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| Author/Contributor(s): | VALMORBIDA, ANDY; RESTOIN ROITFELD, VLADIMIR |
| Publisher: | Rizzoli |
| Date: | 6/28/2022 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
The first definitive career retrospective of the visionary underground godfather of street art at the center of New York’s 1980s urban art scene.
RichardHambleton(1954–2017)wasaCanadian survivingmemberofagroupthatemergedfromthe NewYorkCityartsceneduringtheboomingart marketofthe1980s,whichalsoincludedhisclose friends Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Asaconceptualartist,Hambleton’searlyworkinstal-lationstitled“ImageMassMurder”from1976–1979 weresecretlyplacedontostreetsinover15cities, depictingchalk-bodyoutlinesandblood-splattered crimescenesofwhatappearedtobe“victims.”This themeofaprevailingviolence,fear,andmorbidcuriosity elicited surprise and anxiety from its unsuspecting viewers.Intheearly1980s,Hambletoncreatedhis mosticonic“ShadowMan”works—artfullysplattered ominous shadowy figures on unexpected street corners, walls,andalleysthatstartledviewersintoavisceral awareness that the city was still a dangerous place.
Thisbookfeaturesover200imagesincludinghis early“ShadowMan”canvaspaintings,aswellas photographs of his in situ street work, a selection of his “Marlboro”rodeohorsesilhouettes,andhis“BeautifulPaintings”seriesoflandscapesandseascapes, alongsideotherworksonpaper;behind-the-scenes studioshots;personal,unseenphotographsofthe artist; renowned for influencing artists such as Banksy, Blek leRat,,one-of-a-kindbookwillappealtothoseinterestedinvisual arts, street art, graffiti, and art history.
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