#gettyblackbook

#gettyblackbook #graffiti #esmoa #la #losangeles

#esmoa #gettyblackbook #graffiti #scratch (at ESMoA)

@thanksone & @brittjthecrystalprincess best picture i took last night at the #ESMoA #Scratch #GettyBlackBook party. Exhibit open to the public June 8th - Sept. 21st

In 2013 more than 150 of LA's leading graffiti artists responded to a 16th century manuscript from the vaults of the Getty Research Institute called a liber amicorum (book of friends) by contributing works on paper to be bound into a single book and created the Getty Graffiti Black Book. Street artists have used black books for decades to create a visual memory of drafts and to serve as a vehicle for the exchange of ideas. The extraordinary competition that occasionally arises among such artists can also lead to respect as rivals invite each other to "hit" their black books with original works. The contributing artists decided to give the Getty Black Book the title, LA Liber Amicorum, to capture the spirit of its transformation of rival 'writing-crews' into a Los Angeles Book of Friends. (from ESMoA.org)

a sneak peek of WIP at ESMoA with some of LA's most prolific graffiti artists painting for the new exhibit SCRATCH opening june 8th to launch the epic GETTY GRAFFITI BLACK BOOK PROJECT. i caught up with artist / co-curator and friend EYE ONE for a video interview about the show coming in the next post.

#official #gri #gettyresearchinstitute #laliberamicorum #gettyblackbook #eyeone