Al Diaz Art
American, b. 1959
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented street artist whose career spans 5 decades. Diaz is best known for his collaboration with Jean Michel Basquiat on SAMO(c), graffiti that appeared in lower Manhattan from 1977 to 1979. SAMO(c) initially known for its wit and sarcastic humor, became a globally recognized graffito after Basquiat’s rise to fame. Diaz currently works with the WET PAINT & Service Change Alert signs used throughout the New York City subway system — cutting out individual letters from multiple signs to create clever, surreal and sometimes poignant anagrams. The reworked signage is then posted back onto subway walls.
His earlier WET PAINT work is featured in Nicholas Ganz’s new book “Street Messages”. Diaz exhibits regularly and has been a featured speaker on a variety of panel discussions, including at The New School, The Museum of the City of New York, NOLA Arts Festival in New Orleans, and The New York Public Library as part of a discussion panel on the Basquiat Notebooks. Al Diaz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.(Biography provided by International Fine Arts Consortium - IFAC Arts)
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Artist: Al Diaz
We Await a New Time / SAMO…As an End to Deliberate Spontaneity (Original)
By Al Diaz
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Amazing double sided Original Artwork by Al Diaz.
Al Diaz is also famous for being the other half of 70’s- 80’s SAMO© duo along with Jean Michel Basquiat.
One side has thought provok...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Al Diaz Art
Materials
Paper, Adhesive, Tape, Board
AL DIAZ Accept and Embrace Madness/ SAMO(c) As a Suggestive Note
By Al Diaz
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Amazing double sided Original Mixed Media Artwork by Al Diaz.
Al Diaz is known for being the other half of the world famous SAMO© duo along with Jean Michel Basquiat.
One side has t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Al Diaz Art
Materials
Paper, Board, Permanent Marker
"ALL WAR IS IN BAD TASTE"
By Al Diaz
Located in North Adams, MA
"ALL WAR IS IN BAD TASTE," Al Diaz, 2022
Silkscreen on 320 gram Coventry Rag paper
Dimensions: 14" x 20"
Signed and numbered by the Artist in pencil
An edition of 50
Al Díaz’s career spans five decades. Born and raised Puerto Rican in New York City, by age 15 he was an influential first-generation subway graffiti artist known as “BOMB-ONE.” His friendship and artistic collaboration with high school schoolmate Jean-Michel Basquiat on SAMO, (a late 70s Avant-garde graffiti tag project) has been noted often in contemporary art history. Díaz later contributed percussion to numerous musical recordings and performances, including Basquiat’s historic 1983 record, “Beat Bop,” (considered to be one of the earliest hip-hop albums...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Al Diaz Art
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Other Medium
IT WILL NOT DISAPPEAR IF WE JUST IGNORE IT
By Al Diaz
Located in North Adams, MA
"IT WILL NOT DISAPPEAR IF WE JUST IGNORE IT," Al Diaz, 2022
Silkscreen on 290 gram Coventry Rag paper with hand deckled edges
Dimensions: 18" x 37"
An edition of 10
Signed and numbered by the Artist
Note that the edition number you receive may be different than the one in the photograph.
Al Díaz’s career spans five decades. Born and raised Puerto Rican in New York City, by age 15 he was an influential first-generation subway graffiti artist known as “BOMB-ONE.” His friendship and artistic collaboration with high school schoolmate Jean-Michel Basquiat on SAMO, (a late 70s Avant-garde graffiti tag project) has been noted often in contemporary art history. Díaz later contributed percussion to numerous musical recordings and performances, including Basquiat’s historic 1983 record, “Beat Bop,” (considered to be one of the earliest hip-hop albums).
Díaz is sought-after as an expert of New York City counterculture art. He appears often in publications, as a highlighted speaker for a variety of panel discussions at universities and museums (including Smithsonian Institution, the Brooklyn Museum, The New School and Christie’s Education), and has been featured in several films, including Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat, BBC’s American Masters — Basquiat: Rage to Riches and Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. In 2018, Díaz authored "SAMO …SINCE 1978", an in-depth, color illustrated history of the street art legacy that he began with Basquiat in the late 70s. A notebook that Díaz made with Basquiat in his teens is currently held in the collection of the Yale University Beinecke Library.
Category
2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Art
Materials
Screen
Alien Cubism #3
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Al Diaz
Alien Cubism 3, 2018
Mixed media on sheet metal
24 x 18 inches
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented st...
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2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Art
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Mixed Media
Forgotten Names and Places
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Al Diaz
Forgotten Names and Places, 2019
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 40 in
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented...
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2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Art
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Mixed Media
Ghost Painting
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Ghost Painting
2021
mixed media on canvas
21 x 30 inches
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented street artist wh...
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2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Art
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Mixed Media
A Cerebral Assault
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Al Diaz
A Cerebral Assault, 2019
Mixd media on canvas
12 x 10 in
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2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Art
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Mixed Media
Qualified Candidates
By Al Diaz
Located in New York, NY
Qualified Candidates
2020
mixed media on plywood
45 inch diameter
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented street ...
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2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Art
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Mixed Media
Wasted Paper by Al Diaz, Graffiti Art, Spray Paint, Abstract Mixed Media
By Al Diaz
Located in Naples, FL
Al Diaz resurrects the SAMO© moniker he created when he was part of the NYC 80s street-art duo with Jean-Michel Basquiat. In his work, "Wasted Paper," Diaz takes elements from graffi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Al Diaz Art
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Permanent Marker
Earlier Attempts Failed
By Al Diaz
Located in Naples, FL
Al Diaz is best known for his collaboration with Jean Michel Basquiat on SAMO©, graffiti that appeared in lower Manhattan from 1977 to 1979. SAMO(c) initially known for its wit and s...
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2010s Outsider Art Al Diaz Art
Materials
Linen, Paper, Ink, Spray Paint
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