Behind The Lens: GuitarTown 2012 Charity Auction
When the two realms of art and music collide, they create the axis of awesome. Once again this year Gibson Guitar and The Sunset Strip stood in the middle of this axis when they teamed up to create Gibson GuitarTown, a public art project.
This collection featured sculptures created by notable artists such as the notorious 1980s graffiti artist RISK, John Kosh, who could arguably be the fifth member of the Fab Four, and the Obey Giant himself, Shepard Fairey. Some local and underground artists involved included “jock turned art kid” Ryan McCann, mosaic master Juliana Martinez and artist extraordinaire, Nic Adams. The auction took place Feb. 22 at Bonhams, a fine art auction house just a hop and a skip from The Strip.