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The Art Of Mischief And Graffiti Prints By Roger Gastman
Limited Edition Print By Artist Roger Gastman
ABOUT PROJECT/PRINT BY ROGER GASTMAN
“This piece continues within the Tools of Criminal Mischief series of spray paint cans and markers prints that I’ve been doing with 1xRun. I have a large collection of anti-graffiti paraphernalia: pamphlets, signs, pins, tee shirts, etc. This image was revisited and fine tuned in 2013 but it’s taken years and years of collecting and digging along with close friends sending me stuff. I am always on the hunt for more.
A few years ago, Caleb Neelon and I wrote a book for Harper Collins, “The History of American Graffiti” and the endsheet patterns for that book were a collage of the items on this print. Whenever I give someone the book or they see it somewhere, they love the endsheet patterns and want to know more about it and how I got all of the items. I decided to open the files back up and add some color and re-envision the design to create a collage of the anti-graffiti propaganda. ” – Roger Gastman
ABOUT ROGER GASTMAN
Roger Gastman began writing graffiti as a teenager in Bethesda, Maryland. Since then, he has founded and published the pop culture magazines While You Were Sleeping and Swindle, with Shepard Fairey, and authored a dozen graffiti art books including The History of American Graffiti (with Caleb Neelon; Harper Collins, 2011). In 2011, he curated, with Jeffrey Deitch and Aaron Rose, the exhibition Art in the Streets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. In 2013 Gastman curated Pump Me Up – DC Subculture of The 1980s, at The Corcoran in Washington DC where it more then doubled the attendance of any show they had the past five years. Gastman’s film production credits include Banksy’s Exit through the Gift Shop, The Legend of COOL “DISCO” DAN and the graffiti documentary Wall Writers, and he is currently directing a documentary for Sanrio/ Hello Kitty on the history of the brand and its fans.
ABOUT PRINT/PROJECT
“These cans are the third in a series titled, “Tools of Criminal Mischief,” and this print was created specifically as a print for 1xRun. I have a huge collection of vintage spray paint. The colors, the logos and the brand names have so many great things about them. Whenever people come over to my house, no matter who they are, they always want to ask me about my can collection and take pictures of it.
With “Graffiti” and “Street Art” becoming such huge buzz words, and affordable art being more accessible through sites like 1xRun, its fun to remember the tools that made a lot of it possible.” – Roger Gastman
