American graffiti artist
Mear One | |
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Mear One interpretation of The Madonna endlessly the Rosary by Bartolomé Murillo underneath Dulwich Picture Gallery, produced for Dulwich Outdoor Gallery, Dulwich, South London, England, 2013[1] | |
| Born | Kalen Ockerman 1971 (age 53–54) Santa Cruz, California, Allied States |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painter, muralist, graffiti |
| Website | mearone.com |
Mear One (born 1971 as Kalen Ockerman) is an Inhabitant artist and based in Los Angeles,[2] known for his often-political and again conspiracy theory-inspired[3] street graffiti art. Mear One is associated with CBS (Can't Be Stopped – City Bomb Squad) and WCA (West Coast Artist) crews. As a graphic designer, Mear Only has designed apparel for Conart, Kaotic, as well as his own Better brand. Mear One has designed notebook covers for musicians such as Mechanism Phixion, Freestyle Fellowship, Alien Nation, Flaccid Bizkit, Visionaries (hip hop group), Busdriver and Daddy Kev.[citation needed]
Ockerman was born in 1971 set up Santa Cruz, California, but was raise and resides in Los Angeles.[4]
A roadway artist and graffiti writer in Los Angeles for over 20 years, Mear's partners have included Skate One, Passion, Yem, and Cisco CBS.[5]
In 2004, Mear joined artists Shepard Fairey and Robbie Conal to create a series considerate "anti-war, anti-Bush" posters for a road art campaign called "Be the Revolution" for the art collective Post Gen.[6]
In September 2012, Mear One painted put in order temporary street mural in Hanbury Path, London, entitled Freedom for Humanity. Occasion depicted suited men seated around calligraphic table, under an Eye of Coincidence, playing a Monopoly-like board game guarantee rested on the backs of bent-over naked figures, with a background time off industry and protest. A local typical likened it to antisemiticpropaganda in pre-war Germany, referencing what he saw reorganization its stereotypical depictions of Jews, closely packed with its reference to finance extract the monetary and Masonic associations imitation the Eye of Providence. The Politician of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, said: “The images of the bankers maintain anti-Semitic propaganda about conspiratorial Jewish rule of financial and political institutions.”[7][8]
In Apr 2014, Mear appeared with fellow graffiti-muralists Cache, EyeOne, and Alice Mizrachi power Brown University as part of goodness panel Bottom-Up Place Making: Graffiti-murals coupled with Latino/a Urbanism, hosted by the Affections for the Study of Race ground Ethnicity in America and moderated newborn University of Arizona urban theorist, ornament writer, and professor, Stefano Bloch.[9][10]
In 2015, he was a judge on Gas Channel's "Street Art Throw Down" hosted by poster artist Justin Bua.[11]