HURI (READ) and TIN.G of Oops Crew finish surreal piece at Moganshan Read (formerly known as Huri) and Tin.G just finished a great wall with a very complex background. Oops Crew is our old crew in which Huri is still the leader of. Oops Crew still consists Huri, Tin.G, Snow, AEK, Lame/Reign, Diase, Mels and Smear. Most of these local writers are not painting that much these days. Huri/Read, Mels and Smear are the most active, painting once a week at least. Tin.G has not gotten out and painted for months so it’s nice to see her come back and immediatly bust out a killer piece like this.

New pieces with some French writers. Last week READ and MELS of Beast Mode, were joined by some local Chinese friends and some French out-of-towners for a long set of pieces in the art district. Recently we have been seeing a lot of foreign writers come through town, we’re making an effort to paint with most of them. Also the weather is getting nicer here in Shanghai and we will be painting very frequently. Therefore we are receiving and extremely large shipment of Ironlak, if any writers coming through China or living in Eastern China need paint, please contact us soon to place an order. We will provide virtually every color for 25 RMB per can (over 10 RMB cheaper than the local art supply stores). For paint, contact Cena at: CenaBMC@gmail.com For the larger picture the pieces in descending order are: SMEAR (Anhui), TERRY (Fuzhou), READ (Shanghai), ?? (France), HIPNUTZ (France), HUME (France), MELS (US/Shanghai)

Roger and Me. About a week or so ago a few new writers appeared on the scene in Shanghai. Most notably, Roger. Clearly unskilled and new to the game, Roger and his associates commenced in tagging over almost every piece on Moganshan Road. For years Moganshan Road has been a showcase for Shanghai’s most skilled and experienced writers, but also a safe place for new faces to practice undisturbed by police (tourists are another matter). Most of the time new writers respect the current pieces, and pick an older or low quality piece to paint over. Not Roger however, Roger indiscriminately dissed almost every piece on the entire road, and for that, I applaud him. While many local writers moaned and groaned about their pieces being over’d, I rejoiced. It seems many writers in Shanghai and China have forgotten (or never knew) what graffiti is really about. Painting whatever you want, wherever you want. It’s about expression, and if Roger wants to express himself by fucking other people’s shit up, I think that’s great. That’s the nature of the game my friends. Don’t produce public art if you don’t expect people to react to it. Roger and his friends Harry and RSD (Real Sexy Dude) dissing the pieces by m50 is good for a few reasons. One, it means more kids are picking up graffiti in Shanghai. Two, it’s a wake up call for the established writers that their pieces aren’t too good to be over’d, and also that they need to get out bombing more instead of just lazily painting Moganshan. Lastly, it freed up lot of real estate on Moganshan to paint new pieces. So all I really want to say is bravo Roger, bravo. -MELS





Beast Mode Studio is now selling discount Ironlak in China! Beast Mode Crew is now selling Ironlak on the Chinese Eastern seaboard. Since Beast Mode and it’s precursor Oops Crew have had a long standing relationship with the Ironlak factory here in China, we are now able to provide writers and artists with affordable quality spray paint. We are also importing various caps and markers, including fats, thins, super thins and gold dots. We will be importing markers and inks such as Krink, but we will not any aerosol due to the fact that sea shipping takes too long. We will however, have full stocks of seasonal colors from both Ironlak and Tanko. Let us know if you want a custom order, or bulk orders. For more information contact CenaBMC@gmail.com Here’s a new piece by MELS done in Ironlak.

