[Wearology]

I have sent out all the PDF's for the upcoming LAII Show in NYC to every Forum Member that inquired about works by LAII and Collaborative pieces by LAII & STIK.
If you have not received a PDF, please send me a PM as several e-mails got bounced back due to the message needing to be truncated.
There will be additional works at the show that are not on the pre-sale PDF.
Thank you for your patience as the response has truly been overwhelming.
Thanks - Wear

[Coach]

Jun 26, 2018 4:14:27 GMT 1 Wearology said:

I have sent out all the PDF's for the upcoming LAII Show in NYC to every Forum Member that inquired about works by LAII and Collaborative pieces by LAII & STIK.
If you have not received a PDF, please send me a PM as several e-mails got bounced back due to the message needing to be truncated.
There will be additional works at the show that are not on the pre-sale PDF.
Thank you for your patience as the response has truly been overwhelming.
Thanks - Wear

Good luck with the show, my friend. I’m a fan, as you know.

[rebate]

Get lots of pictures for us those of you lucky enough to get there!!

[®at]

Great show. Hats off to Wearology as always



I will just leave this here

[Wearology]

Thank you to all the forum members that were able to attend the show.
It was quite the epic event - with the whole film crew from Netflix documenting the legendary LA2 and
of course a nice visit from the NYPD making sure that we were still aware that spray painting a NYC Bus is still frowned upon in 2018 - just like it was in 1978. It was so nice see all the legends of the Urban Art Movement from the 80's until now attending the exhibit & showing respect to a true pioneer.
A big shout out to Triston Eaton & Martha Copper for creating some artistic love at the Bowery Wall.
It has been great week for street art with Jr., Murakami, Banksy, Pejac, LA2, Triston Eaton all spreading the acrylic gospel throughout the planet !!!!!

[Wearology]

[Wearology]

[Dibbs 45]

Thanks for the photos wear

[rebate]

Pictures! It looks good, some really nice pieces in the show. Dam i wish it was cheaper to get there lol.

[Pavoni]

Some great pieces! Congrats on getting that together.

LA II deserves much more cred, and a current higher profile, than he gets.

Get it!

[rick523]

Wearology epic opening and one of the best I’ve been to in years. The energy and vibe of all the attendees was amazing. I love the two pieces I purchased.

The black and white is a print on high quality paper; LA2 Hand Embellished for me. I believe there were only six available but not numbered.



The red heart is a 10x10 original. 12x12 framed.

[Pipes]

Sad I missed the opening night - caught a glimpse as I rode past on the bus - looked great !

[shy]

Jun 14, 2018 22:09:08 GMT 1 rebate said:

LA2 comeback exhibition 'High and Tight' featuring new collaborative artworks with STIK. Show opens 28th June on New York's Lower East Side.


la2graffitiartist.com

thanks for the heads up

[Wearology]

[Pavoni]

The installation looks great.

He could get commissions doing interior walls.

[Wearology]

Angel "LA2" Ortiz will be featuring new artwork publicly for the 1st time in 5 years.
The show titled "Walk The Line" will run from Thursday, March 24th - April 24th at the
Van Der Plas Gallery on 156 Orchard Street in NYC.  
Artistically LA2 pivoted from using a spray can and for this particular body of work he focused primarily on traditional acrylic paint on canvas with a paint brush and the results are absolutely fantastic.
The general public opening is Friday, March 25th for anyone interested in attending.  
If you are not familiar with LA2 and his legendary status in the Urban Art Movement then I suggest you Google his name and also watch the current Netflix Documentary about Andy Warhol where LA2 gets a lot of love from Andy and other masters of the scene.   

[Wearology]

[Coach]

Thanks for posting Wearology. Hopefully you can post some pictures of the show after it opens for those fans this side of the pond.

[Wearology]

For those in the UK who have not experienced an LA2 show since the early 80’s when he was in London with Keith Haring and Richard Hambleton you are in for a nice surprise in 2022.

[Wearology]

If anyone is in NYC and wants to attend the show please send me a DM and I will put you on the list.
There is a soft opening Thursday, March 24 @ 12:00 and then there will be the Free Wine & Cheese Opening Friday Night starting @ 6 PM EST.

