(Pic #1) “Trapped Sole” spray can sculpture by Stinky Punk. Featured at Art Share L.A. in downtown Los Angeles.
A stunning Los Angeles exhibit celebrates a fresh way of looking at Spray
“Spray paint simplifies the creative process, acting as both a paintbrush and paint.” (Up Magazine)
It’s a tool that offers the sleek finishing touch we associate with graffiti. It’s super popular because it’s portable, versatile, and accessible. Since the 1960s — when modern graffiti emerged as a veritable art form on New York City subway trains — spray paint became an extension of a tagger’s imagination. Invented originally as an application for aluminum coating for radiators, it quickly became the mainstay of a new brand of inner-city art.
And now, a master of “the art of spray” — a graffiti artist who calls himself “Man One” — has transformed a ubiquitous “tool of the trade” into art itself. Man recently curated dozens of “can-formations” made by Los Angeles artists — into a collection that magically transforms utilitarian objects into fanciful works of beauty, surprise, and wit.
(Pic #2) “Transformation” by Vox
(Pic #3) “The Golden Crwon” – “L.A. Lifestyle” – “The Garden Life” by Oldskool33
(Pic #4) “Energy, Love, Movement of Souls” by Ms. Yellow
(Pic #5) “Brain Candy” by Joe Ded
(Pic #6 ) “Spray Pillar” by Paul Patrick
(Pic #7) “Cut My Hearts Out” – “Cut Ups” by DMN One
(Pic #8) “Untitled” by P Behind the Art / 2022
(Pic #9) “Quetzal Roots” by Ronald Del Cid
