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Suitcase Confessions: Aiko

Dec 04 2010

(secret travel item: The “Dont-Leave-Home-Without” Lucky Paint Pants by Aiko) Lady Aiko is an artist born from the streets. We wrote about her earlier in the year when she first hit up our walls inside Le Bain stairwells at The Standard New York. During Art Basel, we inquired about her one secret travel item. Her answer? A lucky pair of “paint pants”. Aiko...
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Wall Gazing at Wynwood

Nov 29 2010

During last year’s Art Basel Tony Goldman and Jeffrey Deitch collaborated to create an open air art park called Wynwood Walls showcasing some our favorite artists including Aiko, Shepard Fairey, Clare Rojas, and a bunch more. This year, Ryan McGinness, assume vivid astro focus (avaf), Ben Jones and Dearraindrop have created five unique murals too. Normal 0 false false false ...
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Aiko Bombs our Staircase

Jun 29 2010

We like Aiko. That’s the reason we assigned her the creative task of bombing our stairwell in The Standard, New York and The Standard, Hollywood.  Earning her stripes on the streets with the creative collective FAILE, Aiko went solo and began concocting her own alchemy on large walls. When asked about the thrill of graffiti itself, Aiko admits that there is a “high risk of...

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