RICHARD HAMBLETON, invitation, 1984
29,7 x 21 cm
twice folded as mailed
condition: splendid – mint
rare
published by Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
€ 260,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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One of Richard Hambleton lesser-known series of “Shadow men” is the so-called “Blood works” and “Mass Murder series”, where he used his own blood as a medium to push the impact of an image to its limits. A fallen figure on the street (or stair case) was outlined as if that was drawn by the police after a shot incident. A splash of blood as part of such a street painting gave it an eery atmosphere in the city of New York.
Galerie Barbara Farber was the only gallery in Amsterdam in the 80’s that showed American street artists like Richard Hambleton.