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Intro

Colossal Media is a Brooklyn, NY out-of-home advertising company that uses traditional photorealistic hand paint techniques to execute their murals. It is widely accredited with the resurgence of hand-painted advertising, which began phasing out with the advent of large-scale vinyl banners in the mid-1980s.

http://www.signindustry.com/painted/articles/2012-11-15-Wall-Dog-Advertising.php3

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703691804575254810163009690.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/arts/design/02bank.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1350482825-17bb/c+29S1UgpceLd003Q&

Noteworthy Campaigns

Shortly before his passing, Dennis Hopper brought in Colossal Media to help with painting a number of photos for his show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in September of 2009.

http://www.saturdaysnyc.com/post/september-22-2009--dennis-hopper-paintings-photos

In 2011, Stephen Powers (known also by his street name ESPO) commissioned Colossal Media to help with the installation of an outdoor public art piece in the heart of downtown Brooklyn. The piece, called "Love Letter to Brooklyn," engages passersby with bold typeface that reads: "I cop futures here," "Onward, upward," "Home," "I was nurtured here," "I am made to leave, I am made to return," "Born busy as a Brooklyn bound B" and "Is you for me?"

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/features/2011/sep/14/espo-paints-love-letter-brooklyn-macys-garage/

Colossal Media recreated the letter collage artwork of Greg Lamarche (a.k.a. SP ONE) on the side of a building in Williamsburg in early 2013. The project was part of Colossal’s “Big Brush Project,” an initiative by the company to proliferate public art in outdoor spaces. http://www.juxtapoz.com/graffiti/video-the-big-brush-project-with-greg-lamarche

http://massappeal.com/greg-lamarche-colossal-media-the-big-brush-project/

http://art-nerd.com/newyork/greg-lamarches-falling-letters-of-brooklyn/

The Sign Painters Movie

In 2013, Colossal Media was featured in the documentary Sign Painters. Directed by Faythe Levine and Same Macon, the film calls itself the “first anecdotal history” of the art of sign-painting. The movie corresponds with the previously released book by the same name, which condenses much of the film’s content into narrative format. Published in late 2012, the book charts more than two-dozen professionals in the sign-painting field and features a forward by the legendary Ed Ruscha. Both pay tribute to Colossal Media, and further acknowledge Colossal as the frontrunner in a new movement of hand paint companies nationwide.

http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/sign-painters-documentary-by-faythe-levine-sam-macon

http://papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890834

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2013/06/19/mastering-sign-language/tOE9DkEcYFJRD7merya1CP/story.html

http://colossalmedia.tumblr.com/post/59038780026/in-honor-of-the-brooklyn-premiere-of-the