#SkidRobot

[scenefromthesidewalk]

April 7, 2019

DOWNTOWN LA ARTWALK

by ShowzArt and SkidRobot

Self-proclaimed “art jedi” ShowzArt credits his mother with his passion for community and his father with his illustrative abilities. Moving to South Central Los Angeles with his family as a child ShowzArt was introduced to graffiti early on but soon traded spray cans for brushes. Actively working from the streets of Skid Row, Showzart has been a powerful voice for equal rights and services for all disenfranchised, no matter their background. Also raised in Los Angeles SkidRobot—founder of the Living Art Project—has been perhaps the most visible artistic voice addressing the city’s complex homelessness issues with his paintings of dream homes and beachscapes on the walls of Skid Row helping bridge the gulf between the “us” and the “them.” In early 2018 the two joined forces to paint this wall on S. Spring St for the Downtown LA ArtWalk.  @_showzart_/  @skidrobot/  

[skidrobot]

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Part 3 of the Ol’ Rusty story... We’re still raising funds for Rusty’s Cabin 2.0 hit the website to donate! #skidrobot #savehumanity #dtla#losangeles #streetart#streetphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B0j-_cIlX7V/?igshid=93siysmolnsd

[portus2002]

01/11/18

[whimsically-ominously-auspice]

This was an illegal arrest.

However it is dangerous to surf alone. You should have someone watching out for you other than the cops.

So if it is 2 surfers one is on the beach and the other surfs then they switch.

However more than 30 people on the beach is protocol for visible patrol only.

This was a hoax so that I could inform you of the rules. To invigorate your senses.

Mark Antony does these and he's currently running Hell so be informed.

Don't let people fuck you up.

Why Visible patrol?

Safety.

No fights. No drowning. No rapes. No littering. No disturbing wildlife.

Now sea turtles are visiting to lay eggs. Those beaches ARE PROHIBITED FROM HUMAN CONTACT. IF YOU ARE ON THE SAME BEACH AS A SEA TURTLE YOU WIL BE REMOVED...

If you keep going back into the same surface as the sea turtles you can and will be arrested.

That said you can stand on the nearby parking lot or pier. DO NOT TOUCH THE SAND.

IF YOU DRIVE ON A BEACH WITH SEA TURTLES IN ANY VEHICLE YOU WIL BE ARRESTED AND JAILED FOR SIXTY DAYS AND UP TO A 2 MILLION DOLLAR FINE EQUIVALENT TO USD.

[shanebugbee]

Must see... From my friends over at @indeclineofficial - this is the way the creative class rolls... True art in action. Check the link in their bio for the full film...“The Elements of Fear” by #INDECLINE Link to full length video in bio. Please share and repost. Stay tuned for the second video from our Skid Row project dropping tomorrow. @banditstreetart @skidrobot @_showzart_

[urbanfunscape]

Street Art Künstler Skidrobot malt die Bedürfnisse und Träume von Obdachlosen auf die Straße. Der US-amerikanische Street Art Künstler “Skidrobot” integriert Obdachlose auf den Straßen von Los Angeles in seine Arbeit. Dafür malt er Bedürfnisse, Wünsche und Träume der Obdachlosen im Bezirk Skid Row an die Wand und veröffentlicht die Fotos anschließend auf seinem Instagram-Account. Die Idee, die Bedürfnisse von Obdachlosen zu thematisieren und in der Stadt sichtbar zu machen, ist prinzipiell gut und wichtig. Allerdings lässt sich über die Art und Weise von Skidrobot, Obdachlose im Rahmen seiner Arbeit als Teil seiner Kunst in Szene zu setzten, durchaus diskutieren. Die Arbeit hat einen leicht bitteren Beigeschmack von “Sozialvoyeurismus”.

Der Beitrag Street Art Künstler Skidrobot malt die Bedürfnisse und Träume von Obdachlosen auf die Straße erschien zuerst auf URBANSHIT.

[vonjako]

“Wet Paint” photo by @vonjako #wetpaint #donotenter @_.paradox._ #skidrobot @skidrobot #artattherendon @artattherendon #hiddenrooms #graffitiart #muralartist #manone #showzart #natgeoyourshot #thephotosociety #tape #paradox https://ift.tt/2S7dUjw

[manam2x5]

🆓️First Friday is almost here! I 🔁, this is a 🆓️event 🎉🎉 Stop by @shakenvanitystudios #thisfriday from 4-9pm to make sure your weekend is off to the rockinest start possible! ⏯DJ @invaderzimmusic live on deck with a #specialperformance by Rapper @crashbarbosa Pop by to shop pop🆙️ vendors @ci.kustomz @pettycashfinds & @energymechanic ➕ Designer brands👗 @manamfashion @xoao.designs & @calliopecandleworks for sale #lastnotleast incredible art🖌 & photography📷 by @ktrevolution @toxiclovephotography @skidrobot & @humansmakeart ✔ Don't forget to swing by the #braidbar to get styled for #theweeknd 🤩😘 #tgif #vvff #virgilvillagefirstfridays #livemusic #fashionforsale #artexhibit #salonstyles #weekendevents #freeeventsla #artisans #artistcollective #communitybuilder (at Shaken Vanity Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BohJmgTHeow/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5thyplmmmm36

[fszccc-blog]

