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Mak One : The street
walls are synonimous to canvas !
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MAK
ONE began his graffiti career in 1989. He grew
up in Mitchells Plain an apartheid declared "Coloured
area". It was here that he was influenced by
the graffiti on the walls and met up with other writers
such as Falco, Moe and Ice. He is one of South Africas
most talented Graff artist, having done alot for the
growth of the scene through the years. He is often
involved in communtiy upliftment projects as he feels
that graffiti can offer kids an alternative path to
the paths often followed mechanically by those growing
up in the ghetto areas. Having done workshops with
kids as well as at juvenille prisons one can also
see a social message seeping through into some of
his large murals.... He focuses mostly on Stlye- with
a definite preference for 3D, as well a having a diverse
arrangement of characters.
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it came to handing-out artistic talent... Mak One was
one of those would stood infront of the line. This guy
got talent coming out of his index finger like his life
depended on it or something. Everyone in the South African
Graff World knows this cat... knows his style... his
characters! Along with other like Gogga , Falco and
a handful of others they really started graff in the
ghetto's; beautifying dirty streets and adding colour
to fucked-up areas of the apartheids Group Areas Act!
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The street walls are synonimous
to canvas! One mural is telling the story of more then
a thousand words, sturring emotions, making you stop,
look and wonder... "Who would take the time and
effort to do something like this and for what?"
Considering graff-writers are high ranked criminal offenders
by Babylons soldiers and all of that. And then its also
free art, not in exhibition halls of the arty farty
but right smack in your face when you take a train...
everywhere!
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| I got a question for you Makone:
"Who is Nutso?"... |
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Watch : Extract of the video "Overspray" |
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with Mak One click here
to watch (link not actived for the moment) |
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To read the Clip , we advise you to use the
freeware Winamp 5
www.winamp.com
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To
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