Alan Vega

United States  • 1938

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Alan Vega was born in Brooklyn in 1938 and died in New York in 2016. He is an artist but is more particularly known for his work as a songwriter, and a performer within his punk group Suicide. He studied art at Brooklyn College and began his career as an artist. He made light sculptures and then called himself Alan Suicide, then Nasti Cut, and finally Vega in 1973. In 1971, he began to manage an art gallery in Manhattan where he lived, hosting his project “Project of living artists ”, Dedicated to showing performance. There he will meet the New York Dolls, Television and Blondie, and will learn about music and then found his group Suicide.
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Alan Vega was born in Brooklyn in 1938 and died in New York in 2016. He is an artist but is more particularly known for his work as a songwriter, and a performer within his punk group Suicide. He studied art at Brooklyn College and began his career as an artist. He made light sculptures and then called himself Alan Suicide, then Nasti Cut, and finally Vega in 1973. In 1971, he began to manage an art gallery in Manhattan where he lived, hosting his project “Project of living artists ”, Dedicated to showing performance. There he will meet the New York Dolls, Television and Blondie, and will learn about music and then found his group Suicide.

When was Alan Vega born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1938