I was just down in Miami for Art Basel and it was a blast. I took a sturdy crew including Z Bomit, Dan Flores, and Nic Bowers to help handle bis. We bombed Miami for three nights and also did an amazing legal wall coordinated by Logan Hicks and BooksIIII for the PRIMARY FLIGHT project. The hilarious thing is that right when we started the mural a cop pulled up and asked what we were doing. We told him the spot was a legal wall and he said "cool, I'll hang out and make sure no one bothers you guys". The cop even grabbed a crow bar out of the trunk and helped us pry off an old sign that was in the way on the wall. We were worried he would notice the connection to all the images we put up in the city, but he either didn't, or didn't care. When it was getting dark, the cop even turned his lights on the wall. The whole surreal incident was the real version of a board series Real Skateboards did in the 90's called the "Real Fantasy Series" which had graphics of cops bucketing out swimming pools to drain them for skating… hilarious. These photos are less than half the spots we did.

Obey had a party with Spread Magazine and Supertouch Art at the Shore Club and I got to spin records with my favorite DJ, Z-Trip who killed it as usual. A ton of great people and old friends came through the party. Russell "Rush" Simmons even rolled through toward the end. Thanks to Levi's, Obey Clothing, Bombay Sapphire, and Lucky Beer for supporting the party.

Of course the art fairs were cool too. Jonathan Levine did an awesome job with my work in his booth at Scope. I saw a lot of great art at Scope, Basel, and Pulse, but there was creativity on the streets and everywhere else. Basel is pretty intense and I'd recommend checking it out.

-Shepard

to see the pictures please go to my website: http://obeygiant.com/headlines/miami-art-basel-i-mean-art-bombing

In THE EAST/WEST Propaganda Project, Agnes B brings together for the first time two preeminent figures of the international street art scene for a confrontation of their respective graphic spheres. Based on the principal of emulation and collaboration, this project initiates a visual dialogue between Shepard Fairey (OBEY GIANT) and WK Interact, two artists working in divergent yet surprisingly complementary styles. The artists will produce original works for the show both individually and collectively. The exhibition will be inaugurated at the TOKYO WONDER SITE Art Center in Toky (March 22nd - April 22nd) and then traveling to the Galerie Du Jour Agnes B in Paris (May 16th - June 30th). For more information please visit
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