sfvgraffiti Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 yaaaaaaaa yeaaasss yesssss yeaaaaa woooooooooooooo i was hopin seance the update that a thread for him would be back. this dudes like the Graffiti Devin The Dude! Graffiti Player #1 come drop some of them wall Females out here in Cali. /me Pop Locks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FILTER.BFG Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 pure dope...a classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supreme79 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Yep, that looks weird. :lol: Props never the less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fat Elephant Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I've been hanging to see the finished pic of this work, after seeing the man himself listed on the lineup, then seeing the pic of the lineup being done. A MASSIVE inspiration and a true stylemaster!! Massive respect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchfry Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 reallllly feelin the color schemes and the style of shade and color use. dope shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwoerocski Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 defenetley one of the best love his stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dios es vida Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 FUTURA AND MODE2 = TRUE LEGENDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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whats good!? Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 A True Master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Thamaire Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Pride next to the mode above.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkieXL Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 In Sweden.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearzOne Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Came across this nice interview, thought I'd share... Mode 2 is simply one of the most influential graffiti artists there has ever been. A founding member of one of Europe's first serious graffiti crews, the Chrome Angelz, whose paintings had pride of place in Henry Chalfant and James Prigoff's Spraycan Art, he moved to Paris where he painted throughout the 90s, with Parisian graffiti outfit 93 NTM. Mode 2 is one of only a few people who successfully bridges the linguistic and cultural divide that separates the two cities. His lettering and crisp character paintings are world-famous. Having spotted him partying around London at nights like Co-Op and Blacktronica, he kindly accepted to be harassed by KTL with some questions... Could you introduce yourself and tell us where you're from and where you grew up? I'm from Mauritius, where I spent the first eight years of my life, then came to London in '76, Paris in '87, then back to London recently. How did you get into painting graffiti? I was bored after sitting my 'O' Levels in early summer '84, was hanging out in Covent Garden, where all the hip hop was coming together then, and because I had already been drawing since childhood, I was naturally attracted by this new tool that was the spraycan, and all that you could do with. I had seen Dondi on the Buffalo Gals video outlining a year or more before, and that had also got me hooked. I had always been into writing, for the sake of the beautiful handwriting kind of thing - so there's another reason! How were the Chrome Angels formed? Scribla and I hooked up at the Capital Radio Venture Day in Battersea Park, summer '84, and we got painting and drawing together then. Later that summer, we saw Zaki Dee, with the back-piece on his denim jacket, walking up towards Covent Garden tube station, along with Eskimo and Zerox. They were called the Trailblazers, so we joined up with them. It's not until the RapAttack gig at the Shaw Theatre in April '85 that we finally became The Chrome Angelz, when Pride also joined us. Can you remember any of the funniest moments from that time in your life? Too many to name, or to put into any real order, as the time, place and circumstance of each puts them on a level of equal importance. You moved to Paris at the end of the 80s, how did this come about? I went to work in computer graphics, hung in there for like eight months, got frustrated, laid off, but ended up staying in Paris, as those were really good hip hop years, and it was live over in Paris at the time. What was the hip hop scene in France like compared to the UK at that time? People didn't understand the lyrics much, so had not imported some of the more negative stuff that could be heard here and there, but it must be said that crews like Public Enemy did in fact export some of the political issues that they had in the U.S. as far as Paris. Anyone with an identity crisis could fall into the confusion of that, and a few did. Still, we were not affected by the rave scene that was sweeping across the UK, and really thrived off of what to me were the best years of hip hop, when those who were teenies and fans of Sugar Hill Gang or Grandmaster Flash, or Spoonie Gee, Cold Crush and so on, had reached maturity and were defining hip hop their own way, before the record industry stepped in massively. We were mostly into tagging and parties then, that was our lot in life and kept us busy and inspired... What do you think is most interesting about Paris at the moment, what should people who go over there be checking out? I only just moved back because there's not much work out there right now, but I guess there IS still much going on. You'd have to wait for stuff to build up again perhaps. Still, for food alone, it's definitely worth the trek, and my list of restaurants is very long indeed! Let's not forget all the small stores that have produce that's so hard to find