123 KLAN
The 123 Klan was a featured artist duo during the 2019 SpraySeeMO Mural Festival and painted this incredible mural in their iconic style, loosely inspired by the colors of the Kansas City Royals. Located on the side of the local Crossroads Artist & Craftsman store, it is a prominent visual fixture along KC’s iconic Southwest Boulevard.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
“123KLAN roots:
Based in Montreal, Canada, since 2007, 123KLAN is a graffiti crew founded by the French duo Scien and Mrs Klor in 1992. Tireless, effervescent and often ironic creative force, Scien and Klor have been doing their art for two decades in the hip-hop galaxie and well beyond.
Multidisciplinary, the 123KLAN style is declined in several branches of knowledge :
– Graffiti art : Production of canvas, walls, worldwide exhibitions.
– The creative studio : Studio graphics and branding.
– Streetwear : BANDIT1SM x 123KLAN.
Influenced by the various 90’s graffiti art expressed in Europe and New York, 123KLAN crafted an hybrid style that gained them swift recognition. They defined around this time a new language that transcended all the graffiti “schools”.Their first works were enriched by huge, sharped-angled letters in acid colors and characters with futuristic manga features pose alongside experimental type.
Members of 123KLAN invade the web in 2001 like vandals as a new surface to be painted, they mix graffiti art and graphic design, using this platform as a real tool for creation, expression and dissemination. If the graffiti school instilled in them technical rigour and an acute feel for construction, computer technology opened up new realms of expression.”
2019 SpraySeeMO Mural Festival Sponsors & Donors
