Tag: Rammellzee

• Artist a Day Challenge No. 10 Basquiat & Golden Boys

  In 1983 Basquiat took an extended leave from NYC to live in Los Angeles.  Accompanying him was the reclusive, eclectic musician and artist Rammellezee and painter Torrick Ablack (aka Toxic).  Basquiat was at the apex of his career at this time and during this trip to Los Angeles he tried to leverage his fame to encourage art world powerhouses to…

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  February 10, 2015

  Art, black history, Collecting, Contemporary Art, graffiti, Music

  Basquiat, graffiti, Hollywood Africans, Ledisi, Rammellzee, Res

• @ MoCA

  Recently I decided to take a stroll over to MoCA Grand to check in and see what’s new.  As luck would have it, they were having a slow day so I had the entire museum to myself (more people were more excited to see preparations for a Batman filming taking place on Grand Ave).  My…

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  September 27, 2011

  Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Museums, Pop Art/Culture, Street Art

  Barbara Kruger, Cy Twombly, Elephant Heart Jewelry, Elyse Graham, Kurtis Kulig, Lynda Benglis, MOCA, Pacific Standard Time, Rammellzee, Rothko

• 6 Kings…

  I frequently fall into internet Rat Holes… Yesterday I heard about an exhibit featuring paintings by Hip Hop Ambassador Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Brathwaite).  It’s part of a group show called 3 Kings featuring Freddy, Lee Quinones and Futura 2000. Rat Hole #1 While looking up the dates for the exhibit at Subliminal Projects on…

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  September 25, 2011

  Pop Art/Culture, Street Art

  3 Kings, Agents of Change, Art in L.A., Basquiat, Dondi White, Fab 5 Freddy, Futura 2000, graffiti, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lee Quinones, Rammellzee, Revok, Sever, Street Fights, Subliminal Projects

• MOCA Covered in Krylon-A Preview of “Art in the Streets”

  MOCA is bringing the streets to museum patrons in a comprehensive overview of the history of street art from 1967 through present day in “Art in the Streets”.  It is the first major exhibit of its kind in the U.S. “Art in the Streets” primarily focuses on graffiti art’s infamous rise in an economically tumultuous…

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  April 15, 2011

  Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Museums, Music, Pop Art/Culture

  Art in the Streets, Banksy, Barry McGee, Fab 5 Freddy, Geffen Contemporary, Jeffrey Deitch, JR, MOCA, Patti Astor, Rammellzee, Shep, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, The Fun Gallery, Wild Style