FIRST AMENDMENT GALLERY
1000 HOWARD STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
415.861.5089
TUES-SAT 12PM-6:30PM, SUN 12PM-5PM
CLOSED MONDAY
With his current solo exhibition at 1AM running until May 1, Vogue’s history comes to life through his amazing spraycan art. To get a little more in depth on some of his amazing SPRAYCAN ONLY BMX pieces, we caught up with the man himself. “I started riding bikes at an early age with my friends. [...]
From the streets to 1AM gallery, Vogue has elevated the bar for spray can art. If you haven’t seen his street and gallery works, you need to come down to 1AM gallery and witness both. With Vogue’s solo exhibition at 1AM and two amazing streetside productions nearby, we still can’t get enough. Vogue’s exhibition brings [...]
As we have been pluggin’ all month, Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle finals were this past Saturday. Dan brought the new Graffiti New York and the collector book Graffiti LA to the event to sell at our booth. Jim Prigoff and Steve Grody were on hand signing the books and sharing their knowledge on the evolution [...]
Last night, 1:AM gallery hosted Estria’s “Can Film Festival”, one of his events leading up to his Invitational Graffiti Battle tomorrow at deFremery Park, Oakland. We kicked off the night with “Bomb It!”, grabbed food from Adobo Hobo and Brazilian Bites, discussed intellectually about graffiti’s impact on society, talked about underground vs. mainstream, and then [...]
The Can Film Festival is tonight at 1:AM Gallery. In between the showing of “Style Wars” and “Bomb It!”, there will be an open discussion panel talking about keeping graffiti real and how graffiti influences social changes. The panel consists of the following five people who are experts in the urban arts:
Ruben Aguirre Jr. was visiting from Chicago this past week and he passed by 1:AM gallery yesterday. Since they were just visitors to the Bay, I asked him and his friend what they thought. They said that the weather here was crazy and that they loved Oakland because it was warm. That of course was [...]
Marcial Cruz’s style has strong influences from chicano gangs, lowrider culture and tattoo art. He started developing his unique style 14 years ago when he started bombing in Phoenix, Arizona. Marcial currently works at a local San Francisco tattoo shop and you can find him in the recent published booksof Bay Area Graffiti and Mission [...]
Estria’s Invitational Graffiti Battle is next week on Saturday October 10th! And 1:AM gallery is going to be there. Our booth will be hosting the book signing of Graffiti New York and Graffiti LA with James Prigoff and Steve Grody. James Prigoff started his quest of documenting aerosol art, aka graffiti, back in the ’70s. [...]
In addition to “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan”, 1:AM gallery and Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle bring you a night of films, thoughtful discussions, and street food. On October 8th, from 5:30 – 9:30pm, we will be showing “Bomb It!” and “Style Wars”. In between the two films we will be conducting a [...]
Cern shows aerosol art at its finest. The pieces he entered into “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan” are all done with spray paint which surprised some. I overheard a customer say his proportions were incredible especially since it was done with a spray can. Don’t take their word for it, come by [...]
