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Doze Green

I’ve been checking out the work of Doze Green for some time now, as he’s been featured in Straight No Chaser, XLR8R, and Juxtapoz magazines. Displaced and dismembered bodies floating admist icons of typeography and arrows, his work evokes a nightmarish world of the futuristic graff writer. Where some graffiti writers run into that proverbial brick wall while trying to crossover successfully into the art-world, Doze has done it with ease. Plus, he’s done so without compromising his unique vision. Originally a b-boy from back in the day (he’s featured briefly in the STYLE WARS documentary, so we’re talking about 1982, y’all), he’s not frontin’. He’s the real deal.

  • http://new-art.blogspot.com/ vvoitek

    I ddin’t know Doze Green. Thank you for making me discover him. I think the work (at least as I saw it on the net) is very fresh indeed. But I must disagree with the opinion that he has crossed over into the art-world “without compromising his unique vision”. I find the characters on his paintings to be all-too-similar to some of Picasso’s work (you know which one). They are put in a new context, a new background, but they seem to be taken out of a different epoch. Which, if you agree (which I don’t expect you too) doesn’t take any of their aesthetic quality away, but does question the originality. But then, does everything always have to be so damn original?

    http://new-art.blogspot.com

  • http://new-art.blogspot.com vvoitek

    I ddin’t know Doze Green. Thank you for making me discover him. I think the work (at least as I saw it on the net) is very fresh indeed. But I must disagree with the opinion that he has crossed over into the art-world “without compromising his unique vision”. I find the characters on his paintings to be all-too-similar to some of Picasso’s work (you know which one). They are put in a new context, a new background, but they seem to be taken out of a different epoch. Which, if you agree (which I don’t expect you too) doesn’t take any of their aesthetic quality away, but does question the originality. But then, does everything always have to be so damn original?

    http://new-art.blogspot.com

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    I would say that his work evokes Francis Bacon more than Picasso. And when I said that about him not compromising his unique vision, I was talking about how he is able to keep his style intact while dealing with clients or buyers, as when an artist makes the commitment to commerce, his/her vision most likely gets watered down in order to suit their needs.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    I would say that his work evokes Francis Bacon more than Picasso. And when I said that about him not compromising his unique vision, I was talking about how he is able to keep his style intact while dealing with clients or buyers, as when an artist makes the commitment to commerce, his/her vision most likely gets watered down in order to suit their needs.

  • http://new-art.blogspot.com/ vvoitek

    Well, I’ll match Bacon with Picabia. :)

  • http://new-art.blogspot.com vvoitek

    Well, I’ll match Bacon with Picabia. :)

  • http://hyb.dust.cx/index.php?p=641 Hurt You Bad » Drawn

    [...] ile goofing off at work. Always loads of great work on there and a recent entry was about Doze Green. Posted by b0b at 11/3/2005 

    2004 Hurtyoubad.com .

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  • http://drawn.ca/2005/03/20/barry-mcgee-aka-twist/ Drawn! » Blog Archive » Barry McGee aka TWIST

    [...] ngs and installations in art galleries across the globe. Just as I mentioned earlier about Doze Green making the jump from street to gallery with success, McGee has done so with much more fanfare. [...]

  • EyeBrows

    I’m familiar with ‘Twist’s’ art work but I’m also a great admirer of Doze’s art work as well but I also have a sense of history that adds texture to this comment. I’m from San Francisco, grew up here throughout the 70s and knew how the city looked LONG, LONG before the media exposed the New York city ghetto kids to the rest of the satellite states. I grew up in the Mission District….I’ve met Twist, twice. Once, I was surprised to find out who was actually behind the name. A tall, slim, reserved but cool fellow. By chance, a second ‘encounter’, in a painting session with a lot of young people. I was trying to come up and be a serious aerosol artist and was desperate to mingle. I asked a question that I thought wouldn’t be intrusive….he grimaced at me….ah, never idolize someone. A lesson I learned that day.

  • EyeBrows

    I’m familiar with ‘Twist’s’ art work but I’m also a great admirer of Doze’s art work as well but I also have a sense of history that adds texture to this comment. I’m from San Francisco, grew up here throughout the 70s and knew how the city looked LONG, LONG before the media exposed the New York city ghetto kids to the rest of the satellite states. I grew up in the Mission District….I’ve met Twist, twice. Once, I was surprised to find out who was actually behind the name. A tall, slim, reserved but cool fellow. By chance, a second ‘encounter’, in a painting session with a lot of young people. I was trying to come up and be a serious aerosol artist and was desperate to mingle. I asked a question that I thought wouldn’t be intrusive….he grimaced at me….ah, never idolize someone. A lesson I learned that day.