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Today we are promoting a new product of the week by the epochal Los Angeles based street artist RISK.

 "In a career spanning 30 years, RISK has impacted the evolution of graffiti as an art form in Los Angeles and worldwide. RISK gained major notoriety for his unique style and pushed the limits of graffiti further than any writer in L.A. had before; he was one of the first writers in Southern California to paint freight trains, and he pioneered writing on “heavens,” or freeway overpasses."

Take a look at these two unique artworks by the artist. A handmade neon sculpture and a...

It is Friday and that means Freeway Editions ends the week with our Artist of the Week! Today we are taking a look at more work by anonymous street artist Zevs. 

From his bio: 

Zevs (born 1977) is an anonymous French street artist, best known for his trademark "liquidation" technique. He is named after a regional train, Zeus, that almost ran him over one day he was down in the metro. He was an early and influential graffiti artist and active as a tagger in Paris in the 1990s. Working with other French artists in the second...

After surpassing last year's predicted attendance by more than 10,000 people, this year's Printed Matter's LA is going to be quite the event. Opening the same night as Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair will bring together artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines from all over the world presented by various publishers and booksellers. This event is truly a unique experience to be a part of the merging of literature, art, and publishing. 

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"Printed Matter presents the third annual LA Art Book Fair, from January 30 through February 1, 2015, at...

Art Los Angeles Contemporary celebrates its sixth year!

We told you, it’s art fair season! And here in Los Angeles we have a vast variety of art fairs to share with you. This week marks the beginning of Art Los Angeles Contemporary, a West Coast art fair that takes place each year in Santa Monica. The fair highlights LA’s contemporary galleries however international venues from all over are also present, to take in and communicate openly about the contemporary art world.

From the press release:

“ALAC returns to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, a known...

This week Freeway Editions is presenting Kai Aspire as our artist of the week. We have not talked much about Kai recently and he is one of our favorite local artists so here is a bit more about this artist’s background and his work.

“Kai is originally from Los Angeles and now lives and works between Paris and LA. Having this kind of cultural cross over has really informed his artwork. Kai aka Kai Apsire takes Andy Warhol’s ideas of pop art to the next level. Warhol’s Factory and all...