Neman Marcus x Christian Louboutin x LoveGalo

Spray Can Dress x Neiman Marcus x Christian louboutin

I had the pleasure to design this spray can dress for a window display at The Neiman Marcus Store in Beverly Hills

LoveGalo x Christian Louboutin x Neiman Marcus - Sunset Strip

PHOTOS: Courtesy of Daily Billboard

GALO1D2

Quick drawing.....SPRAY2D2

Paint It Ultra-Flat Back

ahhhhh....the smell of Ultra-Flat Black Krylon was the best - Today I woke up thinking of this scent and this old friend of mine, so I decided to post some images on this very missed can color. 

#1602 Ultra-Flat Black Krylon.

Too bad today's version is watered down.

The Rolling Stones with Paint It Black

EXHIBICION - GDL MEX

GoPro Venice Beach -

Wassup everyone? Last month Binho from Brazil was in town and I had the pleasure of meeting the guy while I was setting up for the ROCKIN' 2011 Art Exhibit.  He managed to come to the opening and closing reception as well

So we managed to get together the next days or so and headed to Venice Beach for a quick paint session before he left to t he airport to catch his flight back home.

Equipped with two hand held GoPro cameras that belong to Doc43, we captured most of the footage. I grabbed all the filed and dropped them on my box and came up with this short video to the song of Cafe Tacuba's El Borrego.

ROCKIN' 2011 - 20 years later - Art Exhibition

Saturday, August 27th 2011:

Los Angeles – CA, LoveGalo and KGB Studios are proud to present ROCKIN’ 2011 – 20 years later - An Art Exhibition and Tribute.  ROCKIN’ 2011 – 20 years later is a large-scale group exhibition curated by none other than Los Angeles and Mexico’s pioneering graffiti artist, Galo “Make” Canote, also known as LoveGalo and by associated curator and legendary graffiti artist, Oscar “BeskUno” Rivera.

It features over 30 internationally acclaimed artists: local and underground, legendary graffiti artists and well respected photographers.

The ROCKIN’ 91 piece was a memorable graffiti piece executed by legendary graffiti artists, Besk and Make, at the historic Belmont Tunnel Yard. The piece paid homage to all the pioneers of the graffiti art movement, honored those that paved the way and mindfully respected those that have also passed away. In 2001, Besk and Make teamed up once again at the Belmont Yard to execute their ROCKIN’ 01 piece which possessed the same theme and concept, and celebrated another 10 years of continual and significant contribution to the movement.

2011 marks their 20th year anniversary and ROCKIN’ 2011 will be an art exhibit that continues the same tradition as the first piece. It will also have a special emphasis on the vacant location, The Belmont Tunnel Yard, that served as a public street art gallery space where local graffiti artists, from throughout the U.S. and the world would gather and express themselves artistically - The Historic Belmont Tunnel.

ROCKIN’ 2011 will showcase art by legendary, pioneering and well-respected graffiti artists. In addition, photographers who have documented the graffiti art, lifestyle and history of the Belmont Tunnel will share the spotlight. A video ephemera by Mr RTD1, will also be provided for further historical context and information surrounding The Pacific Electric Railway’s Belmont Tunnel and its monumental contribution to the graffiti movement.
There will be an altar installation depicting the graffiti artist’s lifestyle by Ofelia Esparza & ZANlovesEastLA. Ofelia Esparza & ZANlovesEastLA are an esteemed team of artists highly noted for their stunningly beautiful and elaborate Dia de los Muertos and traditional altars.

Artists participating are:

Anger - Arco - Baba - Bash - BenBaller - Ben Esparza - Besk - Cale - Chubbs - Cre8 - David "Some" Arquette - EarnOne - Eriberto Oriol - Fear - OG Graff - Hex - Just195 - Augustine Kofie – Mear - Mosh - Mr RTD1 - Ofelia Esparza & ZANlovesEastLA - Pyro - Relic - Risky – Sergio “Doc” Rueda - Shandu - Size - Skan - Skept - Spurn - Steve Grody - Trina Calderon - Unit - Volt - Vyal - Wisk - YemOne - Zuco - and many more plus special guests.

