- Dondi (artist)
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graffiti artist. For thecomic strip , seeDondi ."Donald "Dondi" White (
April 7 ,1961 –October 2 ,1998 ) is considered one of the most influentialgraffiti art ists in the history of the movement.History
Born in the East New York section of Brooklyn, Dondi was the youngest of 5 children. He was of
African American andItalian American descent.Graffiti became a serious part of Dondi's life in the early 70's. Dondi adopted "NACO" as his moniker, and he became a member of TOP (The Odd Partners). In 1977, Dondi created his own crew, named CIA (Crazy Inside Artists). For the next 20 odd years, Dondi became recognized as the stylistic standard, influencing a generation of graffiti writers. [ Zephyr, http://www.graffiti.org/dondi/zeph.html "Obituary and Biography", October 8, 1998, retrieved November 12, 2006.]
His most famous work was "Children of the Grave" Parts 1, 2 and 3—three
whole car s in the New York subway in the years 1978-1980.Dondi died of
AIDS on October 2nd, 1998.Legacy
Dondi had no children but left behind hundreds of paintings and drawings whose ownership is still being disputed at present.
The Glass pipe artist Marbleslinger features a Dondi stencil on a series of pieces from 2008.
Further reading
* Andrew Witten and Michael White, "Dondi White Style Master General: The Life of Graffiti Artist Dondi White", Regan Books (2001), ISBN 0060394277 - see
Zephyr (graffiti artist) Notes
External links
* [http://www.dondiwhitefoundation.org/bio.htm Dondi White Foundation]
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