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Artist Richard Hambelton spent most of the 80’s in New York, cruising streets of Manhattan leaving bizarre imagery spray painted on the walls of the city. NYC in the 80’s was not quite the place it is right now crime, prostitution and drugs were ruling large pockets of the city. Richard Hambelton began drawing his “Image Mass Murder” pieces right about that time. Morbid public display of the violence reflected in his art was disturbingly fascinating appearing everywhere but then it all just stopped. Artist abandoned his adopted city and when on the cross country tour spreading his art  all over the US. Each piece he produce took just a few seconds, and then he would quickly disappear into the night  with a can of black paint hidden under his trench coat.

Richard Hambleton's work have been shown internationally in world-class galleries and museums, including paintings on canvas and paper of his "shadow" work.Richard Hambleton's artwork has been represented in the Venice Biennale in 1984 and 1988,and his work is part of numerous permanent collections including that of the Museum of Modern Art.

In 2009, the works of Richard Hambleton were displayed in an exhibition celebrating his 40 year career as an artist entitled, "Richard Hambleton - New York." The exhibit was the result of a collaborative effort between Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida, and Giorgio Armani.

Presented at a space located at 560 Washington Street in New York City, the show was heavily publicized and featured as part of New York Fashion Week. Designed to be an "art event," similar to those in the days of Andy Warhol, the opening attracted many celebrities, including Mary J. Blige, Bruce Willis, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Aniston; as well as a host of supermodels of the fashion world, including Lily Donaldson and Bar Refaeli. The show opened on September 15, 2009, and is seen by some as re-establishing Richard Hambleton's important place in the history of modern art.

Via http://www.naxmix.com  http://www.naxmix.com/-art/

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