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yesterday we show the final product (check the previous post) and today here is the action video..

This is UD coverage of Visual Slang a collection of young talented artists gathered together in the Lower East Side of NYC. Each artist has their own unique take on street inspired art. Artists involved included Pez, Cope2, Kenji Nakayama and many more.

Interview with amazing Japanese stencil artist
Kenji Nakayama | www.KENGEE.com

Dude at Hypebeast got access to the upcoming HAZE show in HK,here is his comment and pics:

http://hypebeast.com/image/2008/07/eric-haze-full-circle-exhibition-1-500x334.jpg

One of the living legends on so many levels, Eric Haze is in the midst of unveiling his most recent art exhibition titled Full Circle. With a hand in so many cornerstone events from hip-hop to art and product development, his Full Circle exhibition in Hong Kong was produced in collaboration with 8FIVE2, 24Herbs and 55DSL. The large gallery showing includes paper drawings, large-scale hand-painted acrylic canvasses, archival silkscreen prints and several large scale pieces, showing Haze’s diversity and expressionist styles. To compliment the Full Circle exhibition, several products have been designed as well.

Eric Haze: Full Circle
July 24th – August 8, 2008
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 23
(3-5pm: Press Session / 9-11pm: General Reception)
Delay No Mall
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

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New artwork showing NOW! at Upper Playgrounds Berkeley Store on Telegraph. Around 25 pieces up.  All for Sale!!!

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

Artwork now up through August 2008

Upper Playground / 2509 Telegraph Ave Berkeley, CA

A 16-year-old alleged tagger has been arrested in connection with the shooting death this week of another 16-year-old boy near Los Angeles High School, police said today.

The suspect, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was arrested Wednesday after witnesses identified him, Los Angeles Police Department officials said in a statement.

The suspect and the victim, Adrian Garcia-Diaz, were former Los Angeles High students who each had been expelled for disciplinary reasons, said Sgt. Mike Ventura. They had not, however, attended the school at the same time.

“It’s not like there was bad blood because of something that occurred during the school year previously,” Ventura said.

The alleged shooter and the dead youth were enrolled at continuation high schools, police said. They belonged to rival tagging, or graffiti, crews associated with local gangs, police said.

On Tuesday afternoon, they had joined a crowd of youths gathered at Windsor Park near Olympic and Plymouth boulevards for a fight between their crews that drew other crews too, Ventura said.

Some members of the crowd brought video cameras to film the fight, and investigators are still attempting to obtain footage, he said.

“Hopefully we can find somebody out there who has some kind of sympathy and is willing to be cooperative and bring us some videotaped evidence,” Ventura said.

During the gathering, which involved students from Los Angeles High, a fight broke out and escalated until the suspect pulled a handgun and fired a shot into the crowd, striking Garcia-Diaz in the chest, police said.

Investigators recovered a handgun at the scene and said that since both youths were Latino, race was not a factor in the shooting.

Garcia-Diaz was taken to a local hospital, where he later died, police said.

The suspect was being held without bail.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call detectives at (213) 473-0446.

molly.hennessy-fiske@latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-lahigh18-2008jul18,0,4209322.story

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INSA presents: Dirty Cash Part II Take My Love: a Freeness Affair One Night Only- Art & Party Friday 25th July 9pm till 3am Music from London’s finest Kam and Acyde and live PA from fresh Portuguese trio Buraka Som Sistema 255 Commercial Road London E1 2BT RSVP Essential: uk.brand@redbull.com

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