Space Invader on LAWEEKLY Building

French Street Artist "Space Invader", has made his mark all over the world, including once on our beloved HOLLYWOOD sign. 

 

Always having a knack to find the coolest little corners and spots to put up his work,

Space Invader uses a medium unlike any other graffiti / street artists in the world: Ceramic Tile.

He pre-makes his pieces in his studio, joining various colorful ceramic squares together in an ancient video game style. Using inspiration form images of characters featured in the ancient video game of Space Invader, Space Invader brings us a playful and always happy work of art that has never ceased to put a smile on my face. 

This one seen here is actually installed on the side of the LAWEEKLY building on the corner of Sepulveda and Venice Blvd. Although it looks illegal, there is something that leads me to believe it might have been commissioned by LAWEEKLY to go next to the larger mural you see below made by world famous graffiti artists HOW and NOSM. 

In any way shape or form, Space Invader is one of my favorites artists and I can't wait to find another one of his inconspicuous pieces here in Los Angeles soon.

 

 Special Thanks To: Michael Jordan turning 50 this week, kids who actually still sing and dance the Gangnam Style song, People who think they are amazingly creative because they solely use Facebook and Instagram as a valid means of being expressive, 14.8% alcohol wine, Imagining how sick cameras will be in 5 years, HOW NOSM, Space Invader, Anyone who still gets up in the streets.... If you don't know what that means, chances are you don't get up in the streets.

O.G. New York Graffiti Artist SEEN Tags the Hollywood Sign

 

Yes my friends, that is graffiti on one of America's lamest tourist attractions next to 

Las Vegas.

In the mid 1980s, Bronx, New York graffiti artist SEEN traveled across the country to 

tag a very easy target, the Hollywood Sign.

At the time, the Hollywood Sign was not as heavily guarded as it is now,

but we'll get to that later, let's try and understand how SEEN had this much time 

to rip a historic end to end burner.

No cameras. Probably no lights. No Government protection of state land.

No helicopters with heat seaking monitors, and no constantly streaming security.

You can not get within 200 feet of it now.

I feel as if this piece goes somewhat unnoticed in the big picture of graffiti history.

Not only because of where it was done, but it's size.

I have no idea how that is humanly possible to bring that much spray paint up 

there and complete a piece of this magnitude.

But more recently the Hollywood Sign has seen some graffiti action.

A few years ago, during the height of popularity for filmmaker, artist and documentarian,

Mr. Brainwash, a little excursion with the artists Space Invader, proved 

to be a treacherous and not so smart idea.

In this video, you will witness supreme "balls".

I don't care how much you think you are the shit and 

no one could hold weight on you...

but I know you don't have balls to do this.

Enjoy.

Special thanks to: Anyone out there who has ever in their life, anywhere done anything that remotely resembles graffiti.