Quik
I am a Lonely Painter, I live in a Box of Paint
1999
Spray can on canvas
180 × 130 cm
Unique
Location: Bruxelles, Belgium
Arianee token ID
435212906
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About the artwork
True to his acid colors, Quik plunges us into a comic-book scene. In the center, a woman seems to have lost her way, drowning around the artist's recognizable characters. We understand from the text that the protagonist is a painter alone around her cans of paint, personified as cartoon figures. Could this be a thought from the artist himself?
Expert opinion
Quik is one of those artists who have infused the European urban scene with the energy of American graffiti culture. He is celebrated for his satirical style, which hijacks the symbols of popular culture while injecting purely autobiographical references. It is in the interplay between the history of the African-American man and the intimate expression of his life that Quik's practice expresses itself. This canvas is characteristic of the artist's work and testifies to his importance as an essential link in the urban art movement.
About the artist
Lin Felton aka Quik was born in 1958 in Queens, New York. He began tagging on Queens walls at the age of 10. It wasn't long before he was covering the grayness of the city's trains with his name and recognizable graffiti. An active member of the RTW Crew, he has worked alongside the likes of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Futura. After graduating from Parsons School of Design, Quik was spotted by Dutch art dealer Yaki Kornblit, who encouraged him to move to Europe, where he would become a recognized artist. His work has become a fixture on the international scene, and has been incorporated into prestigious collections. His work can be found in the collections of the Museum of the City of New York, the Studio Museum of Harlem in New York, the Becht Collection, the Martin Visser Collection and the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands.
“My medium of choice? Spraying paint on subway trains.”
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