tagging astoria PHOTOS: Louie Gasparro Astoria-based Murphy’s Law, and collected album covers for inspiration; and he started drawing in Astoria classrooms at a young age. “I saw graffiti, I heard music, I played sports and the neighborhood completely informed me about all of the things I love,” he said. “I lived around the corner of Kaufman Studios and saw movies being made. So all of this energy was going on around me and I was absorbing it all.” On Oct. 28, “Kolor Storm: The Art of Louie “KR. ONE” Gasparro” will be released on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The 160-page book chronicles the artist’s life and art through the years – from his first subway pieces to more intricate illustrations showcased in galleries. “It’s a whole life’s worth of creativity I can show to people,” Gasparro said. The book, which showcases his “razor-like precision of line work,” can also be used by aspiring graffiti artists as a reference book, he argues. It includes more than 400 paintings, tags, album covers and train pieces dating as far back as 1977 and as recently as last year. On Oct. 21, Gasparro will have a book signing at Midtown Comics from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Though his book showcases his graffiti work, Gasparro said he was heavily influenced by cartoons he watched as a kid and wants to bridge the gap between the two art forms. “Kolor Storm” is his second published book. His first book, “Don1, the King from Queens: The Life and Photos of a NYC Transit Graffiti Master” was released in 2014 and chronicles the work of iconic Queens graffiti artist Don1. It took Gasparro nine years to publish the book and is the most comprehensive source for Giuseppe “DON1” Palattella’s subway work. Palattella hailed from Astoria and attended the High School of Art and Design. “The common denominator which transcended race, culture, whether you were poor, rich, polka dot, silver, Greek, Italian was a can of spray paint and a magic marker,” Gasparro said. In addition to promoting his book, Gasparro is also working as a producer and actor on a television series called “Pale Blue Light.” The series centers on two brothers who inherit their father’s failing hiphop record label. Eddy Duran wrote and directed the series and many scenes were shot around Astoria. To learn more about Gasparro’s work or to purchase a book, visit his website.
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