Frank fam MQ has finally launched his new website, complete with gear, videos and more. Check it out here, or click either picture above.

Nice interview with the homie.

REVOK & AUGOR x HEATH

The Darker Knight from Keegan Gibbs on Vimeo.

Friends We Love
a little show about BIG things

Featuring Ellis Gallagher aka © Ellis G. / Street Artist: Video Excerpt

Brooklyn street artist Ellis Gallagher aka © Ellis G. takes us on a personal ride through his creative process and the defining moment that led him to his signature style of shadow-based outlines.

For more info check out:
myspace.com/ellis_gee
friendswelove.com

Friends We Love is the Brainchild of New York City’s DJ Moni and Mike Vargas. In their words, “Friends We Love is an insightful video series exploring the motivations, inspirations and creative processes of some of today’s most forward thinking artists and creators.”

We were contacted by Mr. Vargas, in his quest for help with to vote their video on to CurrentTV. Now this was back in October, and we’re not sure if they got voted on or not, but we wanted to get this one up regardless. You can go to their CurrentTV feature here, and check out their full site here.

By guest blogger C. Daniel

Photos courtesy of Mark Batty Publisher

“It’s not just the camera–it’s the person behind it.”

This is the philosophy of hard-working visionary Remo Camerota.

A critically-acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker and photographer, Camerota has an eye for cutting-edge art. His latest effort, Graffiti Japan, is a photographic collage of Japanese art with an urban twist. Graffiti Japan is a series of visual essays, the first of its kind to document Japan’s contemporary spray-paint based art scene, featuring a number of visual aesthetics including kanji, manga, and anime through crisp, clean, and concise images. For a man with over 30 cameras in his collection, ranging from two Polaroids to a 3G, 12 megapixel digital camera, the book is an opportunity for Camerota to share the unexposed renaissance and the stories of its creators with the rest of the world.

“Everything is a ripple from age-old movements,” he says with a heavy Australian accent. “Japan took it to heart from books, television, and media. They sought it out and put their own twist to it with abstract art. I try to find something different in every situation, but it’s very important how I capture the images. It doesn’t matter what tools you really use. The most important thing is to find your own vision.”

Taking almost two years to complete, Graffiti Japan is one of the first contemporary works to tackle the graffiti-book market. The colorful spreads total out to approximately 12,000 photographs, filling 128 pages. He gets the chance to build relationships with the artists, conduct personal interviews, and follow them to their individual environments, even if it is dangerous to study their work. Not quite familiar to American audiences, Japanese artists Kness, Belix 2, Fate, Tenga, Emar, Suiko, and QP take their approach to new heights.

Full story after the jump.

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Some storm drain graf. See much more here.

Our dudes Sacha Jenkins and Chino will be on the West Coast this week for 2 Piecebook (the book they co-authored) events, one in L.A and the other in S.F.

If you are in LA or the Bay, this is a must.

Merz, Keo, Virus, Chino piece. Bedstuy, Brooklyn 2008. This was discovered on Chino’s happenin’ blog on 12oz Prophet.

 Some fresh walls from Etnik from Italy.