Saber Blog » saber http://saberone.com/blog Graffiti Artist Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:27:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Compelling Image Of 2011 Occupy LA…… http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/31/compelling-image-of-2011-occupy-la/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/31/compelling-image-of-2011-occupy-la/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:27:06 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2820 1.occupy.fort.police.blog

Eviction night at City Hall. Occupy LA was forced out by a small army of heavily armed para-militarized local police force. In this image a young man and his little doggy fearfully await the inevitable of being shot by a police officer using a shotgun at a lethal close range. From what I heard the man was injured. Apparently the LAPD denies this but hey whose watching when the media they allow on the premises was carefully selected. Some of the signs displayed on the Occupy LA Tree Fort were pieces from my OccupyFlag project. This simple image amazingly depicts the overall discussion of extremely heavy handed violent measures executed by police to crush a peaceful display of the 1st Amendment rights nation wide. Welcome to our U.S. of police state…………

]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/31/compelling-image-of-2011-occupy-la/feed/ 2 Year In Review: 2011 In Art http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/year-in-review-2011-in-art/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/year-in-review-2011-in-art/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:26:23 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2817 It’s that time of year: the time when everyone is dropping their two cents on what they liked and didn’t like this year. Of course, we have some opinions–especially when it comes to what’s happening in the art world. Today through Wednesday (our last working day of the year!) we will be sharing our thoughts on “bests.” Today: our thoughts on art happening in Los Angeles for 2011 (in no particular order).

Read more: Los Angeles, I’m Yours

]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/year-in-review-2011-in-art/feed/ 0 2011 In L.A. Mural Art & Politics http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/2011-in-l-a-mural-art-politics/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/2011-in-l-a-mural-art-politics/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:21:25 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2815 It’s time for year in review posts, and while there are certainly more than a few everywhere on the web…

Read more: LAist

]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/2011-in-l-a-mural-art-politics/feed/ 0 A Year-End List for Los Angeles Murals http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/a-year-end-list-for-los-angeles-murals/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/a-year-end-list-for-los-angeles-murals/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:18:04 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2813 For a city with a moratorium on murals, the art form managed to be in the public eye in 2011. Street art took its place alongside traditional works, vintage works were restored, policy and enforcement were being questioned–all while ordinances that stopped new mural works from going up on private walls were being reviewed.

If you are not saddled with year-end list fatigue, here’s a timeline of some mural stories from the year.

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]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/a-year-end-list-for-los-angeles-murals/feed/ 0 Free Expression Returns To The Walls of Downtown L.A. http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/free-expression-returns-to-the-walls-of-downtown-l-a/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/free-expression-returns-to-the-walls-of-downtown-l-a/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:04:58 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2807 L.A.’s murals are believed to outnumber those in every other city in the world with numbers ranging in thousands. With influence from the punk, hip hop, and skate scene a new street culture was born that fueled a new generation of artists. Artists like SABER, SWOON, KID ZOOM, ROA, HOW & NOSM, KOFIE, D*FACE, CR, RIPO, INSA, BECCA, Thank You X, LADY AIKO, JR, and Shepard Fairey having all tattooed L.A. with murals that redefine the word “graffiti.”

Read more: Frank 151

]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/24/free-expression-returns-to-the-walls-of-downtown-l-a/feed/ 0 New ordinance would end artistic mural ban in L.A.- By Richard Winton http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/07/new-ordinance-would-end-artistic-mural-ban-in-l-a-by-richard-winton/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/07/new-ordinance-would-end-artistic-mural-ban-in-l-a-by-richard-winton/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:26:34 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2804 6a00d8341c630a53ef015394276c8b970b-640wi

A proposed new ordinance would allow artists to create murals legally on private property across Los Angeles as long as the property owners agree. If approved, the ordinance would end a controversial prohibition on murals that has left city officials and artists grappling over what is legal……….

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]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/07/new-ordinance-would-end-artistic-mural-ban-in-l-a-by-richard-winton/feed/ 3 L.A. Mural Ordinance Hopes to Lift Ban on Street Art: Public-Comment Draft in Full http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/07/l-a-mural-ordinance-hopes-to-lift-ban-on-street-art-public-comment-draft-in-full/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/07/l-a-mural-ordinance-hopes-to-lift-ban-on-street-art-public-comment-draft-in-full/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:21:39 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2802 For months, the L.A. Department of City Planning has been teasing street artists with announcements of a new ordinance that would lift the current ban on all pre-approved murals on private property in Los Angeles.

And it’s about time: Our urban sprawl was once considered by many — including local celebrity Saber — to be the “mural capital of the world.”

So where on Earth is this thing?…………

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]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/07/l-a-mural-ordinance-hopes-to-lift-ban-on-street-art-public-comment-draft-in-full/feed/ 0 The Paris Underbelly Surfaces : A New Gallery Beneath the City http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/05/the-paris-underbelly-surfaces-a-new-gallery-beneath-the-city/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/05/the-paris-underbelly-surfaces-a-new-gallery-beneath-the-city/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:03:24 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2798 brooklyn-street-art-Saber-ian-cox-paris-underbelly-11-11-web

Opening under cover of night somewhere in Paris, four stories beneath la rue, a secret subterranean gallery in a sealed tunnel appears suddenly. While activity on the street overhead is hectic and dense with cars, trucks and pedestrians, the dry dust is ankle-high here in this darkened silent morgue, its cool dank air now permeated with fresh aerosol. The Underbelly has been here, and if you discover this curated collection of Street Art and graffiti in the chilled dim light, you are officially lost. And lucky……..

READ MORE AND SEE MORE IMAGES HERE

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Source Magazine- SABER

]]> http://saberone.com/blog/2011/12/05/recent-source-magazine-write-up/feed/ 1 Eviction of #OccupyLA http://saberone.com/blog/2011/11/30/eviction-of-occupyla/ http://saberone.com/blog/2011/11/30/eviction-of-occupyla/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:15:46 +0000 saber http://saberone.com/blog/?p=2780 This is a photo of the LAPD removing part my #OccupyFlag during their eviction of #OccupyLA

LUCY NICHOLSON.REUTERS

photo by LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS

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