the art of chase

Kii Arens is an illustrator, artist, musician and director who lives and works in Los Angeles. We talk about painting the facade of the Roxy on the Sunset Strip, spin art, opening up for Gangstarr back in the day, performing at Prince's 31st birthday party, designing the last Van Halen poster, the gig poster world, poppers, designing for Woodstock '94 and '95 and playing the festival as part of the agreement, the Warhol tribute show 'Diet Warhol' at La-La Land Gallery coming up, Paul Frank, choosing quality over quantity, turning Mr. Brainwash away at the studio door, and his show 'Life of Kii.'

www.kiiarens.com
IG: @kiiarens
YouTube: Life of Kii

Recorded at Modern Multiples Studio with Lionel Deluy and Montana Mills on the signing day of "Angelina", we talk about how the collaboration edition came about, details of the production, the story behind the Angelina Jolie shoot back in the early '90s and how she knew exactly what she wanted, working with the drum-scanned polaroid because Vogue never returned the negatives, the many firsts that are happening on this collaboration and Lionel's technique of signing with his fingerprint that contains a little amount of his blood.

www.bigbropub.com
IG: @modernmultiples
IG: @Lionel_Deluy

Shplinton is a Los Angeles based artist. We talk about being locked down, Covid craziness, erring on the side of caution, people moving away from LA, doodling in his Bible as a kid, growing up in South Central, art as escapism, the gentrification of Venice, AR, renting out paintings, washing fruits and veggies, training for a cross-country bike trip, staying motivated no matter what, music as a time machine, and witnessing a crazy car wreck from his window.

https://www.shplinton.com/
IG: @shplinton

2501 is an Italian artist that travels and works worldwide. We talk about how we came up with his name, Brasil, painting graffiti and trains for 10 years in the 90s, why painting letters and characters became too restrictive, the journey of making work, the scene in Milan at the turn of the century, how his video work is a part of his process, committing to being a full-time artist in 2007, being a nomadic artist, learning from artist friends like The London Police, BO130, Microbo and Galo, growing up in a Buddhist community, the work reflecting a sort of mapping and representation of time, working with clients, how the scene got bigger but not better, and resetting in Peru.

www.2501.org.uk
www.nomadicexperiment.com

IG: @never2501

Jaune is a Belgium-based stencil artist who is active worldwide.

We talk about the meaning behind his name, the benefits of working with modular elements, working site-specific in an improvisational way, traveling with suitcases filled with stencils, working on a 100 square meter commission, working as a garbage man early on and getting inspired to paint the city workers, being in a relationship with the artist Perversa and collaborating in the street, growing up in Waterloo, making work for yourself and having small impacts.

www.the-art-of-jaune.com
IG: @jaune_art

Bue the Warrior is a Belgium-born artist who lives and works in Mexico. We talk about hitting the road and painting all over Europe together, the way things were back in the days, improvisational painting, doing your own thing rather than following trends, why painting tons of small walls is more fun than a handful of big ones, moving to Mexico and opening up a waffle bar and becoming the waffle champ.

IG: @buethewarrior

Welcome to the first show! Caratoes is a Belgian-born artist that travels the world to paint walls. We talk early beginnings, growing up Chinese in a small village in Belgium, bio-chemistry, self-reliance, spoiler alerts, tagging in Hong Kong and leaving a cushy job to start painting, hustling walls and focusing on the now. Also feat. Sean McDonald AKA MOLMan.

IG: @caratoes