When David Choe was commissioned to paint the inside of Facebook's first offices in Palo Alto, CA back in 2005, he was given a choice between being compensated in cash for what is rumored to be 'thousands of dollars', or stock options in the company then worth about the same. He chose the latter, and is about the reap the rewards of that decision when his shares are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year. So dope!! He is the kind of dude that can frickin change the world given this situation. Read a more in depth article here...
Part of the $200 million mural. Below are a couple of murals he did with DVS-1 and Joe To in Denver recently. The guy is on a good one...
Ella Fitzgerld, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman, New York City. What a photo! Came across this on Truman Handcrafted (which I will be posting about shortly). Taken by Herman Leonard in 1948, timeless...
Over Christmas, Dabs Myla painted a wall in Culver city as part of the Branded Arts project. The Austraillian couple created an amazing mural, with an equally dope, if not more impressive story behind it. I'll let the video below explain. Incredible humans...
They also just released a print with Thinkspace Gallery entitled The Best of Times. It's a 16" x 20" giclee, hand signed and numbered, with an edition of 20. Grab one here...
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Japanese artist Haroshi, Huf, and DLX Distribution have been working on a project for the last 6 months which concluded with a collaborative exhibition in Los Angeles last weekend. Haraoshi used 200 skate decks in his signature style to create 6 new sculptures, all based around 6 specific skaters. The visual aesthetic and intricacy in his work is absolutely incredible, it took over 20,000 cubes just to create the fire hydrant. I also really appreciate how smooth and perfect some of his surfaces are, while leaving others raw and jagged. His work is seriously the dopest. Huf just released a Haroshi capsule collection as well, including, shirts, hats, decks, a shoe, hoodies, and wheels. You can grab them here...
David Choe has been commissioned again by Facebook, this time he is decorating the interior of their new headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. Looks like DVS-1 gave some assistance on the freakin huge mural in the lobby, finished product is going to be insane! There are a gang of more photos, and videos clips of Choe getting to work on Upper Playground's site...
