Saber – MSK; AWR

Saber One; AWR, MSK.Saber was born and raised in Glendale by creative-industry artist parents, spending a great deal of time in and around their Art Center. Now, Saber has to be the West Coast’s most prolific graffiti artist. Saber has been bombing the streets since 1990 when he picked up graffiti from his local friends. Known throughout the world for producing the World’s Largest Graffiti Piece in 1997, Saber is world class and has a world audience to display his artworks throughout the streets of almost every major city in the United States.

Saber Piece, L.A. Wash
Saber Piece, Los Angeles Wash; Saber One – AWR – MSK.

 
      This masterpiece measures a staggering 250’ x 55’ (nearly the size of a football field) and took 125 gallons of latex roller paint and a year of carefully planned nights to complete. Every supply for the LA Riverbed painting had to be hauled over barbed wire and through gangland, then applied without attracting the attention of either the Amtrak or Los Angeles police departments, both of whom patrol the area from the ground and the air. After a year of work, Saber had blown out his knee working on the slanted surface, but completed the painting.

GKAE - SABER;
GKAE – SABER; Los Angeles overpass.

 

SABER - AWR
SABER – AWR.

 

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One Response to “Saber – MSK; AWR”

  1. [...] So, to sum it up. These kids at a graphic arts technical school are trying to beat an official Guinness World Record titled “Longest Graffiti Scroll”. You can get information about it here. Anyways, I wonder if they know about SABER’s Unofficial World Record for the World’s Largest Graffiti Piece, measuring a staggering 250′ x 55′ (nearly the size of a football field) and took 125 gallons of latex roller paint to complete. Even though SABER’s piece isn’t in the Guinness World Records it definitely should be mentioned when talking about largest graffiti anything! [...]

  2. [...] is a great triptych by artist ‘Saber’ AWR/MSK, a west coast legend. It comes as a 22 x 22 inch screenprint signed and numbered by the artist with [...]

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