Al Diaz Paintings
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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Paper, Adhesive, Tape, Board
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
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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 Paintings
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Mixed Media
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
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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 Paintings
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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
Al Diaz is an influential, first generation New York City graffiti artist, who later became a text oriented street a...
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2010s Contemporary Al Diaz Paintings
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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 Paintings
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Linen, Spray Paint, Permanent Marker
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