News — Abstract Art
Remember #bumblebeelovesyou
A few weeks ago FreeWay Editions had the opportunity to go and hang out with street artist BumblebeeLovesYou in his LA studio. We took a tour of his place and sat down to watch him work and chat about his life, art, and latest projects. Here is what he had to say:
Tell us a bit about your background. How did you get into street art?
“I am from Downey, CA. In between LA and Long Beach. I started making art beecause there was always a lack of...
Art for a Cause
Rimi Yang is a Korean artist who was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. Yang moved to L.A. in the early 90’s to attend school and study art and since has been living and working in Los Angeles fostering her artistic voice.
Her work is describe as “Celebrating the chaotic emotional duality that exists in life in her art, she revels in the confusion mankind creates in its attempt to order the un-orderable and to explain the unexplainable. Adhering to Joseph Campbell’s dictum that the best things in life are those you cannot explain her paintings are intuitive,...
Tilt aka a “Graffiti Fetishist”
Tilt is an internationally recognized traditional graffiti artist, originating from Toulouse in South France. A self declared “graffiti fetishist”, he learned his trade in the streets and on trains as a teen. In the time since he did his first tags on a skateboard ramp back in ’88, his ensuing career has been nourished and influenced by extensive travel.
Tilt incorporates both primitive lettering and more complicated 3D, wildstyle, characters with an emphasis on both strong colors and high impact shapes. Remaining close to the classic hip-hop graffiti ideology, Tilt focuses on the...
Smash137, "Between the Lines"
Smash137 is and urban contemporary artist originally from Basel, Switzerland. His work is described as abstractions of urban calligraphy. “Sometimes in a simple gray with black outlines, other times enriched with vibrant and bubbly colors, or creating a three dimensionality through skillful shading.” Smash137 has a variety of styles and his artwork is always evolving. For FreeWay Editions, the artist created these wonderful abstract pieces for our hand painted screen print collection. Take a look at all of Smash137’s artwork here.
Artist of the Week, Thomas Canto and his Fine Lines.
Let's talk about Thomas Canto, FreeWay Editions' artist of the week. We hope to highlight some of Canto’s art and explain a bit more about how the artist works. Thomas Canto was born in 1979 in France where he still lives and works. Canto's work is incredibly architectural in nature. Clean lines and precise geometry create a feeling of volume and a skewed perspective. The shapes Canto creates envelope the viewer and transcend space and time. The artist uses influences from graffiti, Op art, and architecture to create immaculate and tidy visual worlds that toe the...
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