"If You Were a Real Filmmaker, You'd Have a Fancier Camera": Oren Jacoby on Shadowman

One of the most celebrated street artists of the 1980s, Richard Hambleton created a collection of equally eccentric and harrowing work that decorated the walls, alleyways and sidewalks of New York City. Along with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hambleton was an unrivaled challenging artist and, as his contemporaries tragically died before middle age, one of its remaining beacons of inspiration. While known for his “murder art” -- chalk outlines of fictitious crime scenes splattered w...