RICHARD HAMBLETON
2010-11-22Richard Hambleton rose to fame in the early 1980’s when like his contemporaries, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, he used the streets of New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, London and Japan as his canvas for visually arresting public art, most notably his “Shadowman” and “Crime Scene” series. Where he painted “chalk” outlines around volunteer victims, then splashed red paint on the outline. Hambleton has now been labelled ‘The Godfather of Street Art’, influencing artists such as Paris based street artist Blek le Rat and English street artist Banksy. Of the 45 pieces, 30 works (including 25 never before seen works) will be for sale.
The exhibition is curated by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld & Andy Valmorbida, in collaboration with Giorgio Armani.
Exhibition runs from November 19th to December 3rd, 2010
The Dairy
7 Wakefield Street
London
WC1N 1PG
