FIRST AMENDMENT GALLERY
1000 HOWARD STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
415.861.5089
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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 [...]
I thought it was only fitting that we posted something about Estria, especially since he is the man of the exhibit for “Don’t Sweat Technique: Ode to Spraycan” as well as doing an excellent job on keeping us informed about the artists he assembled for the show and the battle (check out his blog to [...]
By adding oil paintings (on wood, not canvas) to “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the Spraycan”, Chez has elevated the respect for graffiti writers. Oil paintings are difficult to master but he definitely proved to be boss in this medium. His portraits are detailed and realistic, a must-see for graffiti admirers and art lovers [...]
There is a story behind Vyal One’s shovel. When Mike Bam brought in Vyal’s art piece, I was amazed by his illustration but surprised that he chose a shovel as his canvas. Definitely different from the others that were on canvas or wood… saw how the illustration fit “Don’t Sweat the Technique: Ode to the [...]
