Kenny Scharf
I always interpreted this poster as representing real estate predators stalking the neighborhood. This was in the East Village somewhere around First Avenue and 10th Street, I think. Artist unknown.
I’m in the middle of scanning my street art slides from the 1980’s. Can anyone identify this artist? I’m thinking it may be Richard Hambleton, who is most famous for his shadow men.
Update August 5, 2009: David Fried a friend of Hambleton says it is definitely not his work. David was a member of Avant a street art group in the early 80’s.
This was on a parking lot wall on Houston Street in Soho. It was only up for a day or two before it was painted over, previously it was covered with ugly tags, and the owners didn’t seem to care. I love this piece and am so happy that I had my camera ready.
By White Papers. It was originally pasted on Mercer Street at Canal in Soho, NYC. The year is 1984. The same artist did many other politically tinged pieces during the time period.
This stencil artist was very active back in 1984. I think he had had a piece in the ABC no Rio benefit show this past fall. Identification help requested.
It was located on 6th Street and Avenue B in the East Village.
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Greetings Michael, Nice photographs!
The white paint on blue wall – surely not Hambleton..he was a friend back in the day. I can’t identify.
The Kennedy/Lennon was from “white papers” but i did not know that guy. (you can see another one of his on my site) The first image is kenny scharf of course. I am one of the artists from the 1980s AVANT group (see website) and I am wondering if you have any historical images of our work?? my own archive is pretty small. Alot never got shot, or got lost over the years.
Cheers,
David