42+ City As Canvas Graffiti Art From The Martin Wong Collection Background. Artist martin wong moved to new york city from san francisco in the late 1970s, and took a job at pearl paint in chinatown. Martin wong was one of the first prominent american street artists that developed an international reputation for his style of street art which often included hands that were performing sign.
Martin wong, an east village artist and. Now 20 years later the museum has organized a show, curated by sean corcoran, that features 150 works of art from wong's collection. Courtesy museum of the city of new york keith haring artwork from city as canvas considering the sudden and bleak demise of graffiti hub 5 pointz, and with all of october's banksy hysteria behind us, this seems like an ideal time to look back at the beginnings of street art in nyc.
Artist martin wong moved to new york city from san francisco in the late 1970s, and took a job at pearl paint in chinatown.
The walker art center, minneapolis, mn. Read our contemporary artist biography and browse related content. Vietnam city turns into graffiti canvas. Тэги the first time exhibition of works from the expansive street art collection of martin wong.