“The point of departure for 'graffiti as an alternative to standard art' was provided by a New Wave musician named Jean-Michel Basquiat... It's unclear whether conceptual artists began picking up on Samo's strategy, or whether Samo borrowed its m.o. from conceptual art” - Richard Goldstein (p. 58)The village Voice, December 24-30 1980
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Above a photograph of a graffitied subway car, writer Richard Goldstein invoked Santa’s reindeer for his December 1980 cover story on Graffiti Art with the headline “On, Zephyr, Futura! On, Crash and Ali!” Goldstein’s illuminating survey of NYC’s Graffiti scene, combined with Steven Mark Needham’s striking photographs and Henry Chalfont’s epic subway-car centerfold, has enshrined this rare issue as one of the most important and desirable pieces on Graffiti Art from the turn of the decade.
This article is also notable as perhaps the first to discuss Jean-Michel Basquiat’s importance and influence as a Visual and Conceptual Artist.
Relevant Article: Richard Goldstein, “In Praise of Graffiti” cover, centerfold, pgs. 55,58
The Village Voice
Vol. XXV, No. 52, December 24-30, 1980
Ed. Susan Lyne
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