the artist maxy: nyc streetstyle of the 80s and 90s

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giant finger paintings urban primitive

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coloredlezzies acrylic on canvas 53” x 75” 1991

as seen in the film blood brothers: bruce springsteen and the e-street band

bigbertha blowzherstak acrylic on canvas “50” x 50” 1990

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Reggaeon Broadway ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 54” by 54” 1991

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ManyRivers toCross ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 53” by 53” 1988

doggystile acrylic on canvas 50” by 50” 1989

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disguys acrylic on canvas 50” by 50” 1990

bluelady acrylic on canvas 54” x 88” 1988

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indianr acrylic on canv 30” x 34” 1988

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BigChief ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 92” by 54” 1993

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HipHopon Broadway ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 84” by 54” 1994

orgasmus acrylic on canvas 53â&#x20AC;? x 75â&#x20AC;? 1988

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skismatosis acrylic on canvas 50” x 74” 1991

estrus acrylic on canvas 78” by 54 1993

thehunt acrylic on canvas 52” x 78” 1991

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eries museumof americandeath acrylic on canvas 86â&#x20AC;? by 54 1987

petty mort acrylic on paper 53” x “39” 1998

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helterskelter acrylic on canvas 52” x 82” 1987

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Riversof Babylon ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 52” by 68” 1987

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boyin thebubble ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 52” by 68” 1987

untitled studies ACRYLIC ON paper 22” by 30” 2004

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Ooga Booga Bwana ACRYLIC ON PAPER 38” by 50” 1998

Shootin’ Star Pissin’ Dog ACRYLIC ON PAPER 38” by 50” 1998

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Pimp andJohn ACRYLIC ON PAPER 38” by 50” 1998

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the artist maxy: nyc streetstyle of the 80s and 90s

Published on May 14, 2022

“the artist maxy” (aka Max Singer) is nothing if not one of the brashest, most vibrant and challenging exponents of that genre of New York Art loosely known as “Streetstyle.”As its name suggests, Streetstyle was an anti-academic movement tuned into the Zeit of the streets and the clubs. In the New York of the early 80’s when this movement first hit it’s stride, this “Zeit” included a heady gumbo of music (hip-hop, punk and world music) and multi-cultural motifs (tribal iconography, graffiti and underground cartoons). While lesser known than his contemporaries Haring and Basquiat, Maxy and his work exhibit much of the common set of artistic and cultural influences, attitudes and lifestyles that unifies this stylistically diverse genre.