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In 1979, graffiti artist #LeeQuinones & #Fab5Freddy were given a gallery opening in Rome by art dealer Claudio Bruni. For many outside of New York, it was their first encounter with their art form. Fab 5 Freddy's friendship with Debbie Harry influenced Blondie's single "Rapture", the video of which featured Jean-Michel #Basquiat, and offered many their 1st glimpse of a depiction of elements of #graffiti in #hiphopculture. #StyleWars depicted not only famous graffiti artists such as Skeme, Dondi, MinOne, and ZEPHYR, but also reinforced graffiti's role within New York's emerging hip-hop culture by incorporating famous early break-dancing groups such as #RockSteadyCrew into the film & featuring rap in the soundtrack. Fab 5 Freddy & Futura 2000 took hip hop graffiti to Paris and London as part of the New York City Rap Tour in 1983. Read more: http://www.hiphopscriptures.com/graffiti/#.WncYFWJOmEd

This volume presents a sweeping overview of the monumental work of Puerto Rican–born artist Lee Quiñones over the past five decades. When Quiñones made his first spray paint mural in the New York City subway system, he was just 14 years old. He eventually spray-painted murals on over 120 subway cars, infusing kinetic elements of Futurism into his illustrations. These highly visible graffiti works served as a catalyst for what is now acknowledged as the Street Art movement. Indeed, the artist introduced spray paint-based work to international audiences upon his first formal exhibition, and he also invented the concept of the freestanding urban mural through his handball court piece, Howard the Duck (1978). This book is chock-full of Quiñones’ street art works, paintings and drawings, underscoring the poetic social commentary the artist has incorporated throughout his formal evolutions. Pairing high-resolution images of his works with thoughtful scholarship, the monograph traces his influence on peers such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz. An abundance of archival photographs capture the gritty, vibrant New York City of Quiñones’ early career. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1960, and raised in the Lower East Side, Lee Quiñones is considered the single most influential artist to emerge from the New York subway art movement. In 1980, Quiñones had his first New York show at White Columns, ushering in an important era as the medium of spray paint expanded from public spaces to stationary canvas works.

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Lee Quinones ,1982 #ghostgalerie . . . #leequinones #panther #pantherpainting #spraypaintart #sprayartist #nycpostgraffitioldschool #contemporaryartpainting #artgalleries #artexhibit #1982 #blackpanther #pinkeyes #nycoldschool #americanpainting #americanpainter #ghostgallery #aerosolartist #graffitimaster #graffiticulture #graffiticollection #graffitioldschool #graffitiart #graffiti_magazine #contemporaryartcollector (à Marseille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8erM8yIqYx/?igshid=17c5v82z1zglo

LEE QUINONES #painting 1986 #ghostgalerie #redline . . . #leequinones #sprayenamel #1986 #courseautomobile #youngtimer #ricer #postgraffiti #oldschoolart #80sart #80s #nyccars #collectorcar #eighties #spraycollection #contemporaryartcollection #artpress #pressday #nycgraffitiart #artcollecting #artdealers #stylewars #wildstyle #artconsulting (à Marseille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGEgm6-F3Pk/?igshid=o10txi0po780

“Brooklyn Flow” aka “Oil Painting” aka “BIG Moves” Reflecting on @leequinones COMANDANTE BIGGIE mural in Ft. Greene at the corner of Fulton & South Portland #LeeQuinones #BiggieSmalls #NotoriousBIG #BIGGIE #BIG #CheGuevara #Art #Revolutionary #Creators #Mural #Graffiti #StreetArt #HipHop #CreativeExpression #Flow #Water #Reflection #Photography #WorkTheAngles #FtGreene #Brooklyn #NewYork #NYC #NYSee #VTechVisual #PhotoGraffix #JoshuaReynoldsPhotoGraffix #OpticRaw #VisualWeight #TrustYourFlow (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8l2DJ1JnHz/?igshid=8k54u5yz2fey

Stopped by Henry Chalfant's exhibition @bronxmuseum yesterday. So many photos of the trains he shot over the years. One of the trains stood out to me "Stop The Bomb", I looked it up and pf course it's by @leequinones who's exhibition opening I just went to at @james_fuentes_llc #HenryChalfant #LeeQuinones #Graffiti #graffitiwriter #BronxMuseum #NYCSUBWAY #80s (at Bronx Museum of the Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vW-FWnhdV/?igshid=12vaup6p0hza0