The Art Of Richard Hambleton
Month: April 2017
The Rise and Fall of a 1980s Street Art Star

The Rise and Fall of a 1980s Street Art Star Oren Jacoby’s Shadowman — which premieres today at the Tribeca Film Festival — reheats the tropes of documentaries about art in 1980s New York City, but its subject makes it noteworthy.
Richard Hambleton Documentary Now Showing at Hot Docs Film Festival

Shadowman now showing at Hot Docs Film Festival April 27 – May 7th 2017 in Toronto, Canada.
Widewalls Feature: A Historical Selection of Richard Hambleton Art Pieces at Woodward Gallery

The strange, almost menacing shadow done in black paint on the wall gave us an electrifying jolt – recalls Alessandro Riva of GallerySalvatore Ala, while remembering the New York in the 1980s, and his first encounter with Richard Hambleton art.
New York Post Features Shadowman Richard Hambleton

In the early 1980s, a series of shadowy street paintings — life-size monsters and cowboys — loomed large over the East Village.