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Living Proof Issue #3: SP.One
In the 90’s when the notorious NYC crackdown of the Giuliani years fell like a 20-pound sledge on a windshield, he was among the graffiti artists who successfully made the transition to galleries and commercial work.
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Living Proof Issue #3: Mars-1
Mars-1’s work has been described as out of this world. For the last ten years, his abstract and multi-layered landscapes glimmer with a ray of hope in a time when the unknown casts a lurking shadow of uneasiness over the unanswerable questions and the unfathomable inner workings of the mysteries we can’t possibly begin to comprehend.
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Living Proof Issue #3: Option-G
Gerst has set out with a do-it-yourself attitude—from shunning the advice of his professors to finding solace in a city built on bustle and spotlights. After moving from Atlanta to Los Angeles over a decade ago, Gerst has lived by doing things his way, drawing up an impressive list of clients who seek out his unique style of work.
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Living Proof Issue #3: Craig Wetherby
Veteran NYC photographer Craig Wetherby has been in the game for more than a minute. From his days with the pioneering urban culture and action sports magazine, The Fridge, through his current long time gig as photo editor at Frank151, Craig’s been known for capturing raw and riveting imagery of some of this era’s most interesting individuals.
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Living Proof Issue #3: STASH
Before graffiti parlayed into the worlds of pop culture and fashion, the vandalistic act ventured its greatest risk yet—surviving in art galleries. As if foreseeing the sense of urgency brought on by the handcuffs of the police and the snarl of mean-bred canines patrolling train yards, some writers replaced the metal-skinned cars and receptive brick facades with stretched canvases and the white, virgin walls of the introverted art world.
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Living Proof Issue #3: House Industries
"I’d like to think it’s our appreciation for the craft of doing things by hand, which unfortunately, is fading. Realizing that most designers don’t have the time, resources, or training to do things by hand, what we like to do is take things we’ve learned since we started, and apply them to fonts and make them smarter."
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Living Proof Issue #3: Curtis Kulig
Curtis Kulig lives in Los Angeles where he documents his west coast family of skateboarders, after-hours lurkers, and street artists. His world is one of reverence, with open doors to photograph where only a select few may go. Kulig’s images capture both the hard and soft sides of his own reality orchestra. Listening to the music each of his subjects generate, he shows us their lives, imaginations, and most important, personalities. While these images aren’t always for the faint of heart or those taking themselves too seriously (a large scale LA based affliction), the images have a heart, soul, and pulse of their own that makes them each uniquely Kulig’s.
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Living Proof Issue #3: Natalia Fabia
Natalia’s paintings swagger with that same sense of strong femininity—celebrating the empowerment she finds in “rad chicks” through voyeuristic vignettes that play like the square version of a horny teenager’s peephole. Settle down though, she’s not interested in merely feeding your sexual perversions. She slinks and laces the things that bring a smile to her face throughout her paintings—from people and animals to punk fliers and old whiskey labels. So play peeping tom as we explore Natalia’s life and work.
