S.F. UPDATE FROM LEFAVOR!
12.06.07
“Sup Y’all… Lefavor here with another SF update! First off, things have been dope, I’m having a really good time out here. The weather has been blue-sky half hoodie/half t all week. I’ve definitely been clocking in alot of time lurking around the city, and getting stoked on tasty food all over the place. I’ve been trying to make it to a bunch of galleries but it’s tough. Alot of galleries are in between shows or just hard to catch open (sound familiar?). But honestly, the real galleries here can be found in the alleys or on rooftops. Some seriously world class graf action here. Whether it be folks coming up from out of town or local heroes, the place is swelling with murals, productions, paste-ups, stickers, tags and big roller pieces. Some highlights here are some big fame walls on upper haight (like this gem wall next to ameoba) and big alleys between Valencia and Mission. I’ve been definitely keeping my eyes out for early all star works from Twist, Kinsey, and one of my all time personal favorites, the late Margaret Kilgallen. Even though The Lab was in between shows it was great to just see this gem she did for thier signage. She had also done a piece in front of the Luggage Store Gallery as well (not pictured). I haven’t seen too many fresh stencils, but this exacto stencil I saw on Haight was a real treat. Their is a extra dope lineup of fresh street art right around the Upper Playground area (like, duh) like this one just above Lower Hater (a dope gallery/store that opened about a year ago and also commisioned that Doze piece around the corner I posted last time) and this beautiful Swoon piece tucked away (also on Haight) and the first I’ve ever seen in the flesh. Other notes is that PAZT goes huge (pictured) with roller pieces all around and BORED tags everywhere. TUNKS and TKO crews are reppin it hard in SF too. Aside from street art/graf I made it down to the SFMOMA yesterday and it was fuckin fantastic! Thier permanent modern art collection was astounding and thier photography collection was also very impressive. Highlight exhibits were the Munkacsi retrospective and the CCA at 100 show. Both a must see if you are here in the next couple of months. Oh, and that guy Matisse is pretty good too! Sorry, no cameras in museums yo. On Saturday night I made a solo trip down the Juxtapoz/UP/ party at 111 Minna Gallery. They are doing this contest thing where you bring down a CD of a few samples of your work in hopes of being showcased in a upcoming Juxtapoz mag. So, the idea is, you drop off your CD and get down to some beats and shmooze with other arty folks. The place was pretty fresh, kind of a bar/gallery. They currently have a abstract expressionist group show that is real dope and a fresh mural in the back. I met Ert O’Hara from Juxt that night and it was a treat to rap with her.. hopefully I’ll catch up with her one more time before I head out. Other than arty things, we all went bowling by the beach in Pacifico over the weekend which was super fun and we also celebrated Eric and Sarah’s 2nd wedding anniversary at Eiji sushi restaurant in the Castro which was super tasty (best saki I’ve ever had too). After that we got desert at Sweet Inspirations. Mocha Cheesecake.. like whoa! Another happy anniversary to E & S… Nice work out there guys! On Sunday, believe it or not you folks at home, I went climbing. I actually enjoyed it and am looking forward to maybe (maybe!) doing a little climbing in the super elite scene that is Boulder, CO. Yeah, yeah, I can only do a 5.9… get over yourself you climbing freaks! Well, to top it all off, I’ve got a couple of photos of me dorking out in SF (cable car, yay!) and another pic of baby Mica cause she is just so darn cute and adorable. Peace from SF.” - Scot
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