[Wearology]

For those that inquired about the pieces I posted previously, they are all sold.
Congrats to LA2 and the team at Van der Plas Gallery for an amazing job.
I look forward to seeing many forum members at the opening this evening.

[Wearology]

For those of you across the pond that can't make the opening in NYC, here is a snap shot of LA2's paintings from his Solo Show.

[Wearology]

It was such a pleasure to meet so many great forum members last night at the opening.
I remember the days when I was the only NY'er on here.
Glad to see that the Street Art World was alive and well in NYC !!!!
Congratulations to LA2 - last evening was truly an epic event !!!!
His 1st international tour since 1984 is in the works and hopefully the UK is a part of it !!!!
Thanks - Wear

[Eddy Atlantis]

Hey All,

Very happy to have helped put this new London exhibition together with Angel Ortiz. This is a huge moment for Angel having not left the US in so long and so is certainly not going to be a show to miss.

Info:

30 September - 28 October 2022

D’Stassi Art is pleased to present King of Hearts, a new exhibition marking the highly anticipated comeback of Keith Haring’s longstanding collaborator and creative partner Angel Ortiz (known as LA II) with a new body of work set to unveil on Friday 30 September.

The Puerto Rican street artist who lives and works in New York has created over 30 new large-scale paintings for the show - his first in the UK in over 40 years. King of Hearts is a story of redemption that sees the arts community come together to uplift and celebrate one of the only remaining living artists - discovered by Keith Haring at only 12 years of age - who collaborated with all of the most influential figures of the 1980s. Amongst these include Haring himself, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Hambleton, and Andy Warhol to name a few with more recent collaborations including the likes of London street artist STIK.



Angel Ortiz (LA II) in his studio in New York City

LA II’s career took off in 1980 when Haring, fresh from the Pennsylvania suburbs, came across his ‘Little Angel’ tag on a New York City Street and sought him out to collaborate. A friendship that would last a lifetime, LA II gave Haring access to the city’s vibrant street art scene through The Non Stoppers (TNS) - the largest street art crew of the time on the Lower East Side.

A combination of brotherhood, art and mutual admiration formed the foundation of their creative partnership and their first collaboration - a yellow NYC taxi hood tagged by both artists - sold for $1,400 at the time with proceeds evenly shared between them. Throughout the 80s, the two artists combined their signatures to create murals, sculptures, train paintings, and objects with LA II’s style and technique thought to have influenced Haring’s solo practice from then onwards. In 1983 aged just 16, LA II dropped out of high school to travel the world and work with Haring until 1985, collaborating side by side and weaving their creativity to create some of the most iconic works to exist in the art market today.



King of Hearts is a cathartic and full circle moment for LA II. His new body of work takes inspiration from his past collaborations while looking ahead to the future, combining techniques that started in the 80s that merge the spray can, ink marker, and paint. Restoring his archive as the starting point for his new show, LA II reimagines some of his past work to take its meaning into a new direction including his original blue spray-can cartoon painting from the 90s.

Please email [e-mail] to RSVP and for more information.

Hope to see some of you there!

All the best,

Eddy

[DAVID HOCKNEY]

Mr Doodle rip off
Some people have no shame
Unbelievable
Wow wow wow wow wow

[Wearology]

Angel Ortiz has been creating magic since the 80's.
Mr. Doodle was not even born yet.
LA2 has collaborated with Keith Haring, Richard Hambleton & STIK.
I will assume Mr. Doodle has collaborated with Photoshop & Tik Tok.

[Wanchope]

I think Fred country prince is being sarcastic ( I certainly hope so), he does seem to enjoy winding peeps up on this forum 🤦‍♂️

[drbf]

He is an extremely talented artist and genuinely nice person. I met him in NYC this summer.

[John The Badgers]

Really appreciate the post Eddy Atlantis.

I'm not local to that there London, but will certainly make the effort to visit this exhibition - nice one.

[Eddy Atlantis]

Thanks for RSVP's so far! Launch party is going to be amazing. Anyone else that would like to come please feel free to RSVP via DM.



All the best + see some of you at the end of the month!

Eddy