Meisy Cheong at ACCLAIM Magazine recently interviewed AUGOR.
Ironlak and MSK crew member, AUGOR, has the roll call of friends and family that most artists could only dream of. Mentored by the likes of REVOK, POSE and SABER (to name just a few), the LA-based artist recently shifted his focus away from the street to the gallery to open his solo show, the noir-esque Terrors of Crenshaw. With a ridiculously strong work ethic (the dude doesn’t stop…ever), right now he’s all about being himself and creating deeply personal work. AUGOR happily took a moment out of his schedule to catch up with ACCLAIM to talk work, MSK and why he ‘put the candy and comics down’ and picked up a spray can instead…
“Many graffiti artists have a similar beginning in the culture: there’s that element of rebellion, of “being lost” or just trying to find a place, that starts many artists on their path. What about your own beginnings? Why graffiti?”
All stories have an origin. Mine begins fresh out of elementary school at the age of eleven during summer. My friends spent our days collecting warhead candy tattoos, eating ice cream and reading comics. Since we’d be stealing the last two items of that sentence I could already tell criminal acts would grow in my future.
Once skateboarding entered the equation, stoner culture, music culture, and of course graffiti were soon to follow. At that time MEAR One had just done the cover to Limp Bizkit, and life was simple.
I got talked into checking out a deserted part of the city’s water canals, hearing that it was a good spot to session for skating, and at that point saw my first pieces. I got obsessed with the lack of rules graffiti had. “What? I can go as big as I want?! Wherever I want?!!!” I put the candy and comics down and haven’t been the same since…
Read the full interview here.
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– AcclaimMag.com