{"id":35354,"date":"2016-08-26T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=35354"},"modified":"2016-08-22T16:47:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T21:47:22","slug":"local-artist-lowdown-m-i-c-harder-9000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/local-artist-lowdown-m-i-c-harder-9000\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Artist Lowdown: M.i.C. harder ‘9000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: <\/strong>M.i.C. Harder\u20199000<\/span><\/p>\n

Artistic <\/strong>Style: Street art, oil paint, stencils, and spray paint<\/span><\/p>\n

Hometown: <\/strong>Detroit Michigan to Tillatoba, Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n

How long have you lived in Oxford? <\/strong>13 years<\/span><\/p>\n

Early art experience: <\/strong>Tracing the first TMNT in \u201886<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite visual artists: <\/strong>C215, DAN23, BANKSEY, Jean Michel Basquiat, Pollock, and Michelangelo<\/span><\/p>\n

Art school? <\/strong>A little at Northwest in Senatobia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite book or author: <\/strong>George Jackson, Richard Wright, and Ponder on This<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite quotation: <\/strong>\u201cIt\u2019s not who you are that holds you back, it\u2019s who you think you\u2019re not!\u201d – Basquiat<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you work out of a studio? <\/strong>Anywhere is my studio<\/span><\/p>\n

How many hours to you spend in your studio each day? <\/strong>When my son is not with me, I\u2019ll try to draw my work for, I\u2019ll say, 3 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Most productive hours? <\/strong>12 am to 4 am I\u2019m a night owl<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite project you\u2019ve completed: <\/strong>So far my 3 Kings of the Blues project in 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Three ideas you want to explore in art: <\/strong>The three things I would like to explore in art is to do a series on Jazz vs. funk, The\u00a0 sucker punch project where I punch out hi profile celebrities and politician and whatever my hand touch the\u00a0paper to let it flow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where can we see some of your art on display? <\/strong>On your walls if their empty. They need some \u20189000 on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a \u201cday job\u201d? If so, where? <\/strong>The Bottletree Bakery in Oxford,\u00a0 Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite music\/bands: <\/strong>Right now it\u2019s all about old school Hip-Hop. Run-DMC, krs-one, Fat Boys, N.W.A., Jam on it by Newcleus, De La Soul, E.P. MD, J.J. Fad<\/span><\/p>\n

What are some of your other hobbies? <\/strong>Cooking, writing, and poetry<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you hang out in Oxford? <\/strong>The Levee, Blind Pig, 3way store<\/span><\/p>\n

Aspirations: <\/strong>My aspirations an arts to reach those who never been to art gallery or art shows I wanted to make it where its reachable for the people.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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