over in London... Where are you based right now, and what are you doing at the moment? I'm back in London and trying to somehow get a grip on all the things that are going on at present. I'm working with Pictures On Walls, where we're pushing stuff from Banksy, Jamie Hewlett etc., and we're preparing for Santa's Ghetto, our annual Xmas art fair, on the first of December. I'm just getting my bearings, letting people know that I'm about, and networking to the maximum... Could you tell us a bit about the exhibition that you recently showed at the Dragon Bar in Old Street? Can anyone who missed this catch this work elsewhere? A Matter Of Taste was a collection of nine erotic pastel drawings done large scale on mdf panels that had been wallpapered. I had also tried to paint the whole room on top of the Dragon Bar in pink, but kind of ran out of time. I wanted to create a sensorial environment where women and men could talk about certain aspects of sexuality that I'm attracted to, without an ominous feeling of the power struggle between the sexes, or sliding from sexual to sexist... I didn't finish the work the way I had wished to, but the spectators liked it, and I didn't get any negative feedback from any of the ladies that came to talk to me about it. That was my greatest satisfaction of all...I might take it to Paris for spring fashion week, if I can find a similar venue to transform...so stay tuned. As someone who is a recognised figure on the world graffiti scene, you must travel quite a lot. Do you think that hip hop will continue to be the dominating global youth cultural movement for years to come? I think that hip hop and rap have got mixed up, and that rap has actually become the new pop. I think that, unless we manage to get some distance from what we do, and try to define today's equivalent of what we were doing then, rather than simply repeating ourselves, we shall not be the dominating global youth cultural movement as you put it. We shall simply become more and more like the consumers that society and market forces would like to make of us... This is too long a debate to get into over a short answer, but I feel there are bakers, cobblers, and plumbers that may be more hip hop than those out there wearing all the gear. All you need to do is put your craft before you, feel the sense of duty towards your predecessors, and one of responsibility for those who came after you within whatever craft or culture that you're into. Too many out there are just out for self, with very short-term goals attached. What graffiti and other artists do you rate at the moment? Do you have any recommendations for stuff to look out for? Ride the trains and buses, and catch what you like... There are many talented people out there, and it would be hard to try and draw up a list, without excluding some people by a slip of the mind, and pissing them off or discouraging them in some way. Does graffiti have a future? Only as long as the innovators will remain at its core, and that what they bring is recognized by the rest masses, will it still be breaking ground. If a particular style or direction that someone has brought is not recognized at its just value, we'll all be on the decline... I dedicate this to all those that have inspired me, whether they started before or after me, whether they be involved with hip hop or not. Rest in peace to DJ Leacy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europe Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Legendary Mode2 piece (originally from 1993), Meeting Of Styles (M.O.S.), Christiania/Staden, Copenhagen 2003... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DaddyWarbucks Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 one of the best artists to pick up the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph879@ms Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 where tha new flicks at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYLEISKING Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 mode2 wholecar in copenhagen together with desire and retake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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webmaster Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Today we are running another all day advertiser screen grab contest…last weeks contest had a good response.. Click on any advertiser(non-Mac ads), check out what the advertiser has to offer and while you are there Take a screen grab on any page within the advertisers site and get 2 free weeks. the advertiser must be different for each.. DON'T try and send us your prior efforts. We have them saved and will reference back to avoid schemers. We also know what ads are running, some have ended and some new ones have been dropped into rotation.... enjoy... contest ends at 8 P.M. EST. 12/7/09 SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS!!!!!! WIN FREE MONTHS OF 12OZ. VIP STATUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twonpoo Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europe Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Mode 2 in Copenhagen, late 80's Via http://www.fotolog.com/worldwidegraffix/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Scrawl Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Mode 2 is a pure KING! His stuff in the 80's is better than most of the crap out there today. Props to the lad for being an inspiration the world over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europe Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Mode 2 at the first Bridge Jam in Drogheda, Ireland 1994 Via http://www.flickr.com/photos/rasktdaklann/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyrok Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Scanned from the book Mascots & Mugs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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