Dondi White (1961 - 1998), USA

Dondi White (Donald Joseph White). "World Power". Farvelitografi på papir, 50,7 x 60,7 cm, motivmål 31 x 49 cm. Nummereret 37/100. Medfølger katalog over en serie med fire litografier. Graffiti became a serious part of Dondi's life in the mid 1970s. He became a member of TOP crew (The Odd Partners) in 1977. In 1978, Dondi formed his own crew, named CIA (Crazy Inside Artists), which included other prominent artists such as his good friend DURO, CRASH and RASTA. For the next 20-odd years, Dondi became recognized as the stylistic standard, influencing a generation of graffiti writers. As New York?s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) eradicated graffiti writing from its trains, White became one of many graffitists who began to work aboveground. Graffiti-based art was at the heart of New York?s art scene in the 1980s. White put his work on canvas and exhibited it in art galleries. He was the first graffiti artist to have a one-man show in the Netherlands and Germany, and his work i