News — Urban 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...
Urban Exposure
This week FreeWay Editions is sharing new hand-painted screen prints from contemporary urban painter Charlie Anderson. Anderson is originally from Edinburgh Scotland and after graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009 he has developed a thriving career around his distinctive style of collage inspired pop art paintings. He employs imagery from magazines, flyers, advertising and political campaigns to create collage styled paintings that make commentary on our throw away society. By layering images and deconstructing text and forms, Anderson highlights the ephemerality of life and art itself. His new hand painted screen prints use bold black and white...
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,...
More From Shepard Fairey
Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. We all know Shepard Fairey primarily for his 2008 U.S. presidential election Barack Obama "Hope" poster. This week FreeWay Editions would like to share some of his other works and highlight the artist's wide range of talents!
Screen print on fine art paper.
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...