Postmodern Artist Painted Graffiti Style Art on Vintage Mid Century Nightstands

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All-over abstract composition hand-painted in acrylic and spray-paint by artist Lionel Lamy on a pair of 1960's nightstands. Each nightstand … Read more All-over abstract composition hand-painted in acrylic and spray-paint by artist Lionel Lamy on a pair of 1960's nightstands. Each nightstand has two pull-out drawers and one sliding door. One of a kind pieces that are both art objects and functional furniture. Signed and dated on the inside.

Dimensions: 26.5" wide x 18" deep x 24" high. Newly refinished, in very good condition.

Artist Statement:

I'm inspired by the egalitarianism of graffiti art and how it empowers people to regain a voice in their environment, as well as by the liberating DIY philosophy of folk art. Ultimately creating a folk art which can digest, distort, and reclaim the chaos of our particular, apocalyptic, 21st century experience.

Reclamation Series 2022-23:

In this series of painted pieces a language is hinted at but is reduced to shapes and colors and purposefully meant to be unreadable. The message is the imagery; the bold, fractured dense noise of shape and color balanced in an organically-accumulated asymmetric. See less