团队名称：Venus Crew
平均年龄：22
主要成员：JER、MCG、FICE、DAL、FOX
主要活动城市：武汉
主要特点：一群对GRAFFITI文化有执着热爱的年青人，创作出中国风格的涂鸦作品是他们的理想。
JEJ涂鸦团队成立于2002年，目前成员四男一女。多次参加国内涂鸦大赛获得第一名，也常常被邀请参与各类商业活动，在几年时间里，通过成员们的不懈努力，JEJ CREW已在国内成为首屈一指的涂鸦团队，并受到国外部分圈内人士的关注。
JEJ团队，五位湖北美术学院的在校学生，三个学环境艺术，两个学雕塑，他们有着匪夷所思的英文名字，他们的头衔都是设计师，他们年轻的不可思议，他们用喷漆表现的涂鸦艺术在国内名声大震。
第一次见到传说中的JEJ，怎么也不能把架上艺术的张狂奔放与眼前几个腼腆的小孩联系起来。随着闲聊的深入，他们作为中国新生代所具备的激情，创新，冒险，时尚，在煽情的爵士乐中肆意透彻。
怎么想到要办《疯狂到底》涂鸦展？
因为美莲社的支持才能举办《疯狂到底》涂鸦展。《疯狂到底》是我们在GRAFFITI探索路途中一点小小的体验和成果，也是我们对一段时期的回顾，我们想让更多的人知道涂鸦到底是怎么一回事。
这次展出的作品，是我们在完成传统GRAFFITI表现形式之余，探索用架上艺术来诠释GRAFFITI的魅力。
为什么自诩设计师？
（笑）我们希望把涂鸦的感觉和方式溶入到别的创作中，我们不仅对着墙创作，还有架上绘画、平面设计、图片、雕塑、装置、图片、影像等作品形式，希望通过这样的嫁接产生出新的语境来诉说新的故事。
当然，我们也没有想到更好的头衔来表现自己。目前暂用设计师作为我们的身份。
团队有哪些值得骄傲的成绩？
2004年参加动感地带涂鸦大赛拿了第一，同年在广州的涂鸦比赛拿了第三，05年在北京的七九八参加肉书法当代艺术展；06年北京第三届大山子艺术节，中央五台体育频道娱乐篮球节目录制，武汉民众坊开业涂鸦比赛，匡威武汉站商业活动涂鸦比赛第一……
你们的风格是什么？
GRAFFITI来到中国不到十年光景，中国的涂鸦者们都是在摸索，但欣慰的是，中国的WRITERS可以参照国外已经很成熟的作品。我们不想模仿，我们也想尝试制作表现中国风格的涂鸦作品。像我们有一部分作品运用了中国江南建筑做背景，和夸张变形的字母形成强烈的反差；还有我们选取了中国式娶亲的题材。创造中国风格的涂鸦作品是我们的理想。
每个人的特点？
MCG和FICE是NEW SCHOOL新风格的，JER是OLD SCHOOL旧风格的，DAL擅长3D立体，FOX专注背景。我们每个人都有自己的风格，创作是各自风格的溶合。
团队怎样分工？
我们所有的人先画手稿， FOX负责画背景。然后我们讨论不同风格的字体变形如何在整体上保持协调统一。最后所有人上墙喷漆。
你们一般在哪里涂鸦？
街头是涂鸦最好的表现形式，湖北美术学院周围有很多外围墙，我们一般会选择在那边做，还有铁路沿线、武昌江滩都做过。
团队最大的困难是什么？
钱。玩涂鸦挺昂贵的。一罐喷漆6—7元，完成一幅作品一般要50多罐。我们经常一天吃两顿，一顿吃两元的，节省出钱来玩。
再就是氛围。国内几乎看不到涂鸦作品，即使是在广州、深圳、上海、香港这些涂鸦氛围相对较浓的城市也是这样。如果涂鸦能发展到欧美现在的环境就好了。
为什么喜欢玩涂鸦？
讲个有趣的事，一次MCG和DAL晚上到二桥下喷火车，结果被人发现了，两人落荒而逃，结果又发现喷漆掉到现场，只好躲起来，几小时后回去捡回来……
涂鸦游离于当代艺术，主流艺术和街头艺术之间，它的形式感很强，在用喷漆表现时特别刺激，看到作品更有成就感。
团队最大的愿望？
希望有更多的商家能找我们做活动。让更多的人知道涂鸦艺术。
美莲社艺术空间
地址：汉口黎黄陂路38号
电话：027—82831827
JEJ consists of five students from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. Three of them learn environmental art, and two learn sculpture. They have fantastic English names and their titles are designers. They won a great reputation for their spray painted graffiti. When I saw JEJ for the first time, I could not associate the bold and flowing style with these shy young people. But when we chatted, I found that as the representative of the new Chinese generation, their passion, creation, love of adventure and fashion was fully displayed in Jazzy music.
What is it that makes you hold the Crazy graffiti exhibition?
Thanks to the support of Mei Lian Art Space, we held Crazy graffiti exhibition. Crazy are our experience and achievements in graffiti works and it is also a summary of what we have done. We want to let people know more about graffiti. The works displayed on the exhibition are not only the traditional graffiti works: we also try to show the charm of graffiti through shelf-art.
Why do you call yourselves designers?
(Laugh) We hope that we can melt the feelings and forms of graffiti into our creation. We not only can make graffiti works on walls and there are many other forms like painting, plane design, picture etc. We hope to create a new environment to tell our stories. Of course, we haven’t come up with a good title yet. At present, we use designer to indicate our status.
What is your style?
It is no more than 10 years since graffiti came to China. Chinese graffiti artists are trying to find out experience. Fortunately, Chinese writers can consult foreign works which have grown mature. But we don’t want to imitate. We try to create Chinese style graffiti works. For example, some of our works use the buildings in the south of the Yangtze River as the background and the strong contrast created by exaggerate and deformed letters etc. Our ideal is to create Chinese style graffiti works.
What are your characteristics?
MCG and FICE are old school style, JER is old school style. DAL is good at 3D soild, FOX focuses on background. Each of us has his own characteristics. Our creation combines all the characteristics.
How do you divide your work?
First we draw the script together. FOX is responsible for the background. Then we discuss about how to harmonize the deformed letters in different style into a whole. Finally, we spray paint on the wall.
Where do you do graffiti?
Streets are the best for graffiti. There are many walls outside Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. We choose to do graffiti there. And we also do graffiti on railways and the riverside of Wuchang.
What is your biggest difficulty?
Money. Graffiti is rather expensive. A tin of paint costs 6-7 yuan. A piece of work needs more than 50 tins. We often have two meals a day to save money for graffiti. Secondly atmosphere. Graffiti works are rarely found in China, even in such big cities as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hong Kong. It would be better if the graffiti atmosphere develops as well as in America and Europe.
Why do you like graffiti?
I will tell you something funny. Once MCG and DAL sprayed on a train under the second Yangtze River Bridge and they were found. They escaped but found that they left their paint on the scene. So they hided themselves and picked the paint several hours later. Graffiti drifts between modern art, pop art and street art. It features strong forms. It is very exciting as you spray the paint. And you have a strong sense of achievement when the work is finished. What is your biggest wish? We hope more businessmen will find us to conduct activities so that more people know graffiti.
Mei Lian Art Space
Add: No. 38, Lihuangpi Road, Hankou
Tel: 027—82831827
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