For those of you in the LA area, Giant Robot is curating a show at the Scion Installation LA in Culver City. The show, titled “To the Masses” features the work of Caroline Hwang, Ben Woodward (his piece, “Heart Out,” is pictured above), Feric, Dan-ah Kim, Brian Ralph, Eishi Takaoka, Kohei Yamashita, Olaf Ladousse and French. “To the Masses” runs from August 25th through September 8th, with a reception on the 25th from 7 to 10 PM. The gallery is located at 3521 Helms Ave. (at National) in Culver City, CA.

Our friends down at Scion present To The Masses

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Since I like it when people send me free stuff, especially cool free stuff, I’d like to extend thanks to Boost Mobile who sent along a copy of Saber’s Mad Society, a book collecting the LA-based artists graffiti and more conventional oil paintings. Printed on slick paper, this 168-page soft-bound book is packed full of big colorful images.

Saber: Mad Society is a part of Boost Mobile’s Boosted Artist Content Collaboration, which also features MadSteez, Revok, Retna and Claw Money. Boosted, their “new directional lifestyle brand” (if someone out there works in marketing, I require a translation) will be on preview at the Spring 2008 MAGIC Trade Show in Vegas.

“The more you try to change the world, the more it changes you, since preschool, scissors and glue, something I knew was that this planet ain’t right, due to man’s destructive appetite the blizzard in my heart grows colder each daylight…”

CONCEIT- Scissors & Glue

‘Beakdip’ got bored and decided to crash a bum’s sleep session with doses of Aerosol. As a One Hour Revealed first, Beakdip dives into digitally generated symmetrical graffiti and throws up some creative, out-of-this-world pieces. A simple digital effect is flawlessly executed, once again it’s time-elapsed, and a sweet track to top the cake. Miss it and miss out on life, so YOU watch NOW. (k?)

One Hour Revealed 13 should be next on your list.

thank you Super Deluxe.

There’s no doubting the genius of R. Kelly. I’m not trying to kid, though. I’m serious. Every time I hear “Ignition” is like the first time, and the version of the National Anthem he did a while back was one of the best I’ve ever heard.

I, like many, was both thrilled and confused by Kelly’s hip-hopera Trapped in the Closet. But I guess it’s not entirely for mortals to understand. The ending left us all a bit hanging, but fear not, Kells is a man of his word. Trapped in the Closet, chapters 13 through 22 will be available on DVD August 21st. Check out Kelly’s trailer for the video at Stereogum.