OT084-OT085 - Historisches Museum Saar

R. Hambleton, Nightlife/Shadowman, brush graffiti, G. Zlotykamien, Ephemeres, spray graffiti, J. Mesnager, Homme Blanc, brush graffiti, former Place Saint Josse, Les Halles, Paris, 1984.

French street art pioneers pay tribute to Hambleton here. Shortly after their New York launch in 1981, his Shadowmen received international press coverage. In the twilight, they frightened passers-by and invited them to add their own eyes, feelers, horns, etc.

Photo: Jean-Noël Lafargue.

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Richard Hambleton (1952–2017), Nightlife/Shadowman, Katrin Kaluza (1959), red female figure, Marcus Krips (1965), spray drawing, Walter Dahn (*1954), horns, Ubierring, Cologne, 1984-86.

Hambleton was the first street artist to travel internationally with great media coverage and gave new impetus to illegal street art in places like Cologne and Paris.

Photo: Johannes Stahl.

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R. Hambleton, Nightlife/Shadowman, brush graffiti, G. Zlotykamien, Ephemeres, spray graffiti, J. Mesnager, Homme Blanc, brush graffiti, former Place Saint Josse, Les Halles, Paris, 1984.

Richard Hambleton (1952–2017), Nightlife/Shadowman, Katrin Kaluza (*1959), red female figure, Marcus Krips (*1965), spray drawing, Walter Dahn (*1954), horns, Ubierring, Cologne, 1984-86.

Richard Hambleton (1952–2017), Nightlife/Shadowman, Katrin Kaluza (1959), red female figure, Marcus Krips (1965), spray drawing, Walter Dahn (*1954), horns, Ubierring, Cologne, 1984-86.