Rebel With A Cause: Los Saber

When you look at the fine art of Saber you immediately get a graffiti feel. That's because Saber is a street artist who just happens to be capable of masterful oil paintings at well. Even so, his street roots aren't left far behind. In his canvas work, Saber evokes the free writing style used by graffiti artists on the streets. The same kind of shadowing, rebelliousness and disobedience he leaves on the walls of Los Angeles, he's able to do with a paintbrush as well. Saber was introduced to the graffitti world at age 13 by his cousins and since then he's been on it. He is credited as having the largest piece of graffitti ever -- a football field size creation on the infamous LA river bank. His account of his first attempt at "The River" plays out like many of the hollywood films shot on the river. It has him hopping barbed wired fences with gallons of paint, his legs and hands bleeding, being chased by police helicopter and hiding in his friends van to return another day. He believes graffiti artists are not only expressing their emotions with their work but at the same time controlling the landscape of the cities they paint in. That fearlessness passion for his work is what has made Saber a legend in street art, not only in Los Angeles but all over the world.

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