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This is a clip from the upcoming short documentary on Saber’s “Pepper’s World” Project. The video will be released soon. Watch for it.

Saber recently created a mural downtown and a limited edition print to honor one of downtown Los Angeles’ most original Street Artists; Pepper. This is a video preview of Pepper and the project that Saber dedicated to him… Lately there’s been alot of hype in the news and TV about street art and graffiti. Well, this is what it really comes down to. If you want to know what’s up with street art in LA, you need to know Pepper.

Full Video Coming Soon…

PEPPER'S WORLD w/Light Sky (to show the variation in the edition due to the split-fountain)

w/Dark Sky

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Artist: Saber
Title: Pepper’s World
Size: 29.5″ x 38.5″ (78cm x 98cm)
Edition Size: 68 Regular Edition, 10 HPM (Hand Painted Multiples), 6 AP’s, 6 PP’s
Description: 18 Hand-Painted Separations, 28 Colors, 4 Split-Fountains (1 of which is 6 colors), 1 Reductive Stencil and a Gloss spot-varnish.  Each print is hand-titled “Pepper’s World” and signed by Saber.
Pre-Order Regular Edition Price: $300 (Please Email info@jetsetgraffiti.com for Pre-Orders) Edition will be released on Wednesday, April 21, at 12pm Los Angeles, 3pm New York, 8pm London.

Pepper is a true street artist in the purist sense. He’s known to some by his altar ego; “the Mayor of Skid Row”, and he’s proud to proclaim that he’s the last homeless person on the forefront of downtown LA’s gentrification. He lives on Santa Fe Ave. where years ago a large tent city used to be, the last holdout.

When I was younger and creeping around downtown, I would notice these colorful, bold, and scrappy art instillations. Pepper has a habit of decorating his immediate surroundings, wherever that might be, with multi-colored paint splats, piled on discarded toys, and other purposefully arranged found objects. You can frequently catch him running around the city with his red shopping cart full of freshly discarded trinkets.

The print “Pepper’s World”, and the mural I painted on 7th and Mateo that it inspired, is in homage to his existence. I have enormous respect for those who can survive in such extreme conditions yet still be able to express themselves creatively…….

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In case you missed this one….Saber talks about his battle with Epilepsy and Insurance Companies, being a finalist in Organizing For America’s “Health Care Reform Video Challenge” and the conservative reaction, the Release of his “Flag 2010″ Print Edition, and what the American Flag symbolizes to him.

I just want to thank everyone for their interest in this edition. I appreciate the support and I look forwards to creating more work. I have been receiving some touching emails, specifically from those who are affected by Epilepsy. I will to continue to shed some light on our predicament on the state of health care in this country through my art. As long as I live I will be a representative of the graffiti art culture and I hope to push further into the veins of Art History with the help of my Friends, Family and people like you who believe in what we do.

Never one to shy away from controversy, Saber has been up to some very interesting things lately… Watch the video and see what he’s been producing; in and out of the studio…

We’re very excited to announce the release of the highly anticipated (thanks to Arrested Motion), “Flag 2010″ limited edition serigraph by Saber.

Here are the details:

Artist: Saber
Title: “Flag 2010″
Size: 21″ x 30″ (54cm x 77cm)
Edition: 11 color Serigraph on hand-made Nepalese Cannabina Fiber. All separations hand-painted in studio by Saber. Hand-Pulled by the master printers at Modern Multiples. This edition was created in 3 color-ways; 60 Prints in Red/White/Blue, 15 Prints in Black/White, and a hand-laid Gold Leaf edition of 3.

Red, White, and Blue- Edition of 60- Price:$180

Black and White- Edition of 15- Price:$280

Hand-Laid 23k Gold Leaf- Edition of 3- Price:$1200

Go HERE to purchase a print…

By sleepboy

Many of you may remember the video that Saber produced for the “Organizing For America’s Health Care Reform Video Challenge” (if not, take a look after the jump). Although he was demonized by some of the media for “defacing” the American flag, anyone with a little common sense would see his painting as an “interpretation of the American flag being overwhelmed by the language of his personal struggle with our country’s system of medical care.” Battling epilepsy himself, the graffiti artist felt he had to get involved in the country’s debate on such a personal topic.

Taking it a step further, Saber is collaborating with Modern Multiples (who we visited in November), on what looks to be a 8-10 color screenprint. Take a look at some behind the scenes images after the jump…