Doze Green ( American, b 1964) Mugsy Silver - 2018 Screenp...

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Doze Green ( American, b 1964)
Mugsy Silver - 2018
Screenprint (silver ink) on black paper
Limited edition numbered 13/70
Hand signed and numbered by the artist
Framed
70 x 50cm

Doze Green (American b 1964)  growing up in the '70s, his art was inspired by newspaper cartoons like Shoe, Saturday morning cartoons on TV and Superhero comics. He began to create his own characters when he was about seven years old. By the time he was twelve he was able to draw sophisticated characters in complete artistic settings. His family encouraged not only his artistic endeavours but also his songwriting.

He attended the High School of Art and Design in New York. The school encouraged artistic expression and even graffiti, which Green did in and around the city. One of his mentors was Donald Joseph White, who signed his graffiti art as DONDI. Green credits DONDI with helping him to create a cleaner, more careful and more sophisticated style than he had been doing before they met.

Green's cousins, who lived in the Bronx, introduced him to Hip-Hop culture and breaking dancing. He became a member of one of the earliest break dancing groups: the Rock Steady Crew. The group watched a lot of Bruce Lee and Kung Fu movies and emulated the characters and the movements. Green said he adopted a 'gangsta’ persona in both his music and his art.

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