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The Mas.17.RN,
2017
Toxic
Painting : aerosol paint
110 x 75 x 2.5 cm 43.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch
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Hand-signed by artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
110 x 75 x 2.5 cm 43.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork sold framed
Artwork dimensions including frame
114 x 80 x 4 cm 44.9 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
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Artwork location: France
The painting's title (The MAS.17.RN) primarily references TMK, a legendary graffiti crew ("Tag Masters Killers") whose initials appear at the bottom of the canvas. This crew consisted of four graffiti pioneers: Rammellzee, "The Equation," AOne, "The Figurative Warrior," Kool Koor, "The Arbitrator and Draftman," and Toxic, "The Abstharctionist." The work dates from 2017, but it is part of a series of "Ransom Notes" (RN) produced in 2017/2018—works that the artist considers to have been taken hostage and which he will only release upon payment of a ransom.
Toxic will also join the "Hollywood Africans" crew (Rammelzee + Basquiat + Toxic), of which he is the last living member, which Basquiat depicted in one of his paintings.
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Born in 1965, American artist Torrick Ablack is one of the pioneers of the Graffiti movement of the early 80s.
Toxic grew up in the Bronx and began to draw on the trains and the walls of New York at the age of 13, with his friends, Kool Koor and the late A-One.
His meetings with Ramelzee and Basquiat (with whom he later formed the Hollywood Africans, after the name of a famous painting by Basquiat) at the beginning of 80s were decisive for his career. After a few years in Paris, Torrick Ablack lives today in Florence, Italy.
Toxic's paintings constitute a complex and alluring universe, with crazy colors, a journey made of symbols and tags which take us back to his roots and help us understand his artistic career. The artist has a great mastery of color, he draws his floating characters with spray paint on canvas and tells their stories. His painting is a constant evolution, a progression that follows his journey as a man and as an accomplished artist. What he makes today is a discovery, what he will make tomorrow is a bet.
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Toxic grew up in the Bronx and began to draw on the trains and the walls of New York at the age of 13, with his friends, Kool Koor and the late A-One.
His meetings with Ramelzee and Basquiat (with whom he later formed the Hollywood Africans, after the name of a famous painting by Basquiat) at the beginning of 80s were decisive for his career. After a few years in Paris, Torrick Ablack lives today in Florence, Italy.
Toxic's paintings constitute a complex and alluring universe, with crazy colors, a journey made of symbols and tags which take us back to his roots and help us understand his artistic career. The artist has a great mastery of color, he draws his floating characters with spray paint on canvas and tells their stories. His painting is a constant evolution, a progression that follows his journey as a man and as an accomplished artist. What he makes today is a discovery, what he will make tomorrow is a bet.
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