AONE

(Anthony Eden Clark - American)

1964 - 2001

Anthony Clark, also known as A-One, was an American artist, born in 1964 in New York. Active since the middle of the 1970’s, he is considered one of the pioneers of New York Graffiti. Proud member of the TDS (The Death Squad), known for pushing the boundaries of Wild Style and the legibility of his letters to the point of abstraction, he was also part of the group named TMK (Tag Master Killers) consisting namely of Rammellzee, Toxic, Kool Koor and even Delta 2. He was particularly inspired by afro-american contemporary culture, much like his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. His impulsive, and very personal aesthetic peaked the interest of collectors and professionals in the art world which led him to show his work in the historic and highly acclaimed Post-Graffiti exhibition curated by Dolores Neuman, at the Sidney Janis gallery, New York, in December of 1983, as well as at the Venice Biennale in 1984, where he was the youngest participant. A-One passed away at the young age of 37, in Paris in 2001. His work was largely presented in museum shows giving homage to post-graffiti since the beginning of the 1980’s and more recently in 2020, alongside artists who made up Basquiat’s inner circle such as Rammellzee, Kool Koor, Lady Pink, Lee Quinones, or even Futura 2000 in the exhibition Writing the Future : Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

« Good Bye My Hit master your work is done only on this mold of a planet ! You always Drew a Great Ikonoklast Panzerism letter Tank for me… Fly in your "A" far and Hit to hurt as you always have... Like my #1...We all know you will "ROCK THE GALAXY" now that you've got the chance... So Burn'em! I will be watching »

« AONE RETROSPECTIVE » - du 22 Juin au 27 juillet 2019 - Marseille.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

- A-One, exposition rétrospective / retrospective exhibition, Ghost galerie, Marseille, France, June 22th - July 27th (catalogue).

2010

- A-One (Ikonoklast Panzerism), Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala. Milan, Italy, July 1st - October 9th.

1990

- A-One - Dark and Wild; 1989-1990, Graffiti, Street- Art, Galerie Quintessens. Utrecht, The Netherlands.

1985

- Piccolo Museum, Lecce, Italy.

1983

- Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy.

1982

- Hamilton Place, Installation, New York, USA.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

- New York Street Style : création des années 80, Ghost Galerie, Paris, juillet - septembre 2022.

- Accrochage saisonnier, Ghost Galerie, Paris, France, Janvier-Juin 2022

2021

- Ghost DNA - exposition d’ouverture - opening exhibition, Ghost galerie, Paris, France, July 7th - September 4th.

- Nos Fantômes - exposition inaugurale, Ghost galerie, Paris, France. 10 Septembre - 20 Novembre, 2021.

- Writing the future, Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation, Museum of fine arts, Boston, USA, October 18th - July 25th 2021.

2012

- Graffiti - New York 80's, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, France, May 27th - July 20th.

2009

- Né dans la rue - Graffiti, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain. Paris, France, Juillet 7th, 2009 - Janvier 10th, 2010 (catalogue).

2007

- Il Futuro del Futurismo, GAMeC - Galleria d ́Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, September 21st, 2007 - February 2nd, 2008 (catalogue).

2006

- Graffiti, The Brooklyn Museum. New York, USA, June 30th - September 3rd.

- Gezeichnet Graffiti, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, April 4th - May 31st (catalogue).

2001

- Graffiti, Galerie du jour Agnès B, Paris, France.

1994

- Futura 2000, Time Space Light. New York, USA.

1992

- New York Graffiti Art : Coming from the Subway (Collection Speerstra), Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 4th - January 10th. (catalogue)

1991

- American Graffiti : A Survey, Liverpool Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

- Post Graffiti / Fine Art, Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington D.C., USA.

- Graffiti Art : Artiste américains et français 1981/ 1991 (Collection Speerstra), Musée des monuments Français Paris. (catalogue)

1990

- Post Graffiti, Figuration Libre, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium. (catalogue)

1988

- New York Graffiti, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen; Hans Metternich, Koblenz, Germany.

1987

- Beyond Words (Science & Symbiotics), Fashion Moda, Bronx, USA.

- Ludwig Collection, Fort Belvedere, Florence, Italy.

1986

- A&P Gallery, Mission Gallery, New York, USA.

1985

- 3 Graffiti Artists - A One, Noc & Toxic, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. March 14th - April 6th. (catalogue)

- Zeitgenössische Kunst, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany. (catalogue)

1984

- Graffiti, Maker Gallery, Philadelphia, USA.

- Arte di Frontiera, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologne, Italy. (catalogue)

- Classical American Graffiti Writers and High Graffiti Artist, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany.

- Graffiti, Maurice Keitelman Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

- Robert Fraser Gallery, London, UK.

- Arte e Arti. Attualità e Storia, 41st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 10th - September 9th (catalogue).

- Rapid Enamel The Art of Graffiti, The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, curated by Richard Flood. Chicago, USA, October 7th - November 10th (catalogue).

1983

- Post-Graffiti, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA, December 1st - 31st. (catalogue)

- Jenny Holzer: Survival Series with A-One, Mike Glier & Lady Pink, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, 12th May – 4th June 1983.

- Camouflaged Panzerism ptl, Fashion Moda. New York, USA, December 11th - January 8th.

1982

- Studio 54 Installation, New York, USA.

- South Bronx Show, Fashion Moda. New York, USA, June 26th - August 27th.

1980

- GAS: Graffiti Art Success for America, Fashion Moda, curated by John Matos (aka Crash). New York, USA, October 18th.

1975

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

- Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.

- Dr. Peter Ludwig, Aachen, Germany.

- Mats Pousette, Stockholm, Sweden.

- Professor Peter Iden, Frankfurt, Germany.

- Mark Twain South County Bank, St. Louis, USA.

- Josie Landau, New York, USA.

- Claudio Bruni, Rome, Italy.

LITERATURE

- A-One, exposition rétrospective - retrospective exhibition, Ghost galerie, Marseille, France, Juin 22nd - Juillet 27th, 2019 (catalogue).

- Né dans la rue - Graffiti, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain. Paris, France, Juillet 7th, 2009 - Janvier 10th, 2010 (catalogue).

- Il Futuro del Futurismo, GAMeC - Galleria d ́Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, September 21, 2007 - February 2nd, 2008 (catalogue).

- Gezeichnet Graffiti, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, April 4th - May 31st, 2004 (catalogue).

- New York Graffiti Art : Coming from the Subway (Collection Speerstra), Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands, October 4th - January 10th, 1992 (catalogue).

- Graffiti Art : Artiste américains et français 1981/ 1991 (Collection Speerstra), Musée des monuments Français Paris, 1991 (catalogue).

- Post Graffiti, Figuration Libre, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium, 1990 (catalogue).

- 3 Graffiti Artists - A One, Noc & Toxic, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. March 14th - April 6th, 1985 (catalogue).

- Zeitgenössische Kunst, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany, 1985 (catalogue).

- Arte e Arti. Attualità e Storia, 41st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 10th - September 9th, 1984 (catalogue).

- Rapid Enamel The Art of Graffiti, The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago,

curated by Richard Flood. Chicago, USA, October 7th - November 10th, 1984 (catalogue).

- 3 Graffiti Artists - A One, Noc & Toxic, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA. March 14th - April 6th, 1984 (catalogue).

- Arte di Frontiera, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologne, Italy, 1984.

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(Anthony Eden Clark - American)

1964 - 2001

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