{"id":8431,"date":"2015-03-09T18:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T18:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/09\/beautifully-destroyed-by-risk\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T07:19:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T07:19:17","slug":"beautifully-destroyed-by-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/beautifully-destroyed-by-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautifully Destroyed by RISK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A splash of color can speak a thousand words on some mundane, dilapidated building or surface,&#8221; says Los Angeles based graffiti artist RISK\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/style\/2014\/10\/interview-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a> .\u00a0His\u00a0mural series &#8220;Beautifully Destroyed&#8221; does just that. In collaboration with Woven Accents, an innovative rug purveyor and producer that bridges the gap between art and design,\u00a0RISK brought his series to fruition in the design district.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122028495\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Woven Accents&#8217; mission to create authentic design has fostered a creative environment, filled with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wovenonline.com\/pictures\/one-tribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">window installations<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wovenonline.com\/new-rugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rug colloborations<\/a>, and outdoor art.\u00a0Their annual mural program engages with artists and the community alike, transforming their showroom storefront into a\u00a0piece of art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/directory\/woven-accents-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8434\" src=\" https:\/\/www.westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10985203_799369010147682_3458886281923862023_n.jpg\" alt=\"Woven Accents mural by RISK, Beautifully Destroyed, in the West Hollywood Design District\" width=\"960\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather than using words to elicit a response, RISK exclusively uses colors and simple shapes to engage with his audience. Creating something deconstructed to these rudimentary elements resulted in\u00a0a refined project, &#8220;perfect with its imperfections.&#8221; <a href=\" https:\/\/westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/directory\/woven-accents-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8435 size-full\" src=\" https:\/\/www.westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10988275_799368843481032_8523629746800729441_n-e1425925721700.jpg\" alt=\"Woven Accents mural by RISK, Beautifully Destroyed, in the West Hollywood Design District\" width=\"960\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RISK&#8217;s &#8220;Beautifully Destroyed&#8221; mural on Woven Accents gives the community more than something to look at; it is inspiring, innovative, and interactive. The piece offers visitors to the design district a break from their everyday reality and evokes an emotion and sense of creativity that can be carried onwards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/directory\/woven-accents-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8436\" src=\" https:\/\/www.westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10988499_799368766814373_8942252180498883879_n.jpg\" alt=\"Woven Accents mural by RISK, Beautifully Destroyed, in the West Hollywood Design District\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view the mural in its entirety, stop by <a href=\"https:\/\/westhollywooddesigndistrict.com\/directory\/woven-accents-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woven Accents<\/a> at 8674 Melrose Avenue in the West Hollywood Design District.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.799368700147713.1073741852.252517788166143&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woven Accents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A splash of color can speak a thousand words on some mundane, dilapidated building or surface,&#8221; says Los Angeles based graffiti artist RISK\u00a01 .\u00a0His\u00a0mural series &#8220;Beautifully Destroyed&#8221; does just that. In collaboration with Woven Accents, an innovative rug purveyor and producer that bridges the gap between art and design,\u00a0RISK brought his series to fruition in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5666315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[97,129,35,130,30],"class_list":["post-8431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-public-art","tag-street-art","tag-west-hollywoodw","tag-woven-accents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5666314,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions\/5666314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5666315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.optikal.com\/whdd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}