Archive for the ‘mr. lan’ Category
We’re proud to welcome one of our long-time favorites and close friend, Shanghai-based tattoo and street artist, Mr. Lan, into the EDGE Creative Collective (ECC).
Mr. Lan was the first legit graffiti writer on the local Shanghai street-art scene, and by far (still) the most talented – perhaps even in all [...]
mr. lan trades in his spray cans for some oil paint ///
We recently swung by Zhang Lan’s (aka: Mr. Lan) tattoo parlor in Shanghai and we couldn’t help but notice a new piece of art he had hanging up. See below for a snap of it. For someone who is used to two-story brick-wall surfaces for his graffiti work, we were impressed [...]
FanFanCan X Neocha photography from “search for creative city” ///
Last month, together with the Knowledge & Innovation Community (KIC), NeochaEDGE organized 4 weekends of Chinese creativity and fun as part of the Search for Creative City (寻城记) event series. We gathered 16 of Shanghai’s most interesting creative groups to exhibit, perform, host games, sell products, and just have a great [...]
shanghai’s best graffiti writers @ “search for creative city” ///
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been posting time-lapse videos of the live art performances from Search for Creative City (寻城记), an event NeochaEDGE collaborated on with the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC). As the graffiti writers who participated in the event are pretty much the best the [...]
xiang gang style crew wins china’s “wall lords” graffiti competition ///
Wuhan recently hosted the 2009 China stage of Wall Lords, Asia’s largest and most prestigious graffiti competition. The theme for the competition was “ORIGINALITY” and we’re happy to announce that his year’s winner was Zhang Lan (aka Mr. Lan)’s XIANG GANG STYLE crew, who now move on to the Shanghai final [...]
graffiti | time-lapse video of mr. lan @ “search for creative city” ///
See below for a short time-lapse video of Zhang Lan’s (aka Mr. Lan) live street-art performance from the Search for Creative City event series NeochaEDGE collaborated on with the Knowledge & Innovation Community (KIC). The video’s soundtrack is a song by Guangzhou-based Neocha.com-user Onion Head (葱头) titled [...]
graffiti | the city needs you ///
See the first photo below for a recent throw-up by Shanghai’s most prolific and arguably most talented graffiti writer Neocha.com-user Mr. Lan – his signature tag is “The City Needs You.” Does anyone recognize the other pieces / tags? If so, please let us know in the comments section. These photos [...]
