‘Welcome to Amsterdam’ by Niels Shoe Meulman from Unruly Gallery on Vimeo.

Another great video by Niels Shoe Meulman, with a focus on a little hometown love. You can view even more videos on his 941 Geary artist page here.

‘Welcome to Amsterdam’ by Niels Shoe Meulman from Unruly Gallery on Vimeo.

Another great video by Niels Shoe Meulman, with a focus on a little hometown love. You can view even more videos on his 941 Geary artist page here.

LF: One quote or piece of advice / wisdom that made you grow as artists. Any extraordinary anecdote you’d like to share from one of your trips?

HERA: Our most memorable moments of us being proud of a piece of work, where when this work put us in situations that we so odd and so unforeseen that they are truly priceless. These encounters always deal with the essentials in life, in fact the opposite of it: death. So it was on a trip to Rome – Akut was asked to paint a portrait of a graffiti artist who had just passed away. He didn’t know him, just did it anyway, and when he was finished painting and he turned away from the wall, he noticed that the entire family of this graffiti writer had gathered to meet him and thank him and hug him and cry tears in his arms. In fact, there are quite a few situations where people who have suffered the loss of a loved one found at least a tiny spark of happiness or hope or something looking at our work. What a wonderful thought. To be a band-aid. That is a pretty good reason for creating art. Maybe the only justifiable reason, for it is such a luxurious job to do – art. And every artist should use his talent to support his environment. To be only doing it for yourself cannot be enough. We strongly believe that your own happiness only comes through others and being in a healthy, loving and giving environment. Give to receive. Never put art first. Put people first.

Make sure to read the full interview here and come see “Loving the Exiled,” on view until May 29th.

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APEX and NEON have spent the day working on their collaborations with CANLOVE, painting 70×45” steel canvases made from hand cut spraycans that have been lain out flat. CANLOVE has made fifteen of these canvases and will be having leading artists finish them. The complete canvases will be unveiled as a part of CANLOVE’s upcoming June show at 941 Geary, “No Can Left Behind.”

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The artist duo Herakut, known for their collaborative Street Art around the world, opened their show ‘Loving the Exiled’ at 941 Geary on Saturday April 21. The show will run until May 29, 2012.

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The finishing touches are underway!

Loving the Exiled, A Solo Show by Herakut
Opens Saturday, April 21st from 6-9pm
@941 Geary
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Alongside Herakut’s solo show, “Loving the Exiled,” (which opens this Saturday, 6-9pm at 941 Geary!) the duo is bringing an awesome new street piece to San Francisco. The artists have been painting at Polk and Hemlock since early this morning and are joined by another member of the Maclaim Crew, who just flew in from Germany himself. The work is going up surprisingly fast so make sure to stop by soon to see it in action.

Thank you so much, WallspaceSF!