in Jan 2013…Good times!!!!
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 11:25pm by Risky
I’ve been working on a lot of Neon Pieces Lately. This is one of the pieces The Corey Helford Gallery took to SCOPE NY. I’ll post more when the show opens.
Someone sent me this shot of the bus from the Art In The Streets Exhibit at MOCA
A lot of people ask what this symbol means….Everything seems to be a big question, by a bunch of small minds….What do you think it means?
Posted February 28th, 2012 at 11:12pm by Risky
A few months back I was approached by Morphik about participating in their artists series of bracelets. They explained it was wearable art and I was a little confused. Then they told me the line up of artists fro the project. A few of the artist were old friends of mine and a few were some people I have a lot of respect for. At this point I was really curious to see the product. When I saw the quality of the product I signed on. It’s pretty cool, my daughters hung them in their room and they look pretty cool! Here’s one of the bracelets that were released today….
The pieces go in these little framed boxes…
the case has a slot on the back so they can be hung on the wall…
and this is the band box…
Here’s their company profile….enjoy…
Morphik_Brand_Profile(1)
Posted February 13th, 2012 at 06:38pm by Risky
My brother Retna, rocked the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vegas and he showed me some love! Good times!!!
Posted February 13th, 2012 at 06:26pm by Risky
Recently Montana cans sent Revok, Abel and myself down to long beach to do some live painting at the Agenda Show. It was a two day party, but we manged to get in some painting. Here’s a few shots…
Abel making me look good!
The man the myth… Revok
Mad Society Shout out….
last one, we were running out of steam, never caught a finished shot with letters on the carpet…
My daughter wanted to get busy….
She pointed out a quick tag, pretty cool….
my new shoes just came in at the Osiris booth inside.,… GOOD TIMES!!!
