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contribute my time, my advice and having a show in Daytona at the
my paintings to raise money to keep same time. He will be in to New York
the place running. The 5ptz is consi- the end of March 2012 for a show
dered the mecca of graffiti because where we are both appearing at the
it draws not only graffiti artist from same time. We will be rocking a wall
all over the world, but also tourists before he heads back then in April.
come to see the five-storey building I will be heading down to Florida to
that is covered from top to bottom do some gallery stuff with him for
with some of the best graffiti and upcoming shows.
aerosol art in the world. The art on
the building changes every couple
of weeks and there are events that
include all the elements of hip-hop
and live aerosol art, while the disc-
jockey spins records, break dancers
dance and rappers spit their lyrics at
the same time. There are booths set to get better and better. I've done
up were you can purchase a T-shirt Art Basel in Miami Florida for the
or an original painting from a local first time with my close friend and
artist, as well as a small gallery in graffiti accomplice James <<Sexier>>
the loading dock which features a Rodriguez. We've been putting on
different artist every week. shows together along with pushing
the limits of our work since the
I've been at this for thirty-three 1980s. We ended up getting into
years now and every year it seems two shows for Art Basel, as well as

Two of my spray-can sculpture
pieces from a show I had at Harper
Fine Arts Gallery in Daytona had
been taken in by a museum on Hol-
lywood Boulevard called the Death
Museum. I'm currently working on
new works now for upcoming gal-
lery shows along with stuff for this
year's Art Basel 2012.

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