Calligraphy Calligraffiti Art

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ERIC HAZE is a hero of mine.... Here's why.

[Pipes]

Not a new discovery, but a firm favourite of mine, Seb Lester:

[jusdeep]

Some others would be Chaz Bojorquez, Vincent Abadie Hafez (Zephyr), Pokras Lampas, Prime, Saber. All of I can think off the top of my head now but there's loads. Plenty of good books out there, check out François Chastanet - Pixacao, Cholo Writing, a few Shoe books, Chaz etc

[Feral Things]

a1One.  This is Persian graffiti, rather than Arabic graffiti, but for those that think graffiti has 'gone soft', this is Iranian street artist a1One who (depending on your view of Iranian jurisprudence) was either arrested without charge by the internal security services or kidnapped and held in a secret prison for two weeks last year.






eL Seed and Hest1






Méta Parole

[Feral Things]

Great posts, guys.  Thanks for pointing me towards some artists that are new to me.  Greg Papagrigoriou is also worth a mention. 

[bigtlt]

This ambigram piece by Seb Lester is brilliant 

[Pipes]

At the opposite end of complicated lettering/handstyles, Rero

[mrblast]

Woah some of those pieces ^^^ are superb. Do you know anywhere that sells any of the artists' work?

[Feral Things]

Jul 13, 2013 15:40:29 GMT 1 mrblast said:

Woah some of those pieces ^^^ are superb. Do you know anywhere that sells any of the artists' work?

Zepha has had a couple of exhibitions at David Bloch Gallery in Marrakech and still have his work available.

Yazan has just opened the first street art show in Beirut at 392RMEIL393

L'Atlas' work are available from a few different French galleries

1One has a store here but it's down at the moment

eL Seed can be contacted through his website about his work

Méta Parole has been involved in various residencies and group shows but I don't know where his work is available, your best bet would probably be to contact him direct

[Feral Things]

New piece by Yazan and Tasso in Beruit


There's a little video about protest graffiti in Cairo on the BBC website here; "The political turmoil in Egypt has seen the overthrow of two presidents, as well as conflict and mass demonstrations on the streets.  The struggles are reflected in an explosion of graffiti on the walls of Cairo as people use their new-found freedoms to express different views.  James Reynolds has been on a graffiti tour of the city."

[Feral Things]

Kenji Nakayama

[johnnyh]

Liking these chaps especially that Kenji Nakayama must look him up

Cheers johnny

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Not read this thread for a while.
Just gets better & better.
+1 feral.

[Feral Things]

Aya Tarek

[searchandrescue]

thanks feral things, great post, thread turned out good

[ABC]

Great thread, some stunning stuff..

[sanchorockin78]

Along with most other comments, i agree there are some great works here with a new but familiar vibe (Wrinkles of the City ), & nice pieces on the DBloch gallery!

[Gard]

Great thread! Some amazing stuff here. Have to look more into Zepha, his stuff is bloody marvelous.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23586259

[Feral Things]

A few new pieces by artists previously mentioned on this thread.

Yazan: "Ali [Abdallah] was a homeless man, and the legend of Bliss Street. I have personally crossed Ali countless times on his street.  A few months ago, Ali died on the coldest night of Beirut's winter because he was living in pitiful conditions. Ali's death triggered short-lived actions to help the homeless in Beirut (for one or two weeks).  I painted this mural a few hundred meters from Ali's street to immortalize him and to remind us that we should not wait the death of another Ali to help others.  I wrote "Ghadan Yawmone Afdal"(Tomorrow is a better day) while listening to a song of the similar title by Mashrou' Leila, in the hope that tomorrow will be a better day."


Zepha


eL Seed

[Coach]

That piece by zepher is lovely. Thanks for posting these feral.

[Feral Things]

EPS


Ali Rafei


The Dihzahyners

[stvro22]

For those that say the scene is dead based on the few artists they know about this is the thread for you. Much like music if you dig deep enough you'll find creativity that isn't over exposed and over hyped but pretty damn good.

Now........ Ehr........ Where can I get some prints?

[Feral Things]

Given the escalating conflict in Syria, I thought people might be interested in what's going on with art in the country.  In 2011 some schoolchildren aged between 10 and 15 years graffitied the manta of the Arab Spring - 'The people want to overthrow the regime' - on the wall of their school in Daraa.  The school children were subsequently 'arrested' and tortured by al-Assad's internal security forces and it was this action which sparked the Syrian uprising.

Beyond slogans strayed on walls, the main form of art on the streets are stencils of people killed over the last two years.

For obvious reasons there aren't any street artists producing detailed murals  and I know that this is a thread about arabic graffiti but there's some really interesting and important work being produced in the studio.

Youssef Abdelke
Abdelke was imprisoned for a month, and only released this week, for committing the apparently heinous crime of signing a declaration calling for Bashar al-Assad to step down; it's not a coincidence that unhappily Abadlke was also a political prisoner for two years under the rule of Hafez al-Assad.  Abdelke has been one of Syria's leading artists for years and his etchings and charcoal drawings cover a wide range of subjects from contemplative still lives to acerbic political commentry and satire.





