"Infinite Tapestry" by Mars1

1AM is proud to present PRINT, our annual show featuring limited edition prints from some of our favorite artists, just in time for the holidays. Bring some art to your life this year or give a great gift to someone special, because PRINT is about bold, quality, affordable fine art from the best artists in the game. The killer line-up includes:

JURNE – ZOLTRON – 123KLAN - EVAN YARBROUGH – VOGUE – MARK BODE – HYDRO74 – MARS1

POESIA – ROBERT BOWEN – RIME – GOD MACHINE – AND MUCH MORE!

Join us on Friday, December 9th from 6:30 – 9:30pm for the opening reception of the PRINT show. The opening will be a 21+ event.

‘Tis the season to be giving so make sure you pass by and pick up your gifts at 1AM gallery. With so many awesome art at phenomenal holiday deals, there is something for everyone at PRINT!

How did the Fast Forward show come about?

I got together with Dan Pan and Nate1 and we talked about which artists were hot and what topics were at the cutting edge of spray can art.  I mentioned that Poesia’s blog, Graffuturism.com, was featuring new and innovative graffiti as well as discussing where graffiti has been and where it is going.  After being inspired by the site, Poesia and Jaybo were added to the show.  After that, all the other artists started to fall into place.

The artist, Suiko1 from Japan, has always been a favorite of mine for the past 4 years, but not too many people know about him in the US.  His work is nothing like the graffiti art or graphic design I’ve seen in my lifetime. Then, there was Scott Sueme.  In the beginning of the year, I went to a show that exhibited his work in Vancouver and I was impressed. I knew I had to have both of these guys in the show.

Tell us about your works for this show.

My work for “Fast Forward” will be art none of my peers have seen before.  It is a prediction and prophecy of what I think graffiti art will look like in the future but, at the same time, it is a reflection of my past work with computer graphics and my experience in the video gaming industry.  My favorite past time is to do work with lighting in computer graphics and I have translated this to my current work.  As an artist, I aim to manipulate the way people feel when they see color and lighting.

My body of work for this show is also my first attempt to do all my canvases with only Montana Colors spray paint.  I also wanted to show my graffiti writer peers that spray can art in a gallery does not have to look like what it looks like in the street.  It’s much more mature conceptual, abstract, and sophisticated than the public spaces that get smashed in the streets.

I hope everyone enjoys the works of all the artists in the show.  We did a big effort to get a good mix of talent from several different areas of the globe for “Fast Forward”.  It is interesting to see what the future of the graffiti will look like through the eyes of different artists.

1AM Pen Pushas exhibition featuring Reyes’s original sketches as seen in his book “Misspelled”.  Get both at 1AM before they’re gone.

JURNE

EWOK

POSE

WITNESS

Here’s a sneak peek:

Memoirs of Vogue opens Friday, March 18th fro 7-9:30pm.

Representing the struggle and the voices of the less fortunate, Toro projects his graffiti in places people want to ignore and avoid.  This graffiti artist strives to bring light and awareness upon a world that is consumed by darkness and injustice.   Like the bull does to the matador, Toro’s graffiti stares down the law and vigorously fights to the end.

This raging bull is featured in 1AM’s current exhibition, “Outside In” until March 12.  If you can’t make it, check out the available work online.

Also, don’t sleep as Toro presents a larger than life piece in Goorin Brother’s “Extended Stay” exhibition this March 5th from 8-11pm alongside Barry McGee, Steel, and Reyes.

A myriad of artists from an array of different creative backgrounds submitted prints of their pieces, which ranged from satirical, to surreal to UNREAL!

For those of you that missed the opening last, here’s a taste of what the print show has to offer.

“The Itch” by Griffin

“Gypsy Trooper” by Hydro74

“Southern Oracle” by Robert Bowen

The PRINT show will be up through January 29, 2011 at 1:AM Gallery.  If you are interested in purchasing any of the pieces in the show, please visit our gallery or e-mail us at: info@1amsf.com.