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Al Diaz (artist) Al Diaz (born June 10, 1959) is an American urban artist and lecturer best known for being among the first generation of graffiti writers in the community and for co-creating the graffiti campaign SAMO© with Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1978. [ 2][ 3][ 4]
Movement. Pop art. street art. Website. www .haring .com. Signature. Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. [ 1] His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". [ 2]
Graffiti. Children. 1 (with Drena De Niro) Carlos Rodriguez, better known as Mare139, is a New York-based artist born in 1965 in Spanish Harlem, New York City. He was best known as the subway graffiti writer Mare 139, and has since adapted the graffiti lettering styles to metal sculpture in the fine art context, and is recognized as a media ...
Graffiti (singular graffiti or graffito, the latter only used in graffiti archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Graffiti ranges from simple written "monikers" to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times , with examples dating back ...
Kaws. Brian Donnelly (born November 4, 1974), known professionally as Kaws (stylized as KAWS ), is an American artist and designer. His work includes repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs, some dating back to the beginning of his career in the 1990s, [ 1] initially painted in 2D and later realized in 3D.
Died. December 12, 2019. (2019-12-12) (aged 64) New York City, U.S. Michael Lawrence Marrow (August 2, 1955 – December 12, 2019), [1] known as PHASE 2 and Lonny Wood, was an American aerosol paint artist based in New York City. Mostly active in the 1970s, Phase 2 is generally credited with originating the "bubble letter" style of aerosol ...
She started her graffiti writing career in 1979 following the loss of a boyfriend. She exorcised her grief by tagging her boyfriend's name across New York City. [2] Lady Pink studied at the Manhattan High School of Art and Design, where she was introduced to graffiti. During her senior year of school, she began to start exhibiting her work ...
Cope2 has been a graffiti artist since 1985. His cousin "Chico 80" inspired Cope2 to pursue writing. In 1982, he made his own crew called Kids Destroy, eventually changing to Kings Destroy after he dubbed himself "King of the 4 Line". [1] Cope2's "throw-up" was given to him by Cap to use until he had enough skills to create his own. [2]