Richard Hambleton | Shadowman

THE KINGPIN OF THAT SCIENCE THE STREET ART OF RICHARD HAMBLETON E

“HE WAS THE KINGPIN OF THAT SCENE, MORE FAMOUS - AND VALUED MORE HIGHLY - THAN HIS NOW-VENERATED CONTEMPORARIES KEITH HARING AND I MICHEL BASQUI T. IN THE LATE 1970S AND , LED ENTS AND JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT. IN THE LATE 1970S AND 1980S, HE PEOPLED THE PAVEMENTS AND WALLS OF AMERICA L F A ERICA AND CANAD WITH HIS FAKE MURDER SCENE AND LURKING SHADOWMEN, SURPRISING, TERRORISING AND DELIGHTING AND CANADA WITH HIS FAKE MURDER SCENES AND LURKING SHADOW MEN, SURPRISING, TERRORISING AND DELIGHTING PASSERS- I PIN T SCENE, MORE S - AND VALUED IGHLY - THAN I -VENERATED P RARIES ING AND JEAN- “

BY WITH ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS AND STREET STUNTS BEFORE BANKSY WAS EVEN OUT OF NAPPIES. COURTED BY ANDY AND STREE STUNTS BEFORE BANKSY WAS EVEN OUT OF NAP IES. COURTED BY ANDY WARHOL, WHO BEGGED TO PAINT HIS PORTRAIT, ONLY TO BE REFUSED POITN BLANK, PRAISED BY LIFE MAGAZINE, POIN BLANK, PRAISED BY LIFE MAGAZINE, WHO PUT HIM N THEIR C VER NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.” - Alice Jones, Independent , 2010 WHO PUT HIM ON THEIR COVER NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.” PASSERS-BY WITH AR ISTIC I ERVENTIONS WARHOL, WHO BEG ED T PAINT HIS PORTRAIT, ONLY TO BE REFUSED

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