{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Saber, The American Graffiti Artist","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flags.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-05-07T15:18:58Z","description":"Since 2009, Saber’s popularity rose continuously. Now the US-American graffiti-artists shows the latest series of his famous flag paintings at New York’s Opera Gallery...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGraffiti Flags\u003c/em\u003e | US-American graffiti artist \u003cstrong\u003eSaber\u003c/strong\u003e got a massive popularity push back in 2009 when he created that \u003ca href=\"/saber-speaks-art-for-america-health-care/\"\u003ebrilliant graffiti flag video\u003c/a\u003e to support the US-American health care reforms by Barack Obama. Afterwards Jeffrey Deitch, the famous director of the \u003ca href=\"/urban-art-censorship/\"\u003econtroversial\u003c/a\u003e MoCA in Los Angeles, decided to support Saber as one of the most representational figures for today’s graffiti and street art movement.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a level of sophisticated detail, including collaging, and the skill you would expect from one of the world’s greatest graffiti writers, these pieces represent an artist at the top of his game. (Arrested Motion)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYesterday, Saber opened his solo-show at New York’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.operagallery.com/ny/NY16/saber.html\"\u003eOpera Gallery\u003c/a\u003e, which again features a series of the artist’s popular Flag paintings. Fortunately \u003ca href=\"http://arrestedmotion.com/2011/05/previewstudio-visit-saber-the-american-graffiti-artist-flags/\"\u003eArrested Motion\u003c/a\u003e got some pretty nice photos of the artworks as they were situated in the setting of their creation - I like this stuff\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1728\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1728\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1728\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_2b973c03be25b686.avif 480w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_ef42121549c6e2bc.avif 960w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_5eb26d7204156ea8.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_70b6ff2b416e5f49.webp 480w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_bd6b16a308a7234a.webp 960w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_22a3a19d30cb9a7.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_8dd38525099de0ef.jpg\" srcset=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_ac4151f2e2c8ddf2.jpg 480w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_e8e8debd5cf8e70c.jpg 960w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag_hu_8dd38525099de0ef.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"957\" alt=\"saber graffiti flag\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003esaber graffiti flag\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1728\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1728\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1728\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_74033e98e1219a9d.avif 480w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_a2150229354cf10a.avif 960w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_df2d31f8ea545b1d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_6a9d94a92561da82.webp 480w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_43b06dcf401a3aa0.webp 960w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_ad88454f17d5da17.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_cd4d91a3e1de5d7.jpg\" srcset=\"/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_57ac7cc1e1f3ba53.jpg 480w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_9f39996c76fdb64c.jpg 960w, /saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings_hu_cd4d91a3e1de5d7.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"957\" alt=\"saber flag paintings\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003esaber flag paintings\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n Saber, The American Graffiti Artist\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Graffiti Flags* | US-American graffiti artist **Saber** got a massive popularity push back in 2009 when he created that [brilliant graffiti flag video](/saber-speaks-art-for-america-health-care/) to support the US-American health care reforms by Barack Obama. Afterwards Jeffrey Deitch, the famous director of the [controversial](/urban-art-censorship/) MoCA in Los Angeles, decided to support Saber as one of the most representational figures for today’s graffiti and street art movement.\n\n\u003e Featuring a level of sophisticated detail, including collaging, and the skill you would expect from one of the world’s greatest graffiti writers, these pieces represent an artist at the top of his game. (Arrested Motion)\n\nYesterday, Saber opened his solo-show at New York’s [Opera Gallery](http://www.operagallery.com/ny/NY16/saber.html), which again features a series of the artist’s popular Flag paintings. Fortunately [Arrested Motion](http://arrestedmotion.com/2011/05/previewstudio-visit-saber-the-american-graffiti-artist-flags/) got some pretty nice photos of the artworks as they were situated in the setting of their creation - I like this stuff...\n\n![saber graffiti flag](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-graffiti-flag.jpg\u003e)\n\nsaber graffiti flag![saber flag paintings](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/saber-flag-paintings.jpg\u003e)\n\nsaber flag paintings Saber, The American Graffiti Artist\n","tags":["Saber","Artist Studio","Painting","Graffiti America"],"title":"Saber, The American Graffiti Artist","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/saber-the-american-graffiti-artist/"}