Richard Hambleton

Richard Hambleton (born 1954 in Vancouver, Canada) is a painter and graffiti artist. He counts this part of his art for art in public space. He currently lives and works in the Lower East Side in New York.

Works in public space

" Mass murder representations "

Hambletons early works in public spaces provide an imitation of crime scenes dar. These he painted with white chalk the typical outline of murder victims were lying on the ground volunteers and then splashed red paint over the drawing to create a possible authentic acting " crime scene ". From 1976 to 1979 he distributed in San Francisco, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Montreal, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Portland, Ottawa and Banff about 600 of these works. Like his later shadow men should shock those passers-by and attract attention.

Shadow Men

His most famous works are the so-called Shadow Men ( Shadowmen ) from the early 1980s. This life-size, human silhouettes, he painted some very rough with black paint in public spaces on various walls. He placed these figures so that they achieve the greatest possible effect on the recipient. So he put his characters, for example, deliberately in dark alleys and corners, where they speak to pedestrians " lurk " and to frighten them. He worked with such work except in New York, among others, also in Paris and Berlin.

Exhibitions

Works by Richard Hambleton are found not only in the public space, but also be issued worldwide in galleries and museums since 1977. Among them are canvas and paper work of his shadow men. His art was, inter alia, also at the Venice Biennale in 1984 and 1988 shown.

Current work

His current works are called " Beautiful Paintings " means. Hambleton used for transparent colors on a metallic substrate to reflect light and colors and from the viewer, who is to be part of his works. In this way, he tried again to integrate the recipient in his art.