Contact
Bob Bryan
Executive Producer / Director
PO Box 74033
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: 323-993-6163
Website: http://www.graffitiverite.com
mailto: bryworld@aol.com
GV4
Movie Reviews
On-line Screening of
GV4
Los Angeles, CA -- Following up on the success
of the Multi-Award Winning Graffiti Verite’
Documentary Video Series, Filmmaker Bob Bryan has completed GV4,
the ultimate Primer / Tutorial and Step-by- Step Program on Spray Can Art.
Most popular amongst Educators, the series has given outsiders a rare glimpse
into the outstanding Art and eclectic personalities behind the controversial
Graffiti Art Movement. In GV4,
Cleveland, Ohio Artist SANO (two-time winner
of The
International Graffiti Art Competition)
pulls you into the Underground Art form by showing the concepts, aesthetics,
techniques, and style needed to complete a perfect semi " Wild Style "
masterpiece (on a Legal Wall) as well as Aerosol Art on Canvas. GV4
is a "must-have-Video" for Art Instructors,
Art Students, Galleries, Museums, Libraries and Educational Institutions
who've been bewildered at Spray Can Technique. As a "unique
lesson plan," no
other program exists in the marketplace of ideas, that can compare to the
inspiration, skill and intelligence of
GV4.
Graffiti Verite' 4 has a bold and beautiful life-affirming voice! SANO sheds a positive light on the stereotypical misunderstandings and mystique behind the discipline and creative process involved in Aerosol Art. GV4 takes you inside the mind of SANO as he conceptualizes and creates his work, while simutaneously declaring his love for the medium, the madness, and the Art form.
"SANO has a quiet energy that can deceive the casual or uninformed observer. SANO's quietness quickly dissolves into a fierce focused and frenetic energy once he is resolved to the issues inherent to his current art project. This transformation from contemplative graphic designer, to explosive aerosol warrior is mesmerizing, as he aggressively grabs his spraycan, ready to do battle with the wall. SANO exorcises his demons and repression's on the wall like noone I've seen before. The love he has for his art is obvious in his body language, and funny verbal quips about his many observations. Graffiti Art has provided him with an powerful outlet to express his secret obsessions and raison d'tre. One of the many personal issues that drives SANO, is his mixed East / West dialectical Genetic heritage. Born from a Japanese Mother and African-American Father, there is an internal war constantly surging throughout his body. Alternating currents of passive / aggression pulsation's run havoc throughout his genepool and mind. Captivated by this interaction, SANO's consciousness resides as silent witnesses to this secret battlefield. The walls provide a canvas that allow his demons to present themselves in real time, at the speed of the spraycan. Like many aerosol artists, the speed of the spray leaving the nozzle is key to the love of the game. Less mental editing is done and any errors are quickly obliterated by a bold stroke of the spray brush. Yes, SANO is conflicted like the rest of us, yet he has found his salvation at the bottom of a can of Krylon, Rustoleum or Montana spray-paint. Trying to understand SANO is both a difficult exploration and paradoxically a beautiful adventure. The answer to this human enigma is revealed within the symbolic images depicted in his artwork, hiding out in plain sight. The GV4 wall painted at Venice Beach Graffiti Pit, exhibits an overt antiwar statement, depicting a young boy and his father attempting to escape a nuclear explosion with a mere hand gun as protection against an insane world gone wild. On the other side of the canvas SANO has created a homage to the beauty of life, embodied in the countenance of a lovely portrait of a girl whose existence is physically connected to the ravages of nuclear war. The reality of her participation suggested by the cables attached to her brain, symbolizes her slavish programming by an omnipresent dominant technological society. What is suggested is that perhaps because of her inability or unwillingness to involve herself in politics, she is responsible for this tragic end-of-innocence and peace. The horrorible ultimate result of nuclear war mirrors the tragedies that SANO experiences in his personal life, and the struggle he endures while trying to communicate his feelings to the anonymous public. Cooperative and open, working with SANO during the GV4 video shoot was a very positive experience. After getting to know him on a personal basis; I feel that whatever drives SANO, also compels him to sadness. Here stands an extraordinarily gentle man at war with himself and a society that is not ready to take the time to understand the method of his madness nor the why of his artistic statements. " ----Bob Bryan, Filmmaker GV4 is accompanied by 25 of todays' most gifted and freshest musical minds and bands working in the business today. Contributing 32 Original Songs to the GV4 soundtrack;GV4 is worth the price of admission just to hear these incredible musical compositions.
For more information: http://www.graffitiverite.com
Cover Art of GV4: http://www.graffitiverite.com/NewGV4Cover.jpg
Graffiti Verite' DVD Product Info:
Contact:
- GV1 - GV6 DVD Preview Screenings
- Graffiti Verite': Read the Writing on the Wall
- GV2: Freedom of ExpreSSion?
- GV3: A Voyage into the Iconography of Graffiti Art
- GV4: Basic Techniques for Creating Graffiti Art on Walls and Canvas
- GV5: The Sacred Elelments of Hip-hop
- GV6 Press Release
- GV6 Poet Bios
- GV6 Film Reviews
- GV Authorized Distributors
mailto: bryworld@aol.comTo arrange one-on-one interviews with SANO or director Bob Bryan call:
Phone: 323-856-9256
Fax: 323-856-0855
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