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-MONTANA CANS

I like this, it’s about time somebody answered back to the wall RIME & I did last year…

Great wall by SCORE & WARZ.

-SCORE

MORE HERE.

-After 2 days on the road with no sleep i had to leave RIME, ROID and KC in Denver for the day to fly down to San Diego for this event at AARON BROS. for MONTANA. Doing stuff like this can sometimes be kind of cheesy and really awkward but it was for a awesome cause(Boys & Girls club).

What i painted turned out terrible as i was struggling to stand up and keep my eyes open due to exhaustion but the whole thing was a cool experience… Thanks to the really cool people from Aaron Bros., MONTANA, Ruedi, RISK, SEVER, WANE, CES and most importantly all the rad kids and nice people who came out to support and hang out…

-MONTANA CANS

-By SHELLY LEOPOLD

A superhero among the spray-can set and one of the L.A. Sheriff’s Department’s most wanted vandals, the artist known as Revok, aka Jason Williams, has had quite an eventful year. On the heels of his work for MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” show, Revok captured headlines after his most recent arrest (for missing a court appearance) April 21 at LAX. His subsequent bail was set at a record high for vandalism, $320,000, and he was sentenced to six months in jail for unpaid property restitution of $3,700. He served 44 days, yet hasn’t painted an illegal mural or committed art crime in Los Angeles for years.

Despite his legal troubles, Williams has found renewed motivation, and the result is “Perseverance,” his new show opening Aug. 20 at Known Gallery with 14 new personal pieces. It promises to jettison Williams into yet another potentially life-altering situation — the gallery circuit.

“Sitting in jail I had a lot of time to think,” Williams admits. “I’ve been a graffiti artist for over 20 years now. It’s been my sole pursuit. I had to kind of figure out why, after so much bullshit and so many years, how am I still so motivated and why it’s important to me. It’s the creative root of everything I do.”

It was impossible for Williams to transition from street to gallery walls in his home base of Los Angeles. Constant police raids of his apartment and undercover cops harassing friends at job sites and art shows didn’t foster his creativity, instead provoking his paranoia and resistance.

As part of a self-imposed exile, Williams has gone into hiding among the ruins of the Midwest, which is, to him, a blank canvas. Detroit — Motor City, home to Motown, the Stooges, America’s auto industry and Eminem — now plays host to one of L.A.’s most prolific and talented graffiti writers.

-FULL STORY HERE…

-KC ORTIZ

-Come see us at SLATE in Vegas…

- Detroit to Los Angeles with RIME, ROID and KC Ortiz.

One of the most memorable experiences of my life…

Had a lot of fun messing around with my friends doing a quick collaborative piece the other day in Chicago…