About the artwork
With its characteristic bright colors, Quik paints a profile figure straight out of a comic strip. Shouting "What the Hell!!!", the woman is surprised and seems to wonder at the motifs in the background, which almost appear to be moving. As if the figure's reality were altered, the viewer is transported into another universe.
Expert opinion
Quik is one of those artists who have infused the European urban scene with the energy of American graffiti culture. 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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