Canlove

San Francisco

941 Geary currently presents new works of Canlove in an exhibition entitled No Can Left Behind.

Canlove is an LA-based Graffiti Recycling Organization founded and managed by creative partners DJ Neff and Paul Ramirez. The non-profit kicked off over two years back, but the guiding inspiration had an
earlier birth. Neff, a graffiti artist who started in the nineties describes the idea as part of a natural evolution of his interest in spray paint: „I wanted to understand the can better than anything – to make it do everything.“ Ramirez says: „There are too many cans everywhere to not use them. Canlove is much bigger than a couple of people. We’re going to need a lot of help to bring our bigger vision to life.“ Canlove aspires to transform every discarded spray can into its own work of art. Volunteer and clean up efforts are led by Michael Mazzola, who also documents and assists the collaborative’s process at their studio, Chalk LA. The team regularly collects cans from Venice Art Walls run by the non-profit In Creative Unity (I.C.U.) as well as other popular graffiti yards, alleys, train tracks, and ditches. Their goal is to create a global system that will make it much more convenient for artists and organizations to give new life to their used cans.

941 Geary

June 16th – July 28th, 2012
941 Geary St
San Francisco, CA 94109
USA

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