TMNK’s career in art began with chance. Off for the day from his job as a graphics manager, the artist headed to the SOHO shopping district in New York with the noble intent to sell his paintings on the street. This was street art, literally. After selling his first painting for $29, he could easily get $1000 now for the same work, he decided to make art his career and continued to sell art on the street by day and on Ebay at night.
Big, beautiful pieces that go beyond the usual urban graffiti is what artist Jesse Hazelip plasters upon boarded up buildings in the East Bay area. No, he’s not your typical graffiti artist whom dabbles in spray painting gang signs and urban decay upon city buildings, Jesse Hazelip is the gentrified graffiti artist with artwork being showcased in infamous galleries such as White Walls and the SFMOMA.
2010 has been a good year in terms of music. Gil Scott-Heron, Drake, Janelle Monae all dropped albums already. Not to mention this Summer we can expect hot stuff from M.I.A., The Dream and more.
CLICK FOR MORESarah Weaver, Fahamu Pecou & Mr. Brainwash all live in three very different parts of America and create very different types of art, but they have one thing in common.
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