
Revok (born 1977 in
Riverside
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, California) birth name Jason Williams is an American graffiti artist. The name comes from the movie
Scanners
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by
David Cronenberg
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.
In 2012 Revok started the ''Detroit Beautification Project''.
In 2018 Revok filed a cease-and-desist letter to
H&M clothing retailer, claim that the company infringed on his artwork, using it in one of their brand logos. H&M in turn, sued Revok asserting he could not claim copyright on art work created illegally (
street art
Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art.
Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graff ...
/graffiti). The issue was settled in Revok's favor.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
* ''Tragedy & Triumph'', Vicious Gallery,
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
, 2011.
* ''Ordinary Things'', Library Street Collective, Detroit, 2012.
* ''Pose-Revok'', The Mine Gallery,
Dubai
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, 2014.
* ''Revok'', Ruttkowski;68,
Köln
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, 2015.
* ''Revok'', Library Street Collective, Los Angeles, 2015.
Books
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Roger Gastman
Roger Gastman (born 1977 in Canton, Ohio) is an art dealer, curator, filmmaker, and publisher who focuses on graffiti and street art.
Career
In 1997, Gastman began his career in graffiti culture by selling aerosol paint tips and creating the graff ...
: ''Revok – Made in Detroit'', Gingko Press. 2014, .
References
External links
Official site
American graffiti artists
1977 births
Living people
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