About the curator:
Galo “Make” Canote, AKA LoveGalo, is a Los Angeles born graffiti artist. He has gained international recognition and recently captivated the attention of famous urban art critics in Japan with his Karan Koron show. He’s been known to successfully curate art shows and exhibitions that are thought provoking, enriching, and controversial: “Too often many of the pioneers who have paved the way are often forgotten, overlooked or neglected. Never getting nor receiving the recognition and credit they deserve. This applies to anything: music, art, literature…but in this case, it’s graffiti art. A lot of these pioneers paved the way for many well-known artists and did it without a blueprint, the internet, documentaries or any other sources easily accessible today. My intention is to highlight and pay tribute to some of these artists”. He says about The ROCKIN' 2011 Art Exhbit.

About the associated curator:
Oscar “BeskUno” Rivera is a well-respected legendary graffiti artist. Known mainly for his unique and intricate letters, Besk has played a significant influence in the graffiti scene. Being amongst the first to be highly regarded as a letter master, he has become one of the few true graffiti artists in the scene that is looked up to and has inspired many.

About KGB LA Gallery:
KGB LA Gallery is an ever-evolving creative space. Their location is located in an untouched area of LA, right outside of Downtown and Chinatown. It has existed as a hidden gem and has served as the ideal location as an art gallery, music venue, photography studio, presentation area, and much more. The gallery is located at: 1640 North Spring Street Los Angeles CA 90012

The opening reception on Saturday - August 27th, 2011 from 7:00pm to 11:00pm will be filled with amazing art, music and an installation by Bash, Cale, Make, Size and Vyal.

A special musical performance by: Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples) and special guests.

Rockin' the turntables: DJ Sheak, DJ Dashone-WCA, DJ Ralph M (Funkdoobiest/KDAY) and DJ Hapa

There will be A VIP preview for artists, serious buyers and collectors on August 27^th 2011 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm at the KGB Studios. Hor d’oeuvres provided by Mas Malo Restaurant’s very own - Chef Luna

You must RSVP for the private reception –

Email makeonestn [at] hotmail [com] or contact [at] kgbla [dot] com for more information.

Some of our very proud sponsors are: Asahi Beer, Mas/Mas Malo Restaurant, Art Primo, Jarritos, Epise Music, Sino Tequila, Noble Royalty and others.

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CBS Alt Games San Diego

This weekend The Dream Team gathered up early morning and headed down to San Diego for the CBS Sports Alt Games - It was a cool day filled with sports, surfing, skating and most importantly - girls.

The event took place at San Diego's Beachfront Amusement Park & Entertainment Center - The Historic - Belmont Park -  

I along with other cats: Aero, Bash, Ezra, Phade, Verse and Vyal rocked hats for guests throughout the entire event. It was all good times an fun under the San Diego Sun.

Peep out the short video of us rocking out...

Rocked it in South Central

So I hooked up with the homies: Opea, Perl and Swoe-FDS and we rocked a little painting action in South Central. The last one of the year...

We were supposed to start at 8 AM but of course that did not happen.  We roughly started at noon and finished around 4PM.  The buff, without placing him on blast, was kindly donated by a homie who rolled up to visit briefly.  Big thanks meng and good seeing you too!

Anyways - this is the end result...we may go back to add background and characters and stuff.

OPEA FDS

PERL-FDS

MAKE/GALO/LOVEGALO

SWOE-FDS

 

 

REBORNZ-HWC

    

Directorial Debut

While hanging out with my boy Doc over the weekend, I felt the sudden urge to do some filming. Yep, you heard right...some filming.

So I asked him to grab his camcorder, some cans and told him to rock a little sumthin' sumthin' on his wall.  Nothing huge or elaborate...just something small, quick, simple and just for kicks. 

With camcorder in hand, I began to mess around by capturing some footage of him painting from all kinds of angles.  I would cue him in, yell "Action!"... and be like "Do this"..."Do that"..."Now try this"..."Now try that"... "No wait! Don't do that...." and at times he'd be like, "What about if I do this? or that?" (all excited) and I was like...straight up "uhhhhh...how about?...NA!".  At times, I don't think I would even let him finish his suggestions.  And between you and I, even if some sounded pretty good, I was like "NOPE!!!" I thought to myself, "if I was gonna debut as a director, it was gonna be all or nothing"...anyways....Back to the scene....

