BELMONT TUNNNEL OPENING NIGHT!

We had a great turnout, hundreds showed up to peep the exhibition included fans, artists, collectors, and a few celebs.

Here is a synopsis of that night through the lens of our good friend and dope LA photographer Eriberto Oriol.

All Photos by: EribertoOriol.com
Eriberto Oriol © 2009

Enjoy!

Outside the line was long..


Eriberto and Angelica...


Slick and Estevan Oriol..


Curator Carlos Marquez...


Mandoe and Revok...


Slick...


Relic...


Thats Punk rock!


Man One and Craola...


Relax with his girl..


Wisk..



MORE ARTWORK AND PARTY PHOTOS HERE!

Explore the forbidden at “ForbiddenArtLA.com” coming soon

LEGENDARY BELMONT TUNNEL EXHIBITION

THE LEGENDARY BELMONT TUNNEL
"A Tribute to the Birthplace of Los Angeles Graffiti Art"
Curated by Carlos Marquez

With the influx of Hip Hop culture from the East Coast in the early 1980's, the graffiti movement began to take shape in Los Angeles. Young graffiti artists began searching for their own voice and spaces to create. One space that became crucial to that development was the Belmont Tunnel. Due to its central location in Downtown LA and open layout surrounded with massive walls, it quickly became the city's most popular urban canvas. Over the next 20+ years, Belmont became a meeting place for hundreds of developing graffiti artists to hone their craft, settle their differences through graff battles, and pass on codes of ethics to the next generation. Although the tunnel no longer exists and has now been turned into The Belmont Station apartments, the impact it had on the development of Los Angeles graffiti art will not be forgotten..

The exhibition features photographs, paintings, prints and giclees by the following exhibiting Legendary LA Artists:

Acme, Aloy, Antonio Pelayo, Axis, BaBa, Besk, Bumper, Cab, Cale, Charlie, Cre8, Dash, Danny D, Defer, Duster, Earnone, Elser, Eriberto Oriol, Fearo, Fever, Frame, Frank Martinez, Gabe, Genius, Ghostone, Gilone, Graf One, Grande, Hex, Hyde, Jero, Jiro, Kopy, Make, Mandoe, Man One, Mosh, Nuke, OG Abel, Omega, Pale, Panic, Relax, Relic, Retna, Rickone, Risky, Ruets, Saber, Sacred194, Shandu, Siner, Size, Skept, Skyone, Sleez, Swan, Teler, Volt, Vox, Vyal, Wisk, Zender...and others

Eriberto Wall of Belmont Photos...


Big Can Wall...


Skate Deck wall...


Slickster...


Charlie DTK...


Cale and Besk...


Vox, Acme, Precise, Mirage...


Hex LOD, the ungifted one!...


Belmont by Fearo...


Great piece by Jakoh...


Dragon piece by Jiro...


Skept..


Tons of photos of the exhibit here...
Flickr.com/crewestman



Exhibit runs thru June 28th and is viewable during normal gallery hours:
Tues-Thur: Noon-7pm, Fri-Sat: Noon-8pm, Sun: Noon-6pm
Closed Mondays

For more info please email us at info@crewest.com.
www.crewest.com

PRINTED - Hell of a successful show!

The Opening Reception was December 6th and was off the hook!

Over 700 peeps were in attendance that night! We ended up shutting down the event at exactly 9pm because of the huge crowd that was spilling out into the street and causing traffic to back up in all directions.





Two Rabbits handled the live hand-printing
at the opening and during the Downtown Artwalk.





With live sets performed by DJ Phyz Ed and friends.



The exhibition features an exclusive mix of limited hand printed urban art by LA's most influential up and coming artists.

Such as the following notable artists:
14Bolt, 2 Cents, 20mg, Adam Hathorn, Ako, Atick, Billy Bishop, Blinky, Branded, Brandy Flower, Cat Cult, Contra one, Dash "2000" Fidel, David Flores, DKNG, Deadmundo, Demon Slayer, Drool, EnikOne, Euth, Favianna Rodriguez, Gaso, Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, Jaber, Jerm, Jesus Barraza, John Carr, Join the Surveillance, Karen Fiorito, Logo, Mear One, Mad 66, Mad One, Marco Rached, Mas, Max Neutra, Melanie Cervantes, Naut, Never, Otis, Political Gridlock, Project Rabbit, Ra, Rkoil, Repent One, Septerhed, Shark Toof, Sherm, Slick, Smear, Smog, Sub, Tuner, Vyal, WERC, Wizard, and more.

Here's a few samples....

DASH-FIDEL'S:


HAIRLESS CAT BY MAX NEUTRA


HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?


MEAR ONE PRINT:


Man One, Slick and David in front of those dope Janet prints by the Slickster..


Also check out Slick's blog about the event...


More images from this show on our Flickr...


Show extended through Jan. 4th, 2009!
www.crewest.com

PRINTED..

Crewest and Two Rabbits Studios Present:

Printed
"An Exhibition about Hand Printed Art"

Opening Reception:
December 6th from 6 - 9pm

An exhibition featuring an exclusive mix of limited hand printed urban art by LA's most influential up and coming artists. In this digital age where duplication and reproduction are common place, old school style hand printed artwork will bring back the appeal for hand crafted art.

There will be many limited edition prints for sale and on display for the rest of the month of December.

Live hand-printing by Two Rabbits.

With a live set performed by DJ Phyz Ed spinning jams the entire night.

Show runs through Dec. 28th

*The exhibit will also be part of the Downtown Artwalk by and will have Live Hand Printing by Two Rabbits on Thursday December 11th from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Featured Artists: 14Bolt, 2 Cents, 20mg, Adam Hathorn, Ako, Atick, Billy Bishop, Blinky, Branded, Brandy Flower, Cat Cult, Contra one, Dash "2000" Fidel, David Flores, DKNG, Deadmundo, Demon Slayer, Drool, EnikOne, Euth, Favianna Rodriguez, Gaso, Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, Jaber, Jerm, Jesus Barraza, John Carr, Join the Surveillance, Karen Fiorito, Logo, Mear One, Mad 66, Mad One, Marco Rached, Mas, Max Neutra, Melanie Cervantes, Naut, Never, Otis, Political Gridlock, Project Rabbit, Ra, Rkoil, Repent One, Septerhed, Shark Toof, Sherm, Slick, Smear, Smog, Sub, Tuner, Vyal, WERC, Wizard, and more.

I AM LEGEND

"I Am Legend"
Live painting battle for cash prizes!
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
1pm - 6pm

We partnered up with Warner Brothers for a unique promotional event for the new
Will Smith film, "I Am Legend".

We closed down Winston St. for the entire day as these fresh artists battled it out
for a chance to win some cold hard cash!

Featured artists included:
ASYLM, WERC,MANDOE,TAZROC,JEYD,
RITZY PERIWINKLE,GERMS,RELY ONE,SACRED194,
CROL,SINER,DUCE,VIEWS,CHOSE,BISER

The 3 person panel of judges included non other than LA Graff legend SLICK, Pamela Pontoon from Councilwoman Jan Perry's office, and Mun2 on air personality-Jasmin Deliz.

Tazroc came up victorious with his Willy style portrait,
he came up on $1200 bucks!
Ritzy took second place and $500.
Siner LTS took third and $300.

Beats were provided all day by DJ ESP.