GV1 Press Release

B.W.P.

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Los Angeles, CA 90004

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"There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon,

and when I tried to suppress it, it got even stronger." - Saul Bellow (1915 - ), O Magazine, September 2003

Director / Executive Producer, Bob Bryan has produced for BRYAN WORLD PRODUCTIONS an amazing new Multi-Award Winning Documentary that explores the eclectic world of Hip Hop and the urban Graffiti Artist.

GRAFFITI VERITE' is a 45 minute groundbreaking Documentary that includes interviews and behind the scenes views of 24 of Los Angeles' most prolific and talented Graffiti Artists.

GRAFFITI VERITE's conversations vary from comparative discussions on Graffiti's ancestral connection to Ritualistic Hieroglyphics and cave writings to discussions of Graffiti Art as a form of "street-level" propaganda and Public Art Gallery for the anonymous public.

Artwork by Mear, Los Angeles

"Graffiti Art succeeds as underground

counter-programming which is aimed at the same

target audience that the Powerful Madison Avenue

Mass Media is directed at, albeit with a decidedly

different message...."

Artwork by Man-One, Los Angeles

                                                                                           "Graffiti Art has a contact visceral effect on
                                                                                           its audience because Graf Art goes way beyond
                                                                                           Art orderliness and conventions, expressing
                                                                                           itself through complex design lettering patterns
                                                                                           (wild-style), rude colors and strange characters."

Artwork by Emuse, Long Beach

                                                                                                                     "Graffiti Artists dare to communicate to us, by
                                                                                                                     any means, despite the misconceptions and
                                                                                                                     restrictions! Yet, paradoxically Graffiti Art is
                                                                                                                     still all about Fame and Popularity."

"In GRAFFITI VERITE', a Graffiti Artist recalls that when he was in Grade school his teacher asked him "What do you want to be when you grow up? His response, "I want to be either a Terrorist or an Artist..."

GRAFFITI VERITE' is the first up close and personal expose' into the Graffiti Art World as experienced by 24 ARTISTS whose artistic tool of choice is the Spray can.

"I quickly discovered as I was shooting GRAFFITI VERITE'", says Bob Bryan,

"how serious and dedicated these Artists are about their work. The real truth

about Graffiti Art completely destroys the old stereotyped image that Graffiti is

only about vandalism and tag-banging."

"Nothing could be further from the

truth! These inspired artists efforts

are Art Intended, irregardless of

whether or not they paint on a wall

or a canvas.

Bob Bryan, Director / Executive Producer