He says, “If I could just paint on walls all day long, that would be all I do, but I’m not selfish with my work. His client list includes Robert De Niro, Adrien Brody, Benicio del Toro, Nobu Matsuhisa, David Blaine and Seth Rogen, and his artworks today sell for between US$20,000 and $50,000. He has also painted on Richard Corman’s photographs of Madonna from the 1980s. So who is the real Alec Monopoly? While his true identity remains a mystery, chances are if you live in Los Angeles, New York, Miami or London, you’ve probably driven past one of his street murals featuring widely-known, wealthy pop-culture figures from childhood, like the Monopoly Man, Richie Rich or Uncle Scrooge, or his interpretations of celebrity icons such as Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Jack Nicholson, Goldie Hawn and Twiggy. But I’ve shifted my focus to doing walls where I have permission, where I can spend more time to define the piece rather than just doing stupid tags.” It’s more about luck: at that time, a cop drives by you. “You just accept it when you start doing graffiti that it’s going to happen at some point. “I can’t count on both hands how many times I’ve been in trouble,” he relates. Aware that he could be arrested simply for putting work up in the streets, he understands that this vulnerability is all part of the game.
He has done away with the bandana he usually wears as a mask to protect his anonymity when he carries out illegal street tagging, where entire cities become his temporary art galleries.
When we meet, Monopoly is dressed all in black sporting long gold chains and a top hat, echoing his signature portrait of the mustached, tuxedoed Monopoly board game character he’s best identified with. Initially launched in an edition of 150, which will be followed by additional versions and editions of the character in 2015, it marks Monopoly’s first foray into sculpture and toy figure releases.Īrtist Alec Monopoly (Photo Damon Kidwell) Shopping for Cheap Alec Monopoly at Handmade painting Store and more from banksy art,banksy graffiti art,graffiti art,hand painted,art poster on ,the Leading Trading Marketplace from China.Mini Monopz, a limited-edition toy sculpture he designed in collaboration with Juan Faustin, creator of toy upstart Expressalo. He painted the façade of the SLS Hotel and a giant duck poolside, a double-decker bus and a fleet of supercars, unveiled a series of new paintings – some on custom-made shaped canvases that he’s working on for the first time – and debuted It’s a warm, sunny December day in Miami during Art Basel and the 28-year-old Los Angeles-based graffiti artist who goes by the name of Alec Monopoly has been keeping busy.
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