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Anthony Clarke, known as A-One was an American graffiti artist, born in 1964 and based in New York. A-One began tagging subway cars during the 1970s. He took a lot of his inspiration from Black culture and his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. A-One became well known and popular in the street art and contemporary art scenes. He developed an aesthetic that was looser than his fellow Manhattan artists, such as DAZE. Anthony Clarke then joined a group of artists known as the “Tag Master Killers,” which included Ramellzee, Toxic and Delta 2.

In 1982, he participated in a landmark graffiti exhibition in the South Bronx and was included the 1984 Venice Biennale, of which he was the youngest participant. Later on, in his life, he moved to Paris, where he continued to work until his death from an unexpected brain hemorrhage on November 11, 2001 at the age of 37.

In his work, I really like the colours used and the layering of some of his work. I find the way he works with line and colour really fascinating and how both aspects help one another to stand out.

Born in New York, McGurr started off doing illegal graffiti on subway trains in the early 1970s and by the 1980s, had work showed in the Fun Gallery, along side artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Harring. McGurr then went on to tour with the Clash and perform graffiti with then on stage. In 1985 he attended to first meeting for the graffiti and urban art movement and currently, now works as a successful graphic artist and gallery artists.

When looking at Futura’s work, I really like the colours and the combination of graffiti and abstract art that can be seen in his work. In a lot of his work, Futura uses contrasting colours when it comes to the foreground and background, which I personal really like and connects to my personal interests in art.

Born and based in New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat was from Haiti and Puerto Rican decent. Basquiat started off doing graffiti on the streets of New York under the name SAMO, and then decided to go with his real name Jean-Michel Basquiat and quickly grew to fame in to 1980s.

Since reading the book ‘Widow Basquiat” by Jennifer Clement, I’ve been very inspired by the work at Jean Michael Basquiat. In his work, I like the use of layering in colours and the variety of colours being used. I find his artwork to be some sort of collage piece. In the book ‘Widow Basquiat”, it said that a lot of time Jean-Michel would copy quotes from cartoons to cereal boxes and paint the quotations into his artwork. I would like to try this with my own work as I feel it connects well with my project as I’m surrounded by those quotations every day at the moment. As my work id very childlike, I feel Basquiat is a good influence to look at.