Lee Quiñones
Legendary graffiti artist, Lee Quiñones, assembled this unique collection of vintage records and tagged each one as a recollection of the varied musical styles - disco to soul to rock and roll - that inspired and energized his iconic subway pieces of the 1970s and 80s. The records together with a tagged can of spray paint from the artist's collection are housed in a vintage suitcase, much like the one Quiñones used to carry his paint cans to the train yards and tunnels. This unique portfolio represents not only the soundtrack of the artist’s career but also a mini-retrospective of his visually dynamic tags.
Quiñones was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1960 and raised in New York City’s Lower East Side. One of the originators of street art, Quiñones started painting on city streets and subway cars in the 1970s. Over the next decade, he would paint over 100 whole subway cars throughout the MTA system, to then shift to a studio-based practice. He was instrumental in moving street art above the ground when he created the first handball-court mural in 1978. He has presented numerous solo shows and exhibited internationally, including at the Galleria La Medusa, Rome, White Columns, NY, Documenta #7 Kassel, Germany, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY and MoMA PS1, NY.
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Lee Quiñones
Track Record, 2021
Portfolio of 11 vintage records with screenprint and one custom record with recordings by the artist housed in a vintage suitcase with an individual can of spray paint from the artist’s collection
Edition: 12
$15,000
