Author Archive for Eriberto Oriol
02
Jun
20
Democracy Now!
08
May
20
“Forbidden Art”
Artist Eriberto Oriol is a maverick in his art. He has been photographing graffiti for many years; long before it was trendy, hip, safe, and accepted in the fine art world. It is the spontaneity of graffiti’s energy of being in the moment that has attracted him to this art form.
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For some graffiti is a forbidden art form since some of the murals are in remote out of the way places in areas where only a few people would dare to travel. It is also NOT accepted and banned as fine art by many in the established art world.
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Yet, as in most things that are forbidden, banned, or prohibited, it is what helps make Eriberto’s work in graffiti, like he is providing a FORBIDDEN FRUIT to the arts.
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This mural is a collaboration of graffiti artists Nychos and Saturno.
Check some of the “Big Bau Wow’s” of the streets of Los Angeles in “WE GOT GRAF” archives page at ForbiddenArtLA.com.
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Photos by Eriberto Oriol. Text and posting by Angelica Oriol.
01
May
20
Los Angeles Underground Metro
Eriberto Oriol gets cover Spring issue
THESE STREETS Magazine
For photographer Eriberto Oriol, being down in the bowels of the city was an incredible experience. Damp and dim except where the rays of light were able to pass through a passage above here and there, might be like to enter Dante’s 9 circles of hell.
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He almost got decapitated when the cable pulling the drilling caterpillar machine snapped and whizzed by a couple of inches away from his head.
He is amazed at the ingenuity it took to build the whole underground Metro system and pleased that “These Streets” magazine selected his Los Angeles Underground Metro series for the cover and some of the photos to be featured in the Spring 2020 issue.
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Eriberto feels great to be in the company of talented artists featured in the magazine including his son Estevan Oriol.
Promo and photo by Angelica Oriol
SPRING ISSUE COVER FOR THESE STREETS MAGAZINE
Get your copy at These Streets Magazine
ForbiddenArtLA.com – Los Angeles Underground Metro Series link
A throwback with Chris-Trouble Delfosse aka “Big Trouble” and “Tocayo and Chavela” sculptures by Eriberto Oriol.
Posting and text by Angelica Oriol
17
Apr
20
Katalina on the Malibu Pier
Photo by Eriberto Oriol
ForbiddenArtLA.com
Homelessness a Human Tragedy.
Photo by Eriberto Oriol
The “Lunatics have taken over the asylum”
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“The Thinker” by Eriberto Oriol
Have you ever wonder if the “Lunatics have taken over the asylum” and we are now left just dancing with Madmen?
A predator’s mind is full of fear and insecurity. They can find no peace in a state of flux so they thrive on feeding its victims more of the unknown to control and to take away the right to speak.
The uncertainty goes up with every breaking news story and unanswered question. It all adds to the stress and anxiety of our collective mind. Yes, the “Lunatics have taken over the asylum” and we are now left dancing with Madmen.
This photo is called“The Thinker.” It was taken of one of the public restrooms right in the heart of downtown San Diego, Horton Plaza and known as “America’s Finest City.”
The title of the photo was taken from the most important sculptor of the modern era François Auguste René Rodin sculpture, “The Thinker.”
Text and Posting by Angelica Oriol
Lyrics of the song below.
Fun Boy Three music group popularize the song The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum from 1981 to 1983 and the attribution to Rowland is reported to have occurred at least as early as 1926, in the work A Million and One Nights by Terry Ramsaye.
YouTube Video of The Lunatics Song
Free Dictionary link: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lunatic
“The Lunatics have taken over the asylum” Lyrics
I see a clinic full of cynics
Who wants to twist the peoples’ wrist
They’re watching every move we make
We’re all included on the list
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
No nuclear the cowboy told us
And who am I to disagree
‘Cause when the madman flips the switch
The nuclear will go for me
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
I’ve seen the faces of starvation
But I just can not see the point
‘Cause there’s so much food here today
That no one wants to take away
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum, take away my right to choose
The lunatics have taken over the asylum, take away my point of view
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum, take away my dignity
Take these things away from me
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
The lunatics have taken over the asylum, take away my family
Take away the right to speak
The lunatics have taken over the asylum take away my point of view
Take away my right to choose
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Lynval Golding / Terry Hall / Neville Staples
The Lunatics lyrics © BMG Rights Management