The CalliGRAFFiti Project

CalliGRAFFi is a collaborative exploration between myself and graff writer Ricardo Richie "Apex" into parallels between East Asian calligraphy and urban American graffiti. We will be in residency at the Headland's Center for the Arts Project Space in November 2007.

Shown here are juxtapositions of some of our work leading up to this project. The large and small pieces by Ricardo that are his explorations of graff-inspired word forms. I have included a few pieces from a series called "Flash," which are inspired by graffiti tags that I have re-interpreted using traditional East Asian techniques and materials.

Works (in the order shown):
Untitled, 2007, acrylic on paper. Ricardo Richie
"Flash No.3" 2007, ink and silver on paper. Minette Mangahas
Wallpiece 2006. Ricardo Richie
"Flash No.2" 2007, ink and silver on paper. Minette Mangahas
"Flash No.4" 2007, ink and silver on paper. Minette Mangahas
Untitled, 2007, acrylic on paper. Ricardo Richie
"Flash No.5" 2007, ink and silver on paper. Minette Mangahas
Wallpiece 2006. Ricardo Richie
"To Touch" 2006, traditional calligraphy, Minette Mangahas