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Al DiazSAMO(c) As an Alternative... /Went 2 Big City...(Double Sided Original Artwork)2016
2016
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Amazing double sided Original Artwork by Al Diaz.
Al Diaz is also famous for being the other half of 70’s- 80’s legendary SAMO© duo along with Jean Michel Basquiat.
One side has Went to the Big City... presented on tileboard.
Other side is hand illustrated with quote by Diaz, “SAMO©… AS AN ALTERNATIVE 2 GOD….” which the artist added in 2016.
Signed on bottom right tile side with AL DIAZ NYC 2016 in black marker.
The Went to the Big City... side is made on tile board and cut alphabets reminiscent of the Wet Paint signs found in NYC subways reworked by Diaz.
This original mixed media artwork is based on the anagram messages Diaz was pasting in NYC subways graffiti style around the time this artwork was produced.
This artwork can be displayed with either side showing or suspended so both sides are visible.
Certificate of Authenticity issued by our gallery included.
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- Creator:Al Diaz (1959, American)
- Creation Year:2016
- Dimensions:Height: 26.4 in (67.06 cm)Width: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)
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- Condition:Has marks on both sides as artist intended. Board has some rough edges as cut by artist.
- Gallery Location:Englishtown, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1624216673032
Al Diaz
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.
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