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April 21, 2014
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April 21, 2014
Dan Witz video on ANIMAL
Meet Dan Witz, Street Art Pioneer By Andy Cush | April 21, 2014 In the late 1970s, Dan Witz began painting hummingbirds on walls around downtown Manhattan. The work — created illegally, with acrylic paint and brushes — so predated any notion of “street art” that the term hadn’t even been codified yet. It was... read more
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April 17, 2014
TimeOutNY reviews Dan Witz
"NY Hardcore" Time Out Critic’s Pick Posted: April 9, 2014 Dan Witz, "Vision of Disorder" — Image courtesy of Jonathan LeVine Gallery If you’re not one for water lilies and starry nights, don’t forget that oil paint can also yield some seriously tough stuff. This on-canvas series by Brooklyn-based punk rocker turned artist... read more
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April 2, 2014
Dan Witz in The Village Voice
Dan Witz is painfully familiar with the sweat-stained violence of New York hardcore punk concerts. Attending shows in Brooklyn and Long Island by the bands Agnostic Front and Vision of Disorder, Witz has suffered black eyes, a broken finger, and various cuts and bruises. He once had a camera slammed into his face. He started... read more
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July 1, 2011
Dan Witz video by FWL
In the latest video by Friends We Love, we visit Dan Witz in the artist’s Brooklyn studio, where he discusses his street art as well as the series of paintings featured in Mosh Pits, Human and Otherwise, his current solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery.
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June 28, 2011
Dan Witz video on Life+Times
Leading up to his solo exhibition this Thursday, Brooklyn-based artist Dan Witz is featured in this video on Jay-Z’s Life+Times, discussing his work while putting up a piece of street art.
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June 1, 2011
The Emergence of the Pop Imagist
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce its program during the 54th Annual Venice Biennale, The Emergence of the Pop Imagist—a group exhibition presented in association with Bonelli ArteContemporanea. Curated by Jonathan LeVine and Giovanni Bonelli, the exhibition will occupy a former school building called Scuola dei Mercanti, located at: Campo de la Madonna de... read more
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November 29, 2010
Dan Witz — Wall Street Journal
Dan Witz hand painting the front cover of his limited edition book, In Plain View. Dan Witz, Painting the Streets Since 1970 NOVEMBER 23, 2010, 8:30 PM ET Alexandra Cheney He’s in and out in 10 seconds, but don’t call him a graffiti artist. That’s all the time he’s got to create his works of... read more
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October 26, 2010