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... " Without a doubt, the big star of the evening was Seen. The prolific train painter and graffiti legend from the Bronx who starred in Subway Art and Style Wars had been living in Paris for the past few years and it clearly helped his market in the city. Seen’s Graffiti Explosion 2 painting from 1984, a classic work by the artist from the peek of his train painting career brought in $55,924, well about its $25,000-$40,000 estimate. However, the biggest winner for the evening was Seen’s more recent painting, Spiderman Who? from 2009. Clearly inspired by Roy Lichtenstein’s comic-inspired Pop Art paintings, Andy Warhol’s Superman paintings, and the comic book-inspired works of Seen’s Subway Art contemporary, Crash. Spiderman Who? was estimated at $35,000-$45,000, but skyrocketed up to $122,210 by the time the gavel hit making it by far the largest sale of the evening... "

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Lets have a look over the shoulder of a great artist with a few photos of Seen working in his studio on canvas!

 

Richie Mirando (*1961), known as Seen is involved in graffiti for more than three decades, he is one of the pioneers in the development of graffiti as an art form. Seen, who grew up in The Bronx in New York City, first started to paint on subways in 1973. His crew United Artists (or simply UA) quickly gained the reputation for producing full-color throw-ups on whole cars with members such as Pjay, Duster, Sin, and his brother Mad. For the next 16 years his pieces were running across the city and on all lines, but they were especially prominent on the 2, 5, and 6 lines. He was responsible for dozens of whole-car top-to-bottoms, many of which have become iconic images of the time. In the late 1980s Seen also turned his talent to tattoo art, opening Tattoo Seen, which quickly became one of the most successful studios in New York

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