Graffiti and Poetry Combined to Create Symbolic Portraits | My Modern Met

Posted on January 9, 2022 by agogo22

By Sara Barnes on January 8, 2022
“You Live and Learn,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 35.4 x 23.6 inches

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“The gutter feels closer to my creative home than the artist studio. I come from graffiti culture. I used to be the vulture, the raccoon, the street rat, that rummaged through leftover paint buckets left on the curbs of home renovations, treasuring other people’s trash.”[…]

An Ode to You,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 47.2 x 15.75 inches | “Seen It All and Still Have Hope,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 39.4 x 19.7 inches

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Director of Manchester School of Samba at http://www.sambaman.org.uk
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