BLADE
Steven Ogburn, American painter, born in 1957.
A Legendary artist, BLADE is above all one of the very first protagonists of graffiti, active from the 70s. Named by his peers the «King», he is one of those artists whose profusion of works on trains (more than 5000 to his credit) earned him unfailing respect from the graffiti movement; and the artistic influence he injected into the art of graffiti makes him an essential artist.
In 2010, on the occasion of the exhibition “Subway Art 20th: Martha Copper, Henry Chalfant and Blade” (Taxie Gallery & Hélène Bailly, Quai Voltaire Paris) Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper offered some of their photos on which the artist drew – a unique and exceptional series in the production of BLADE. Others are snapshots from his personal collection. Each image reveals part of his history, some documented and told by himself.