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Futura 2000

Futura 2000 (Born 1955) is active/lives in New York.  Futura 2000 is known for Graffiti art, graphic design, painting.

Leonard Hilton McGurr, AKA Futura 2000 (b. 1995)

Futura 2000 was born on November 17, 1955 in New York City.

An American graffiti artist, Furura started painting illegally in the early seventies (working with other artists such as ALI) on New York's subway.  Futura decided to abandon Graffiti and enroled in the US Navy for four years. He received a letter from Ali in 1979, asking him to return to New York. Both created the crew "Soul Artists of Zoo York of Zoo York."

Futura 2000 showed with Patti Astor at the Fun Gallery, along with Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Hambleton and Kenny Scharf in the early 80s.  Also in 198, Futura began painting on-stage backdrops for The Clash while they performed.

Expanding his art into illustration and graphic design creating record sleeves, first becoming involved with The Clash; producing a sleeve for their "This Is Radio Clash" 7" single and handwriting the sleeve notes and lyrics sheet for their a   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2541 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Futura 2000 available:    Donald Joseph (DONDI) White,  Rammellzee,  Bast,  John Andrew Perello,  Swoon,  PHASE 2,  Anthony Clark,  Jason Revok,  Jason Rhoades,  Francois Charles Alexis Albert Morellet,  Kenny Scharf,  Hajime Sorayama,  Shepard (Sheppard) Fairey,  Aya Takano,  John Michael Armleder,  Faile,  Crash,  Retna,  Franz West,  Jose Parla,  Jacques Germain,  Kara Walker,  Aaron Goodstone,  Christopher Ellis Daze



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Untitled , 1980

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FUTURA 2000 , 1983

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5% Solution , 1983

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Untitled 1982

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FL-001 POINTMAN , 2019

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Untitled (Triptych) , 1991

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