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I'm British-born Chinese from Bristol, UK. I’m LA-based. I’m a hip hop aficionado. After 15 years in London I moved to LA to pursue a new career and outlook on life.

Back in the 80s I was a DJ. In the 90s I contributed to the world's first street style exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. In 2011, I had my first interviews published. Today, I’m keeping busy with music, art, photos and writing.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

All hip hop roads lead to Paris!

This is the story of a graffiti art collector and how accepting the European art establishment is of "the new form." Sorry it's old news...March-April 2009.


A search for "Alain-Dominique Gallizia" on Google gives you 225,000 results. The shortened and translated version describes the French architect who, after he encountered a graffiti artist painting on the site of his next project, decided to build (what has to be) the world's most wide-reaching graffiti collections!

Gallizia has 300 old school (Taki 183, USA) and new school  (Reach, Korea) canvases that were collected over a period of three years. Each canvas follows a format and theme: a horizontal canvas (in two parts) measuring 60x180cm; the first part on the left is the artist's name and on the right side an open interpretation of the theme "Love".


What's not so clear is how Gallizia managed to get the graffiti exhibited in the 700 square meter south-west gallery of Paris's Grand Palais! 


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

"The Gallizia collection speaks volumes about the energy on the street, where every nationality can express itself from the American pioneers and European stars to the up-and-coming generations in Korea (Reach), Iran (Isba) and Brazil (Nunca). Bubble letters, cloud letters, block letters, chromed signatures, restyled and freestyle cartoon characters… the works at the Grand Palais form a unique and multiple panorama of styles and colours." Grand Palais, France.

American allies Seventh Letter writers, Rime and Revok, capture Gallizia’s studio in western Paris in this photo blog where some of the artists painted their canvases.

To read a Fulbright scholar's account of graffiti and the Grand Palais show go here.

National TV coverage: France 3


National TV coverage: TV 5 Monde


Roll Call
 POPAY (France) – LAZOU (France) – SHAKA (France) – GILBERT (France) – MARCEL (France) – JONONE (Etats-Unis) – MYRE (Etats-Unis) – KONGO (France) – UNO (France) – BACOU (France) – VISION (France) – JAY one (France) – ILLIES (France) – DESZIO (France) – PBOY (France) – LACRIZ (France) – PSYCKOZE (France) – ASH (Danemark) – SKKI (Hollande) – MOZE (France) – HORFE (France) – NASCIO (France) – DARCO (France) – ECHO (France) – ALEXONE (France) – LEK (France) – TANC (France) – SUNSET (France) – TEURK (France) – T KID (Etats-Unis) – CREN (Allemagne) – JACE (France) – COPE 2 (Etats-Unis) – ZEKY (France) – L’ATLAS (France) – NATIVE (Etats-Unis) – ZEN 2 (Allemagne) – DASH (Etats-Unis) – WEN (Etats-Unis) – LOOMIT (Allemagne) – ZEBSTER (Allemagne) – WEST (Etats-Unis) – DOC arabica (Etats-Unis) – KET (Etats-Unis) – ASKEW (Nouvelle Zélande) – PART 1 (Etats-Unis) – WANE ONE (Etats-Unis) – SHARP (Etats-Unis) – MARKO 93 (France) – ATOME (Australie) – TRAFFIK (Australie) – EMI (Japon) – OTHER (Canada) – SWEN (France) – KEA (France) – MEAK (France) – KAYONE (France) – NEL (France) – JAYA (Etats-Unis) – BABOO (France) – TAKE 5 (Canada) – MICROBO (Italie) – QUIK (Etats-Unis) – WYRE (France) – DAZE (Etats-Unis) – RAMMELZEE (Etats-Unis) – LADY PINK (Etats-Unis) – SHOE (Hollande) – LADYK (France) – EZO (Etats-Unis) – DURO (Etats-Unis) – KEL First (Etats-Unis) – REVOLT (Etats-Unis) – CRASH (Etats-Unis) – ZEDZ (Hollande) – MIN (Etats-Unis) – BLADE (Etats-Unis) – FENX (France) – DIZE (France) – TRAN (France) – EYONE (France) – IZ THE WIZ (Etats-Unis) – CES (Etats-Unis) – KOOR (Etats-Unis) – SMITH (Etats-Unis) – CAP (Etats-Unis) – STAYHIGH (Etats-Unis) – MEO (Etats-Unis) – RCF One (France) – TAKI 183 (Etats-Unis) – PHASE 2 (Etats-Unis) – RIFF (Etats-Unis) – TEAM (Etats-Unis) – TOXIC (Etats-Unis) – SPIRIT (France) – BO 130 (Italie) – FIST (France) – NASTY (Suisse) – DEAD (Belgique) – FAUST (Etats-Unis) – CYCLE (Etats-Unis) – DEALYT (France) – RESO (France) – RAP (France) – GHOST (Etats-Unis) – DELTA 2 (Etats-Unis) – FREEDOM (Etats-Unis) – SHOCK 123 (Etats-Unis) – NOV (Etats-Unis) – MIKE GIANT (Etats-Unis) – CORNBREAD (Etats-Unis) – ISBA (Iran) – REACH (Taiwan) – TRACY 168 Etats-Unis) – JAYE (Autriche) – BANDO (France) – NOC (Etats-Unis) – NUNCA (Brésil) – FUZI (France) – SEEN (Etats-Unis) – KASE 2 (Etats-Unis) – MICO (Etats-Unis) – COMET (Etats-Unis) – BUTCH 2 (Etats-Unis) – SHUCK (France) – MISS17 (Etats-Unis) – AIS LAP (Chili) – DUSTER (Etats-Unis) – SWIZ (France) – MAC COY (Etats-Unis) – COCO 144 (Etats-Unis) – FLINT 707 (Etats-Unis) – SNAKE 131 (Etats-Unis) – CREEZ (France) – CLAW (Etats-Unis) – ROSY (Suisse) – FRIDRICKS (Islande) – AMAZE (Etats-Unis) – VULCAN (Etats-Unis) – MARE 139 (Etats-Unis) – DOZE GREEN (Etats-Unis) – UTAH (Etats-Unis) – SLICE (France) – TEACH (Angleterre)

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