Saber (artist)
Saber | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ryan Weston Shook 1976 Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Known for | Graffiti Social commentary Spray paint art |
| Notable work | Los Angeles River Mural |
| Movement | Street art |
Saber is an American graffiti artist and muralist.
Career
[edit]Saber has painted in the Los Angeles area and in San Francisco, and was interviewed by Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine in July 2007.[1]
He is known for a large piece he painted on the concrete bank of the Los Angeles River in 1997. Known not only for its size, Saber's LA River piece was complex and remained at the site for 12 years. In 2004, Saber recreated the piece in a diorama of the river for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County exhibit, L.A.: light / motion / dreams.[2] In 2007, the piece was included in the KCET project Departures: LA River.[3]
In 2010 he was one of 20 finalists in a health-care video contest run by Barack Obama’s campaign, painted a mural of an American flag splattered with health-care graffiti and discussed the work with news networks, including Fox News and MSNBC.[4]
In protest of a mural moratorium he hired five skywriters as an art in 2011.[5][6] Saber told KCET that the project was mostly funded by himself but that other artists, like Shepard Fairey, helped with the undisclosed amount.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview with Saber". Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine. High Speed Productions. July 2007.
- ^ Spaulding, Jonathan (2005). "On 'L.A.: Light/ Motion/ Dreams: Developing an Exhibition on the Natural and Cultural History of Los Angeles". Environmental History. 10 (2): 295–313. doi:10.1093/envhis/10.2.295. JSTOR 3986116 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Graffiti Along the L.A. River". KCET. January 22, 2011.
- ^ Allen, Jonathan. "'Desecrated flag' video is DNC finalist". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "Glendale native takes his protest to the skies over Los Angeles". Glendale News-Press. September 19, 2011.
- ^ "A big blue canvas for airing his graffiti grievance". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 2011.
- ^ "Saber Tags Sky for Sake of Street Art". KCET. September 20, 2011.