Product Details

• Actors: Sano
• Directors: Bob Bryan
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bryan World Productions, LLC.
• DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005
• Run Time: 68 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0007QQW5Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,491 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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

Product Description

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.

Graffiti Art, is Art first!Graffiti in itself is a label applied to the Aerosol Art Culture, and usually carries the negative connotation that Graffiti Art is not a viable Art Form.

However, to define Graffiti or Aerosol Art as scribbling or scrawling on a wall, or for an artist to let his tool dictates his or her style of work, is detrimental to the idea of being an artist in this Art Form. I'm an artist, that's all! My medium of choice for the past fifteen years has been spray paint, though I can rock with markers, watercolors, pen, pencil, acrylics, airbrush, or on a computer, whatever. --SANO, Graffiti Artist / Instructor GV4

Graffiti found typically, but not exclusively on the walls of our urban cities, clearly unveils the angst driven drama that exists within the psyche of the Graffiti Writer, as well as, in our conflicted egocentric society. Graffiti dares to show us what we've become !! For many people this is a very difficult reality to come to grips with, especially if you're in denial of any complicity!

Graffiti Art mirrors the best and worst elements of our society, period. Folks are ignorant about Graffiti Arts history and power. Graffiti Art is a direct expression of societies' psychological state of mind , it's an 'in-your-face' sign of our times and deserves our understanding and respect! - BOB BRYAN, Executive Producer / Director GV4

Graffiti Verite' 4 has a bold and beautiful life-affirming voice! SANO sheds a positive light on the stereotypical misunderstandings and mystique behind the discipline and creative process involved in Aerosol Art. GV4 takes you inside the mind of SANO as he conceptualizes and creates his work, while simutaneously declaring his love for the medium, the madness, and the Art form.

SANO has a quiet energy that can deceive the casual or uninformed observer. SANO's quietness quickly dissolves into a fierce focused and frenetic energy once he is resolved to the issues inherent to his current art project. This transformation from contemplative graphic designer, to explosive aerosol warrior is mesmerizing, as he aggressively grabs his spraycan, ready to do battle with the wall.

SANO exorcises his demons and repression's on the wall like noone I've seen before. The love he has for his art is obvious in his body language, and funny verbal quips about his many observations. Graffiti Art has provided him with an powerful outlet to express his secret obsessions and raison d'tre.

One of the many personal issues that drives SANO, is his mixed East / West dialectical Genetic heritage. Born from a Japanese Mother and African-American Father, there is an internal war constantly surging throughout his body. Alternating currents of passive / aggression pulsation's run havoc throug

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5.0 out of 5 stars gv-4, June 16, 2005

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This review is from: Graffiti Verite' 4 (GV4): Basic Techniques for Creating Graffiti Art on Walls and Canvas (DVD)

this video is cool it'll teach you the techniques to bust a cool burner.....