Doze Green Teaser :: Off The Hook

After patiently waiting for a year to capture the one-and-only Doze Green at work, we got our chance. This studio visit took place a few days before the opening of his solo show at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

About Doze Green:

Doze Green was born and raised in New York City. He is an original member of the infamous Rock Steady Crew, he is a pioneer of Hip Hop Culture, he is a Graff Legend- the King of Character’s. He is a fusionist – a Symbolist – a figurative painter – an “Artist’s Artist”. His work defies definition.

Doze Green is a Humanist first, and Artist second. As art critic Anjee Helstrup said “His work is raw yet refined, emotive, highly symbolic and has a complexity that looks not only to the past and present state of the world, but also alludes to a future that is guided through a convergence that is not limited by conventional religious forms.” Although Doze uses esoteric symbols not easily interpreted to explore the human condition, his use of “street symbols” from his New York upbringing keep him connected to the underground culture and community he helped create.

Over the years, Doze Green’s paintings have progressed from the streets and into galleries. In the same spirit of graffiti they tell the stories of the oppressed which continue to be largely untold. His art career began on the walls and eventually the trains of NYC in 1974. By the mid 1980′s he was exhibiting his work in art spaces such as the OK Harris Gallery, Tony Shafrazi Gallery and the Fun Gallery. Doze Green’s work is in many public and private collections throughout the United States, Japan, Europe and Australia.

More on Doze Green: DOZE GREEN
More on Jonathn LeVine Gallery: JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY

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