Downtown Los Angeles graffiti

While the hey day of graffiti in Los Angeles has passed and DTLA will never look like it did in the mid 80's and 90's one can still find graffiti hidden in the back streets and alleys of DTLA. These are some photographs taken this week.

Duce repaints Santa Monica wall

Working on a new wall... I dropped the characters and started on my piece. I am using the last of my Plutonium G spray paint... This paint is so good. I am happy to here that they are bringing it back.

-Duce

Graffiti Award Winners

Crew of the week.

The crew of the week segment will be a weekly write up that will highlight Los Angeles graffiti crews with 20 or more years under there belt.

Props go out to the GODS AT WORK CREW for keeping it going for so long... we hope you continue your quest to GO AROUND the WORLD.

GAW

THE ART OF TRASPORTATION

Featured Artists:
Acme, Albert Montoya, Alsaffar, Benny Diar, Bron Theron, Cale One, D. Meza, Dcypher, Dove, Duce, Fred Katz, James Bentley, James Carter, Jania Vanderwerff, JS, JW Pippen, Kasim Patton, Kit Beckmann, Kwasi, Man One, Mas, Michael Pizarro, Natoe, Nirant, Reefer Sutherland, Rome, Scotch!, Skylar Aud, True 2 Death, Valerie G, Vic Macias, Vyal, Werc

June 3, 2011 6PM

The Art of Transportation
Crewest
110 Winston St
Los Angeles, CA 90013 (directions)

DUCE Sketches

Duce often explains his characters as being personifications of social political and corporate entities that he illustrates from his observations of status structures. Although playful in their application they are critical and though provoking commentaries that the artist makes about the ruling classes and the masses.

No Biters Allowed

Crewest most recent exhibition is composed of some of Los Angeles more influential graffiti artist. While some of the participants glamour in the lime light others still remain in obscurity making this a one of a kind show that sheds some light on some over seen factors in Los Angeles graffiti history.

GAW Crew paint out

Check out these new pieces painted today by the Graffiti Award Winners. These pieces were Painted in Silver Lake.

Artist included MOZ, BREK, PRONE, DUCE and ENCOR.

Genius At Work

This weekend there where Earth Day Celebrations all over the world. This year the GAW Crew donated there time and talents and painted a Mural at Normandy Elementary school in South Central Los Angeles. This years theme was energy conservation. Prone and Duce of the GAW crew decided to pay homage to a scientific mind that has lived in obscurity and although he is accredited with The invention of AC (Alternate current) and 700 other inventions very phew people knew who Nikola Tesla was.

Spread the word and do some research on Nikola Tesla... Google his name.