La La Land: Part one
As street artist HUSH hits the loco land of LA for his first solo show Stateside, King Adz joins him to document the ride.
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'People are afraid to merge on the freeways of Los Angeles.’ The opening line of Less Than Zero
This moment marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life: A new book, a new city and a week in LA with hotter-than-thou artist HUSH who's in town for the opening of his first ever solo show in the US, opening March 5, 2009 at the Carmichael Gallery.
HUSH gives us a teaser as he unpacks his pieces for the show... all will be revealed...
Big things are brewing for us both. HUSH is on the verge of major recognition for his killer art and I'm sat next to him for the ride. The born-and-bred Geordie is confident that his work will go down well with his growing audience, yet excited to be showing on the West Coast. On the plane I ask HUSH how he's doing: “I feel privileged to be sat where I am today.” And where he’s sat, is on the brink of something big, massive even...
Straight back to our manic first day in LA, and HUSH needs spray paint, so we drive to the legendary Graff supply shop 33Third in Crenshaw. We buy the paint and I start shooting the totally bombed interior of the shop. The owner takes us out the back to a graff filled yard. I'm wandering around shooting away when I spot a few guys hanging out in the next yard along. These guys, I realise, are real-deal gang-bangers, talking business and rolling joints. Something inside tells me to put the camera away and back the fuck up. This is when I begin to understand that in LA there is a very fine line between the real and the fake. Maybe that's why everyone’s so scared to merge....
Tune in tomorrow for the next installment.
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