Product Description

Multi-Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker Releases Graffiti Verite 4 (GV4), the Latest Installment in a Series of Documentaries that Instructs in the Basic Techniques for Creating a Graffiti Art Mural and Aerosol Art on Canvas .

Following up on the success of the Multi-Award Winning Graffiti Verite Documentary Video Series, Filmmaker Bob Bryan has completed GV4, the ultimate Primer / Tutorial and Step-by- Step Program on Spray Can Art.

Most popular amongst Educators, the series has given outsiders a rare glimpse into the outstanding Art and eclectic personalities behind the controversial Graffiti Art Movement.

In GV4, Cleveland, Ohio Artist SANO (two-time winner of The International Graffiti Art Competition) pulls you into the Underground Art form by showing the concepts, aesthetics, techniques, and style needed to complete a perfect semi-Wild Style masterpiece (on a Legal Wall) as well as Aerosol Art on Canvas.

GV4 is a must-have-Video for Art Instructors, Art Students, Galleries, Museums, Libraries and Educational Institutions who've been bewildered at Spray Can Technique.

As a unique lesson plan, no other program exists in the marketplace of ideas, that can compare to the inspiration, skill and intelligence of GV4.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67453 in VHS
• Released on: 2003-01-01
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 65 minutes

Review
The fourth entry in the Graffiti Verite' series (see review of Graffiti Verite {VL - 5/96}covers the basics of becoming a graffiti artist, with instruction by graffiti artist SANO in the techniques of sketching, outlining and fading, highlighting and shadowing, can control, 3D effects, and more.

Declaring his absolute love of the genre, SANO sketches ideas on a pad while sitting in the sun, and talks about translating his vision onto the wall of somebody else s property (just kidding!)

Actually, SANO demonstrates his considerable artistic gifts on sanctioned al fresco surfaces: a 50-foot long wall at the Venice, California Graffiti Pit, and a canvas in a park.

A far cry from the flamboyant if illegible tags that constitute the bulk of graffiti art in many locales, SANO s larger work is nonetheless semi-traditional, centered on his name, but with some really nice adjoining elements like a colorful mushroom cloud.

His smaller work is a portrait of Tupac Shakur which, given the black background, looks something like a hip-hop equivalent of an Elvis on black velvet masterpiece, albeit a very artistic one.

Attention to detail and clarity of instruction are plusses here, but no doubt the subject matter will raise issues for some collections, SANO's obvious talents notwithstanding, since graffiti art is not universally esteemed as desirable public art.

However, as either art instruction or social document this is a worthy addition, and is therefore recommended. -Aud: H.C, P.M. (Mike Tribby, contributing reviewer) VIDEO LIBRARIAN (Vol.18 : The Video Review Magazine for Libraries : No. 4) (July / August 2003 - Page 29) THE ARTS --Video Librarian

Review
The term graffiti brings to mind vandals spraying subway walls with four-letter words.

Viewers may be surprised to learn that not only is this a legitimate art form, but there are contests (the narrator is the two-time winner of the International Graffiti Art Competition), legal graffiti walls (one in Los Angeles is shown), and a variety of techniques and procedures used to produce top quality aerosol art.

A bit different from the earlier videos in this series which showcased multiple artists, this one features SANO, an articulate young artist who explains his process and discusses the inspiration behind his art.

He credits such diverse influences as da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens, Duchamp, and Japanese animation as well as music - reggae, traditional, and hip-hop - and social and political forces.

The video shows SANO in action from the conception of an idea to the final execution of his design. It is interesting to note that he begins by roughing out ideas in a sketchbook.

Then he covers previous wall graffiti with a paint roller (buffing the wall), but allows the colors underneath to bleed through his base coat. After donning a paint mask, he sprays in outline and guidelines, then paints the design using several different techniques and explains how to regulate the flow of the spray.

Once the mural is complete, he offers ideas for using aerosol art on canvas and demonstrates its fine art potential by creating a realistic portrait in black and white.

An unusual take on an often maligned art form, this video will inspire art students. - Lauri Edwards, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL July 2003 Issue / Multimedia Review --School Library Journal

Review
The world is a canvas and I'm expressing my thoughts on your walls!

I recently had the opportunity to peep out Graffiti Verite Volume 4, a 67 minute documentary on the art commonly referred to as graffiti. A well laid out movie starts out with two time winner of the International Graffiti Art Competition SANO writing some of his ideas in his book and explaining to us how you start with the concept of your piece and doing a ruff outline of it.

What looks like a early morning venture, he walks us down to the beautiful beaches of what seems like Venice beach. What I like about the movie is that they're not trying to come with fancy concepts, but just plain down to earth filming with Sano, the perfect teacher.

Local graf heads should peep this video out as its very helpful if you're just starting out. His first showcase was the walls on the beachfront that firstly needed to be cleaned. He started with the outline, explaining why he chose certain colours.

The SANO letters started taking shape and what seemed simple, became very complex. SANO gave us a broad overview of shaping letters, fill-in techniques, and loads of other techniques that could be helpful in creating the next Michelangelo or even Sano, as a matter of fact.

After what seemed more than a days work his piece was done and he went into explaining the whole concept behind it. The striking part for me was when he explained the bombing part on his piece.

SANO is part Black and part Asian and said it was a dedication to his people that was killed in the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

I was convinced that Cleveland, Ohio has more to it than just Bone Thugs and Harmony. SANO's final piece was one that he was going to do on a canvas.

It was of the late legendary rapper Tupac (2pac Shakur) created solely with black and white spraypaint. I was convinced that this guy was a genius!

I would like to convince all lecturers of art classes to get a copy of this for their students, as it's truly a great addition to have for your video library, alongside other such greats as Wildstyle.

Award-winning filmmaker Bob Bryan truly captured every moment with such precision. If mics could be given to this video I would give it 5. Get ya MasterCard out and order this. --By Rush, South Africa