Tag Archives: The Classics

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: CRAYONE

CLOSING RECEPTION of The Classics tonight at 6:30pm!  Not sure if you can come?  Peep Crayone’s art, one of the talented artists exhibiting in the show, and be motivated to pay us a visit. Crayone’s Bio: Crayone is considered to be a Bay Area Graffiti Art Pioneer. He has been filmed and published many times, [...]

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THE CLASSICS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: MIKE “BAM” TYAU

Only a couple days left for The Classics!  If you haven’t checked out the exhibition, here is an art  teaser of aerosol paintings at its finest by Mike “Bam” Tyau.  Awesome right?  Now, get your butt down here and view it in person. Mike “Bam” Tyau’s Bio: Mike “Bam” Tyau is a graphic designer and [...]

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CURATOR NATHAN TAN, AKA NATE1, ON THE CLASSICS

1:AM sits down with the curator of The Classics, open now through October 16th. Valerie Leavy: What is it about graffiti that lights yer fire? Nathan Tan aka Nate1: It is an art form I started doing as a kid, and I still find it challenging now as an adult some 23 years later. VL: [...]

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NATE1 “MASTER PIECE CREATORS YALL!”

He is an artist.  A curator.  A teacher.  A clothing designer.  An entrepreneur.  A judge for Estria’s Invitational Graffiti Battle.  He loves graffiti and you will know that in the first seconds you meet him.  No one speaks as fondly and passionately about their love affair with graffiti like Nate does. For our current exhibition [...]

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1:AM INTERVIEWS VOGUE, REIGNING CHAMPION OF ESTRIA’S GRAFFITI BATTLE

On the eve of Estria’s 4th Annual Invitational Graffiti Battle, 1:AM had a chance to chat with the reigning champion, Vogue TDK.  Vogue is a talented graffiti artist that has earned street cred since the ’80s and still remains active to this day.  He has also taken the gallery scene by a storm recently and [...]

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1:AM INTERVIEWS JAMES PRIGOFF, CO-AUTHOR OF “SPRAYCAN ART”

Spraycan Art, published in 1987, is one of the earliest documents of graffiti culture and is still relevant. 200,000 copies have been sold and sales continue to climb. Prigoff’s photographic prints from the 80′s are on view now as part of The Classics exhibition at 1:AM, as well as a monumental portrait of the visionary [...]

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AN ACTION PACKED MONTH JUST FOR YOU

Estria and Nate1 along with 1:AM gallery are bringing you an action packed month.  Mark your calendars because this is one helluva month for Bay Area Graffiti…

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THE CLASSICS OPENING RECEPTION

We’ve been slow on the jump.  “The Classics”, a graffiti art exhibit curated by Nate1, opened last week at 1:AM gallery.  The night was full of old skool graffiti writers from Bay Area’s Golden Age of Graffiti, DJ Dizzy from SF Zulu, DJ ExtraLars, DJ Deandroid, DJ Chris the Rebel, MykeOne AlmightyDjs and CUBA on [...]

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SFBG GIVING THE CLASSICS LOVE!

We had the pleasure of meeting Caitlin Donohue, a culture writer for SFBG, last week.  She and her friends were able to attend a sneak peek of The Classics with a private walking tour / commentary by Nate1, our curator and teacher extraordinaire .  Check out what she thought of the show and Nate1: Golden [...]

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THE CLASSICS… ROLL CALL!

The Classics exhibition is celebrating the artists from the Bay Area’s Golden Age of Graffiti.  The show is designed to educate street art lovers and collectors about the people and the time period that progressed this artistic craft to its’ popularity today.  It opens tonight at 1:AM Gallery.  Be here. Peep the killer line-up: Crayone [...]

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