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Dr. Rat (real name Ivar Vics) was a well known dutch graffiti-artist, and started to be an almost mythical figure when he died at the early age of 21 years old in 1981. His work can be considered as groundbreaking in the European graffitiscene. youtube/watch?v=9p-m-b7RQMA Working day in day out in a provo- and punkcontext, focusing heavily on themes like mortality and pop-iconism. This is a registration of him painting in a alley next to the famous Kalverstraat, also known as the Pissteeg (Pissalley) made by pirate-tv-makers PKP TV, edited by another pirate-tv-channel Rabotnik TV. Dr. Rats life has been documented in the dutch graffiti-documentary Kroonjuwelen, and in Martijn Haas biography: Dr. Rat, Grondlegger van de Nederlandse graffiti (Lebowski Publishers - 2011).
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 08:15:15 +0000

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