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SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
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“Eiffe, der Bär” (Eiffe, the Bear) was Germany’s first graffiti artist. Swept up in the student movement of the ‘60s (and some troubles of his own), Eiffe began scrawling his anarchist and nonsensical sayings all over Hamburg in 1968. He soon became widely known, because wherever he would leave his messages (such as “Eiffe for [...]
Graffiti is surely as old as mark-making itself. But Joseph Kyselak, born in 1799 in Vienna, might be the first graffiti writer as we know it, making a name for himself by simply writing it on things. At some point in the early 1820s, Kyselak made a bet with his friends that he could make [...]
Mike Kershnar painted a vibrant mural of a coyote for us back in October for the Nature’s Revenge show. Sean Desmond made this amazing video of the work in progress. The frenetic style of the video is captivating. And we love how the neighborhood features in it as much as the art! Seriously, check out [...]
Some months ago, San Francisco was infested with sidewalk stencils of a man in a hardhat with a jackhammer. This 2-color stencil practically invaded the Mission and SoMa, and was even spotted outside these two neighborhoods most known for street art in the city. But beyond sheer ubiquity, the message was unclear. Was it a [...]
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 [...]
1:AM interviews Mark Bode, underground comics, tattoo, and spraycan artist. His show is on view now through July 31st at 1:AM Gallery. Valerie Leavy: I was doing a bit of research about you and according to the interwebs, you’ve lived in Northampton, Oakland, Manhattan, and San Francisco. You’re in the Bay Area now. So where [...]