Tammam Azzam
Azzam's 'Syrian Museum' images involve Photoshopping beautiful images of Western art onto war-ravaged Syrian buildings.






Ali Ferzat
Ferzat is a political cartoonist whose work has satirically poked fun at the successive al-Assad regimes and Syria's corrupt, wealthy elite for years.  In 2011 he was kidnapped and had both his hands broken but he's still drawing and still smiling.




If anyone would like to help those still in Syria and those who have fled across the border to other areas of the Levant you can do so by donating towards the Disasters Emergency Committee's Syria Crisis Appeal.

[anbesivam1]

Excellent post mate Feral Things 

Aug 31, 2013 18:20:19 GMT 1 Feral Things said:

Given the escalating conflict in Syria, I thought people might be interested in what's going on with art in the country.  In 2011 some schoolchildren aged between 10 and 15 years graffitied the manta of the Arab Spring - 'The people want to overthrow the regime' - on the wall of their school in Daraa.  The school children were subsequently 'arrested' and tortured by al-Assad's internal security forces and it was this action which sparked the Syrian uprising.

Beyond slogans strayed on walls, the main form of art on the streets are stencils of people killed over the last two years.

For obvious reasons there aren't any street artists producing detailed murals  and I know that this is a thread about arabic graffiti but there's some really interesting and important work being produced in the studio.

Youssef Abdelke
Abdelke was imprisoned for a month, and only released this week, for committing the apparently heinous crime of signing a declaration calling for Bashar al-Assad to step down; it's not a coincidence that unhappily Abadlke was also a political prisoner for two years under the rule of Hafez al-Assad.  Abdelke has been one of Syria's leading artists for years and his etchings and charcoal drawings cover a wide range of subjects from contemplative still lives to acerbic political commentry and satire.

Tammam Azzam
Azzam's 'Syrian Museum' images involve Photoshopping beautiful images of Western art onto war-ravaged Syrian buildings.






Ali Ferzat
Ferzat is a political cartoonist whose work has satirically poked fun at the successive al-Assad regimes and Syria's corrupt, wealthy elite for years.  In 2011 he was kidnapped and had both his hands broken but he's still drawing and still smiling.




If anyone would like to help those still in Syria and those who have fled across the border to other areas of the Levant you can do so by donating towards the Disasters Emergency Committee's Syria Crisis Appeal.

[bjornca]

Jul 2, 2013 20:04:44 GMT 1 @wizbong said:

Great stuff thanks for posting that, i like L'Atlas works, Prescriptionart had some on site.

Looks like L'Atlas is having a show at Castanier Gallery in Los Angeles, set to open Sept. 21.  Will have to check it out. 

[Feral Things]

Sept 5, 2013 21:39:54 GMT 1 bjornca said:

Looks like L'Atlas is having a show at Castanier Gallery in Los Angeles, set to open Sept. 21.  Will have to check it out. 

If you make it along I'd love to see some photos of the show, please!

There are details here:

"PARALLELS: L’ATLAS + THOMAS CANTO, SEPT 21 – OCT 20

Fabien Castanier Gallery is excited to announce our next exhibition, PARALLELS, featuring new work by L'Atlas and Thomas Canto. The show will open September 21 and run until October 20.

This exhibition brings together two French artists whose aesthetics draw from their mastery of geometry in space. Both L’Atlas and Canto have developed a keen sense of spatial awareness through street art, and have taken their inspirations to transcendent levels. The artists examine the intersection between abstraction and precise patterning, expressing their ideas with geometric forms through paintings and installations for their first exhibition in Los Angeles.

Opening Reception with the Artists | Saturday, Sept. 21 7-10pm"


Also, Vincent Abadie Hafez (aka Zepha) will be painting at Clutch Magazine's shindig at Galerie du Château d'Eau in Toulouse tomorrow night (6 September 2013) and will be collaborating with musician Johan Vasquez on a project called 'Sound Scripture' from 12 September to 5 October 2013.  From what I can gather they'll be producing collaborative work both responding to calligraphy and there's a performance on the opening night.  Details here.



And last up, I thought people might like to see Yazan's latest piece which features Mahmoud Darwish, who was the unofficial national poet of Palestine:

"Mahmoud Darwiche wrote "On this Land, there’s what’s worth living for" when describing his homeland Palestine.  I grew up in Beirut, a few kilometers from, Darwiche's homeland, but the political and economic instability have made immigration the choice of many.  Personally, I am still in Beirut, I don't know why sometimes. For me too, I guess, "On this Land, there’s what’s worth living for."

[bjornca]

Sept 6, 2013 18:01:26 GMT 1 Feral Things said:

If you make it along I'd love to see some photos of the show, please!

Will definitely post photos next weekend.

[gatecrasher]

Print and Ink



Rebellious Silence (1994).

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Thats beautiful IMO.