Al Diaz Mixed Media
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.to
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Artist: Al Diaz
AL DIAZ Accept and Embrace Madness/ SAMO(c) As a Suggestive Note (Original)
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 in the 70's- 80'...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Al Diaz Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Board, Permanent Marker
We Await a New Time / SAMO(c)…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 part of the 70’s- 80’s SAMO© duo with Jean Michel Basquiat.
One side has thought provoking text by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Al Diaz Mixed Media
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Paper, Adhesive, Tape, Board
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