Richard Hambleton | Shadow Head Penguin Book Inspired Art Laminated giclée print on aluminium

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Richard Hambleton | Shadow Head Penguin Book Inspired Art Laminated giclée print on aluminiumRichard Hambleton (19522017) Shadow Head Oil on canvas Original Before Banksy stencilled walls, before KAWS colonised galleries, Richard Hambleton was painting ominous black silhouettes on the streets of lower Manhattan. His Shadowman figures appeared on unexpected corners, in alleys, behind doorways figures at the periphery of vision that made the city feel watched. Blek le Rat, one of the founding figures of European street art, said of Hambleton: