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Revok (born 1977 in

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, California) birth name Jason Williams is an American graffiti artist. The name comes from the movie

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. In 2012 Revok started the ''Detroit Beautification Project''. In 2018 Revok filed a cease-and-desist letter to H&M clothing retailer, claim that the company infringed on his artwork, using it in one of their brand logos. H&M in turn, sued Revok asserting he could not claim copyright on art work created illegally (

street art Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art. Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graff ...

/graffiti). The issue was settled in Revok's favor.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions * ''Tragedy & Triumph'', Vicious Gallery,

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, 2011. * ''Ordinary Things'', Library Street Collective, Detroit, 2012. * ''Pose-Revok'', The Mine Gallery,

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, 2014. * ''Revok'', Ruttkowski;68,

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, 2015. * ''Revok'', Library Street Collective, Los Angeles, 2015.

Books

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: ''Revok – Made in Detroit'', Gingko Press. 2014, .

References

External links

Official site
American graffiti artists 1977 births Living people {{US-artist-stub