'Futura 2000 Break Car' by Futura, 2018
Limited Edition Skateboard deck collab. with Beyond the Streets.
Based on the original image by famed street art photographer Martha Cooper.
8.25 x 32 Inches
Screen print transfer on cold-pressed Steep natural skate deck.
Limited Edition of 250 (Sold Out).
New in shrink wrap with deck hanger.

ARTIST BIO/ABOUT THE ART

Growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Lenny McGurr aka Futura 2000 started spraying at the tender age of 15. After an unfortunate accident painting with a friend in a train tunnel he put his art on hiatus. After four years he picked up the can again, painting alongside New York Graffiti legends like Dondi, SEEN and Zephyr.

When Futura painted his “Break” train in 1980 he turned heads: Abandoning the traditional Graffiti lettering style was revolutionary and way ahead of his time as normally writers would make sure their names would be boldly featured. Futura stuck with this style and the rest is Graffiti history.

This FUTURistic approach blurred the line between traditional Graffiti and abstract art and made it possible for him to crossover to the fresh new art scene that formed in SoHo at the time.

Rubbing shoulders with Pop Artists like Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring, Basquiat and Warhol, Futura went on to exhibit in galleries like the Mudd Club, PS1 and Fun Gallery. Especially Keith Haring was very proactive in getting Graffiti artists acknowledged and helped getting them to mingle with the more established art crowd. At some point Futura even dated a young Madonna! True story…
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New in shrink wrap with deck hanger.

8.25 in