In Saber had another great show at Opera Gallery New York consisting of hyper-graffiti abstraction. This signature style that has taken Saber years to develop. This style involves many layers of paper collage creating texture that interweaves detailed graffiti abstraction. Saber is passionate about translating his twenty years of painting complex large scale graffiti outdoor pieces into refined detailed mixed media canvas paintings.
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Support Us Miami's independent source of local news and culture. Saber rose to international acclaim at the age of 21 when he created a graffiti piece measuring 55 feet tall and feet across on the banks of the Los Angeles River. Photo by Zane Mayer. His artwork was visible to satellites orbiting the earth in when he created the world's biggest graffiti piece, and now audiences in Miami can feast their eyes on LA street artist Saber's newest works.
Heralded by many as a master of graffiti art whose career has taken him from the streets of Los Angeles to the studio, Saber is exhibiting his new and recent works at the Museum of Graffiti in Wynwood. One large-scale mural is created by using modified fire extinguishers filled with paint. What a way to go out.
The Army uses millions of federal funds to help fuel the LA war on graffiti, painting out layers of raw history in the armpit of the city while schools have no books and hospitals are closing. If I knew they were going use stimulus money to buff my piece, I would have painted out my own piece on principle.
This is a massive campaign and my piece was the first to go. When I heard they where buffing it, I raced down there to capture the moment and even offered to take over for the fat ass on his cell phone. They called the police on me instead. It seems to have affected others more than myself. I have had some pretty emotional emails from far away places. One kid told me he was going to kill himself over this.
I told him that everything will be O. This piece lasted 12 long years and as far as I am concerned, if you paint it outdoors, it will be gone. How were you involved with that exhibition and what interesting Dash Snow stories do you have to tell? SABER: Dash Snow was charismatic, elusive, omnipresent, a true vandal, a friend to many, a dirty rotten scoundrel, a prince, a generous thief, had a genuine heart, great smile, wicked laugh, sharp eyes — a blue-ribbon-bossman……..
AM: What artists are you influenced by today and who do you feel is doing the best work, both in your crew and outside of it? What else are you influenced by, be it music or film or anything else?
SABER: I can say I am mostly influenced by the moment, a certain sunset, black widow spiders, a manic homeless meltdown, buff marks, stains, scrawls, photos of police helicopters at night, gang writing, sour diesel, bubble hash, the stupidity of others, Red Tail Hawk, Farrell cat fights, fat cap tags, my Dyson vacuum, gold leaf, Meghan.
The list is endless. Everything that made me stop and listen. Did you hope controversy would arise as part of the dialogue it would ultimately create? I definitely did not expect the magnitude of the reaction. I had a feeling that some red neck somewhere might loose their senses. In It took him 35 nights to complete this work, and it definitely paid off since it was documented by satellites in space.
A whole generation of artists and graphic designers was influenced by Saber, as he became an influential part of the modern entertainment, social media, and art involved in social reform. Fired up by a sense of social injustice, the artist put all of his artistic energy into high-profile political activism.
Furious about the US health system, the artist released a video of him painting graffiti over painted flag of the USA in an attempt to emphasize the injustice of the system, in This brought him criticism from the US right and Fox News.
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