Week 11: Visual Activism Art

Homelessness is an incredibly relevant issue and is becoming more concerning everyday. Through our research we have found a couple of artists who put visual activism into practice in their work. Maxwell Ruston was an artist Francesca came across last year on her facebook feed who really moved her and I thought he was a good inspiration for this assignment. Known for his most famous work Left Out, Ruston creates a social experimentation piece that forces the public to interact with it. Not only did Ruston make this sculpture but he then placed it on the streets of London where he filmed the public walking by. It was incredible the amount of reactions and non-reactions this artwork got. Because the work looked so realistic, some people went up to it, thinking it was a person to check whether they were okay because it was such a shocking thing to see. However, it was quite shocking to see the amount of people that chose to just walk past and ignore it. This goes to show how the homeless population are treated within our society. Another artist that Sian came across was Skid Robot, an anonymous graffiti artist based in Los Angeles who incorporates homeless people into his pieces. Robot creates frame like works around homeless people to create a kind of simple fantasy world which most humans have but homeless people are without. Not only does he create street art, he also does a lot of campaigning to help spread awareness about the growing population of homelessness in our world. When we looked at his work we found it especially powerful because it looks as though it could make a homeless person’s day just through some graffiti. Robot feels that through his art he is giving back to homeless people as best he can. Through visual activism, both of these artists involve either the public or the homeless population directly by create moving artworks that are a response to the issue of homelessness.

  Works Cited:

The Big Issue. “Left Out”. Maxwell Ruston. Web. 26 May 2017: http://maxwellrushton.com/projects/left-out/ Robot, Skid. “SkidRobot”. Tumblr. Yahoo. 1 June 2017. Web. 27 May 2017: https://skidrobot.tumblr.com 

Pardes, Arielle. “This La Graffiti Artist Incorporates Homeless People into His Pieces”. Vice. Vice. 15 October 2014. Web. 27 May 2017: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/skid-robot-104

[scenefromthesidewalk]

February 14, 2017

GABBA GALLERY ALLEY PROJECT

by SkidRobot

There are more than 12,000 chronically homeless people in Los Angeles . . . Most of us turn away when we pass them in the street; we pretend they don't exist. —Skidrobot for LA Times, Feb. 21, 2016

But SkidRobot isn't "most of us." Taking his name from Skid Row, he's on a mission to transform LA's 54 block home to the nation's largest homeless population. The most dramatic example is his Living Art project, and while his "Birdman" example is probably not representative of most, one can't discount the value of even a single changed life. Birdmand had lived under a bridge in Silver Lake when SkidRobot painted him a living room. Within a week of having people stop and ask to take his photo he shaved and cut his hair for the first time in a decade and before long found his way to life in supportive housing. In 2015 SkidRobot painted his "trash-can-robot" in the Gabba Gallery alley project off Beverly Blvd. in an effort to rally people to help make a difference. skid-robot.com  @skidrobot​  @gabbagallery  @scenesfromthesidewalk

[skidrobot]

It’s always a pleasure to paint for @warnermusic @warnermusiclat @latingrammys Sometimes you’re flush, Sometimes you’re bust.. But the game goes on. Look out 2019, we comin... #skidrobot #warnermuaic #latingrammy2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqOvoPhBNgN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=43pt8mknxbs6

[portus2002]

01/12/18

[eduardvkurganov]

Inspiration00175 – Skid Robot

LA Street Artist Spray-Paints Dreams of Homeless People To Highlight Poverty

http://instagram.com/skidrobot

http://skidrobot.tumblr.com/

[shanebugbee]

A must watch from my friends at @indeclineofficial - this is how the creative class goes... In action, true art. You need to see the full mini-flick to really feel it. Real deal homies. ・・・ “The Elements of Fear” by #INDECLINE Link to full length video in bio. Please share and repost. Stay tuned for the second video from our Skid Row project dropping tomorrow. @banditstreetart @skidrobot @_showzart_

[lostangelesstreetart]

@skidrobot #streetart #losangeles #graffiti #art #streetartist #graf #urbanart #rsa_graffiti #rsa_preciousjunk #rsa_streetview #dsb_graff #artist #arte #arteurbano #royalsnappingartists #tv_streetart #infamous_family #igla #igersla #LA #palmtrees #robot #skidrobot (at Historic Filipino District Los Angeles)

[manam2x5]

🔜 Aayyyy! 🆓️First Friday is almost here! Stop by @shakenvanitystudios #thisfriday from 4-9pm to make sure your weekend is off to the rockinest start possible! ⏯DJ @invaderzimmusic live on deck with a #specialperformance by Rapper @crashbarbosa Pop by to shop pop🆙️ vendors @ci.kustomz @pettycashfinds & @energymechanic ➕ Designer brands👗 @manamfashion @xoao.designs & @calliopecandleworks for sale #lastnotleast incredible art🖌 & photography📷 by @ktrevolution @toxiclovephotography @skidrobot & @humansmakeart ✔ Don't forget to swing by the #braidbar to get styled for #theweeknd 🤩😘 #tgif #vvff #virgilvillagefirstfridays #livemusic #fashionforsale #artexhibit #salonstyles #weekendevents #freeeventsla #artisans #artistcollective #communitybuilder (at Shaken Vanity Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BohIUS_gqCE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kebq851c64mg