As he was finishing up what he had painted...I captured the last minutes of my footage and yelled "annnnnnd...CUT! - That's a wrap!"  - it actually felt pretty good to say that.

But now came the real challenge.  Placing it all on video format, editing it and adding a score to it.  Never have done any editing whatsoever at any capacity.  I dove straight into iMovie.  Yes people, I have a Mac...don't hate now! and began to mess with it.

The score came about by accident which pretty much sparked the idea for the editing.  And after 4 or 5 hours of sitting in front of the computer and messing with iMovie I came up with a running time of only 2 minutes. Anyways, peep it out...

Let me know your feedback and make sure you peep the credits out too.

**There are plenty of behind the scene shots that will, perhaps, be posted. And also be on the look out for an alternate ending too....**


FADE TO BLACK....

New interview up on Senses Lost

check it out for Senses Lost -

When people speak of the L.A. scene, names such as Saber, El Mac, and Retna are quickly mentioned (and rightfully so, they are talented) but what about the people who came before them? Enter MAKE ONE, a legend and pioneer not only in Los Angeles, but Mexico, as well.

Los Angeles’ brand of graffiti has always interested me, so I felt it would be appropriate to interview Make One and get his view on such topics as [his] roots within L.A. and Mexico, the many contributions of female writers, the immigration debates in America, his evolution as a writer, and the importance of competition within the graffiti culture.
SPOILER ALERT!!: While on the topic of competition, Make One issued a challenge to NY graffiti icon, Cope2 for a graffiti battle. Legend vs. Legend?? Imagine that. Will Cope2 accept?? Keep your eyes open … in the meanwhile, absorb this Make One piece.
Starting off, I want to treat this like a job interview and simply get you to introduce yourself to the readers and educate us on the story of Make One. Who is he? When did you start? What crews are you affiliated with? Etc.

MAKE: The name is MakeOne from Los Angeles, representing the following crews: WCA (West Coast Artists), LOD (Loks on Dope) and AM7 (Angelz of Madness). I am co-founder of the legendary LA crew STN (Second To None). I started writing in 84′ and like many writers, have had different names. Names such as: Fraze, Axis, Mine, and Time (as featured in Spray Can Art). One day, while watching Style Wars, I saw Mare139, I liked his style and demeanour and so I swapped the “R” for a “K” and
MAKE was born. I have been writing Make or FakeMake since and also rock my real name, Galo or LoveGalo.
I am a proud born and LA raised native who’s of Mexican/Ecuadorian descent.

Read entire interview by clicking here

Re-cap of the Fin De Semana show

The show "Fin De Semana" was a great success. I was happy and pleased with the outcome and am also grateful of the hard work the FDS's put in to the show.

Having begun as a small, humble and casual show, the show sorta evolved to a more semi-formalized exhibit. It was definitely more than I had anticipated. The over all concept of the show was to experience a weekend paint session (hence Fin De Semana). BBQing, drinks passed around, painting, and chopping it up with friends and acquaintances, talking about old graff stories while signing blackbooks and slapping stickers. It was sure a great way to kick off the summer.

FDS - "From Da Street" was an uncut true street-like production. No matter how often we try to confine graffiti to galleries, sanctionize it and legalize it...in all of its recent hoop-la of commercialization and sensationalism...true graffiti is raw and From Da Streets!!

Here are some photos of what was exhibited by photographer: Eriberto Oriol. The images are of the L.A.'s very own FDS crew painting and rocking the wall.

PLEASE NOTE - All photos are by and copyrighted by Eriberto Oriol









PLEASE NOTE AGAIN - All photos are by and copyrighted by Eriberto Oriol

and here is are a jam that can very well be the theme song of the show. I will follow up with images of the day of the show soon.



And for those that came out to support. Thank you!

And maybe look forward to a Fin De Summer or Final Days of Summer exhibit similar to this towards the end of summer. Just a thought to start brewing.

FIN DE SEMANA ART SHOW

Wuddup peeps?...group show with L.A.s very own FDS crew this saturday June 20th at Jun-Keez - 5pm - 9 pm

Photography by Eriberto Oriol

Live Music Performance by: The Leeches

Dj Set by Dj 215

Artwork by LA's:

Envy
Kween
Krys
Opia
Perl
Secret
Suny
Swoe
Yikes

Brought to you by LoveGalo