RIVERA & RIVERA requests the pleasure of your company at the closing reception for our exhibition Street Legal, featuring artwork by legendary Los Angeles street artists Mear One, Kofie, El Mac and Retna.
While wildly diverse in style, media and scale, this unique group has evolved their originally street-based work into a challenging and sophisticated contemporary art form.
Please join us in celebrating the success of this critically acclaimed exhibit featuring more than thirty original works of art.
We hope to see you Thursday.
Date: Thursday March 11, 2010
Time: 7:00PM-10:00PM
1100 S. Hope StreetLos Angeles, CA
RSVP*
rsvp@riveraandrivera.com
*Due to the concurrence of Art Walk, we kindly ask you to RSVP.
From February 26 to March 2 we painted day and night using imported spray paint and 3 scissor lifts to create the 20 x 100 foot semi-grayscale mural located in the parking lot of the former Pic-n-Save/Big Lots.
Retna’s type reads ‘JUSTICE’ from left to right. El Mac Painted the portrait of the woman, the sword as well as the scales, all created from his own photo reference. I painted the large circular frame caping each end as well as the halo’s behind each hand.
It was a pleasure working with both artists again and even more so together in a trifecta of sorts for Los Angeles.
Many thanks to Tom, the Sergants, Apple Via, FAIR & Mid-City Arts for the support.
Created this illustration late 2009 for the Porter records release for instrumentalist Remy LBO. It all went so smoothly from the initial email, to my quick turnaround on line art samples based on their interests. It was refreshing to illustrate again, especially characters. It has been some time since I’ve offered them for commercial use, but this was such a fitting project
House paint, acrylic & imported spray paint on foundation cement.
Basement in Highland Park, Calif.
Commissioned by Private Collector
This was a sight specific commission for the basement of a large home in Highland Park. The basement is like a true adult ‘Ruckus Room’ with ping pong, pool tables and diner like seating for events and private goings on. My clients an aficionado of true roots and culture, Dub sound system sounds & especially the contributions of Bob Marley.
I started at 4th period and finished an hour after school ended.
There was a scheduled paint out on a Saturday but I had to come in on friday to work on my piece. Ended up in the middle of school painting this weird burner. Majority of the kids were real curious and respectful, watching patiently during lunch period and those few minuets between classes. I was all up in the headphones so I wasnt as social this time around.
Style master King Cre 8 RTN & Mark7 of Soul King Legends Curated a show @ Mid-City Arts Entitled URBAN Hieroglyphics 3 the weekend of February 20-21, 2010. The art exhibition/Live painting & Discussion covered Street based artwork from artists of color on the west coast dating back to the early 80’s.
I was blessed to be apart of the show and included my Phase2 portrait as well as 4 characters on the back wall production. I wasn’t able to attend the opening on Saturday, but did make it out on sunday to watch Cre8’s slideshow. I always hold Cre 8 in high regards as a true pioneer in the Graffiti Arts and an OG style master. He is part of a very limited number of street artists that came out of South Central Los Angeles with the original street art education. A true B-boy he is and continues to live and teach the arts like a true Jedi. Also was blessed to meet up with Rafa, a bay area legend.
Imported spray paint, acrylic and house paint on fiberglass & plaster.
Echo park Blvd. North of Sunset Blvd.
Commissioned by Toks
February 2010
My first solo non commercial, public display piece of the New Year. This wall may be familiar to many of you. This was the previous existing piece painted in 2008. This new piece is similar to my previous contribution, but this time I had the opportunity to evacuate a more balanced work. Because it is a horizontally corrugated fiberglass surface, it felt natural to use the texture as a guideline to build up my shapes. There is no hidden message nor word play in this piece, just a structural abstraction exercise in balance, color play and form.
When I first saw the flicker pictures for the newly installed wood panels in the gallery, I knew what I was going to do for the install. That was to basically do what I do to natural wood already, age it down.
Oxidized red, black acrylic washes, house paint, gold and black spray paint, fine tip enamel markers and a bit of brush was all I used to treat the wood. Took about half a day to build my install + spread the mural above the front entrance to meat up with Remy Rough’s section.
I would have had better shots, connections and all, but I was using the only camera I had on deck, a 4 year old Olympus Stylus that isn’t working up to par.
