SATURDAY, MAY 26TH....GRAFFITI L.A. :STREET STYLES AND ART BOOK SIGNING @ "CINCO" EXHIBITION

May 26 (Saturday), 6pm - 10pm , Book signing event: "Graffiti LA" - this new book by Steve Grody provides a historical and interesting documentation of Los Angeles graffiti with over 900 images. Mr. Grody and select artists will be on hand for a one of a kind book signing at the gallery. Live music and painting as well. Graffiti L.A.: Street Styles and Art Long before graffiti was adopted as the visual expression of hip-hop culture in the 1980s, Chicano gang members in East Los Angeles had been developing stylized calligraphy and writing on walls. Cholo (gangster) scripts became the first distinctive letter forms to evolve in the modern vernacular tradition of graffiti writing. Today Los Angeles writers of diverse backgrounds draw from a unique confluence of cultures that has led to regionally distinctive styles. Graffiti L.A. provides a comprehensive and visual history of graffiti in Los Angeles, as well as an in-depth examination of the myriad styles and techniques used by writers today. Complementing the main text, interviews with L.A.’s most prolific and infamous writers provide insight into the lives of these fugitive artists. Essential to the understanding of the development of the graffiti movement, this book will be an invaluable source to graffiti fans around the world. Check our websites: Crewest.com and Myspace.com/crewest -- Crewest Gallery 110 Winston St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 627-8272 ph (213) 559-0525 fx info@crewest.com www.crewest.com Join us on Myspace! http://www.myspace.com/crewest Subscribe to our blog: http://www.crewestgallery.blogspot.com/