\n‘Tolerate Civilization’ & ‘Because War is just a 3 Lettered Word’<\/strong><\/p>\n
“With a . . career that spans 5 decades, this first generation NYC subway graffiti artist is bringing his poignant<\/em> works to London. set to sell . . . at 425 GBP \/ $521.84 USD, the prints will be available via Distassi Art’s ‘Spotlight’ online \/ portal, see: Distassi Art<\/a> a few golden nuggets from the above resources: NEW YORK ARTISTS – ON THE MOVE & relevant. HEADS UP !! these (very) limited edition prints become available . . on the 30th of August 2019. Distassi Art Presents: 2 Al Diaz Limited Edition Prints . . . ‘Tolerate Civilization’ & ‘Because War is just a 3 Lettered Word’ “With a . . career […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40658"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40687,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40658\/revisions\/40687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDistassi Art is proud to announce 2 very limited edition \/ prints marking Diaz’s . . debut transatlantic partnership.<\/strong>
\n‘Tolerate Civilization’ . .<\/strong> sees the New Yorker explore notions of society, with various historical references.
\n‘Because War is just a 3 Lettered Word’ . . <\/strong> sets military imagery against blooming flowers.
\nBoth pieces contain WET PAINT lettering \/ i.e. slicing out individual letters & then reassembling them to form socially-charged messages, and SAMO tags.”
\nthese carefully crafted editions will be printed by . . House of Roulx.
\n~Distassi Press Release <\/p>\n
\nand will be sold exclusively – through this London-based dealer.
\n~ sized at 18 x 24 in., the prints include a small white border for easy framing.
\n~ printed on premium Hahanemuhle William Turner matte fine art paper, 310 GSM, they are flat sheets – not off a roll.
\n~ they are hand-cut, with hand-deckled edges, and are hand-varnished twice post-print.
\n~ they are printed with archival pigment in the US.
\n~ this is<\/strong> a limited edition print run of 20 pieces each. <\/strong>
\n~ an artist proof is also available (600 GBP \/ $736.71 USD).<\/p>\n
\nsee: AL DIAZ – SAMO \/ Distassi Art<\/a>
\nsee: SAMO \/ BASQUIAT & AL DIAZ .. Wikipedia & A GREAT<\/strong> READ !!<\/a>
\nsee: Al Diaz – artist website<\/a><\/p>\n
\n~ AL DIAZ was tagging trains of the New York subway, in the 70s – aged 12, as ‘Bomb-One.’
\n~ in the years between 1977-79, Al and his high school buddy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, were covering the walls of Lower Manhattan with: SAMO.
\nso, go<\/strong> back & read those links \/ they are super fun,
\nand informative. these 2 kids blew-up the art scene, single-handedly.
\nit was quite the rebel \/ collaborative . . moment.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Al-Diaz-signing-Distassi-print.gif\")
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\nAL DIAZ . . signing the limited edition Distassi print:
\n‘Because War is just a 3 Lettered Word’.
\nimage via Instagram @albert_diaz<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Al-Diaz-print.gif\")
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\nAL DIAZ . . ‘Because War is just a 3 Lettered Word’ \/ Distassi Art
\nimage courtesy & copyright of . . Distassi Art<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Al-Diaz-signing-Disatssi-print.gif\")
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\nAL DIAZ . . signing the limited edition Distassi print:
\n‘Tolerate Civilization’.
\nimage via Instagram @albert.diaz<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Al-Diaz-distassi-print-civilzation.gif\")
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\nAL DIAZ, ‘Tolerate Civilization’ \/ Distassi Art
\nimage courtesy & copyright of . . Distassi Art<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"