Most of LA's street art community showed up at Mr. Brainwash's 'Art Show 2011' and participated in it, both first time artists and seasoned veterans. Our personal opinion is that it has been an amazing time for LA, and it truly is a 'Street Art Woodstock'.
However, there were many artists in LA who, for whatever reason, did not participate in 'Art Show 2011'. As far as we know, Colur was one of the artists who chose not to be part of the community art show, and he puts up a piece trying to remind people when LA's street art community was less enthralled with MBW.
This piece is a spin off of the posters that Mr. Brainwash put up a few months ago as advertisements for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The original had an old man who looked like Sigmund Freud holding a spray can next to the RHCP's logo. Colur changed it so that the face pictured is of Mr. Brainwash himself, alongside his real name, Thierry Guetta. He is holding a can that has been modified into a Colur spray can. And the Red Hot Chili Peppers logo has been altered from arrows to dicks.
Placed in front of De La Barracuda on Melrose.
greatness comes in many forms
ReplyDeleteabout time, I am amazed at how fast everyone forgot about MBW's corporate capping campaign... i guess some guys will forget alot to get a few minutes of shine. the brainwash deal may have been significant but I wouldnt class it as a cultural turning point at all. i have been noticing the names that decided to "opt out" of the happenings and it is an interesting list. Im not hating, just decided to spend the last weeks smashing the streets instead of giving some hack a free interior design makeover that he couldnt have made happen otherwise.
ReplyDeleteto each their own i guess, keep smashing.
HELPDESK
Best poster I have seen...
ReplyDeleteHATERS HAVE LIMITATIONS.
ReplyDeleteARTISTS DONT. KEEP HITTING UP "JUST" THE "STREETS"
HAVE YOU EVER MET THE GUY?
DID HE PHYSICALLY DO SOMETHING TO YOU?
IM AMAZED YOU DIDNT HIT IT UP FIRST SINCE YOU SEEM TO BE A FULL TIME HATER YOURSELF.
Y DONT YOU HIT UP OUTSIDE THE GALLERY IN THE STREETS.
-BOY GENIUS
great likeness of Theirry. looks good. looks like a pimp. when i saw this, the first thing i thought was that is was MBW with a bunch of dicks around him. who wants to see a bunch of dicks like that?
ReplyDeleteNICE..this is what I'm talkin bout!..BOUT TIME!--AIW
ReplyDeletecalmate boy genius...
ReplyDelete...that is all.
Who the fuck is Colur?
ReplyDeleteThat bitch put up 3 posters on the Traction wall and now wants to talk shit?
The 3 men that are putting up a show for the world to see and the world is still thinks the curtains have not gone up, the show hasnt started. Behind the curtains lies the three masterminds of this whole facade that these birds so excitedly flock to. He Be One
ReplyDeleteColur is a hater
ReplyDelete& MBW is still wack!
Voice of reason here.. MBW couldn't give a shit about street art he cares about money its why he capped everyone's art a few months ago. Hater or not COLUR had balls to make a statement.
ReplyDeletein case you didnt know, Colur has been around for years. I think I seen his shit around the time Obey started. He for sure has been around alot longer than MBW.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/G_ohWz2sNvk
ReplyDeleteFWIW, I thought the whole Art Show 2011 was a way to make good with artists he offended. I saw people in there telling him that he capped their stuff all over town, but it was cool now. MBW apologized and said it was about the love.
ReplyDeleteThat said, this is a fine poster, and well modeled off the RHCP piece MBW did. Probably would make more of a succinct point if he was thinking of a dollar sign instead of dicks, though.
If hes been around so long, how come nobody knows of him. Comparing him to Shepherd Fairey is a joke at best. Please...Colur is a liar.
ReplyDeleteProve your street career then homeboy-lets see proof with a date then big shot.
i remember seeing colurs shit up at least 10 years ago....that dude has a life unlike most other graffiti artists////// he comes out like tha phantom rasberry blower and blazes these idiots then ducks out again!!! succckkaaaaaz
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