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JOHN FEKNER Print Releasse, by Reader on Jul 23, 2024 19:31:40 GMT 1, John Fekner "Decay"
New print and a few originals of this defining moment in Street Art history.
โMost people think of the Decay series as being only about those huge stencils like Broken Promises - the South Bronx work. Thatโs the iconic image of the Decay stencil, co-opted by the 1980 Presidential Republican Candidate Ronald Reagan in the foreground.
What people may not know is that there were many other Decay stencils scattered across the city โ at least 50 distinct interventions of different sizes, on walls, bridges, and abandoned cars, between 1978-1983. The lettering on Bio Editionsโ new Decay print is the exact size of the stencils I painted on the Queensboro bridge in 1979.โ - John Fekner. - Extracted from a conversation with John Fekner and Prof. Susan Hansen , Queens, NYC, July 8th, 2024
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John Fekner "Decay" New print and a few originals of this defining moment in Street Art history. โMost people think of the Decay series as being only about those huge stencils like Broken Promises - the South Bronx work. Thatโs the iconic image of the Decay stencil, co-opted by the 1980 Presidential Republican Candidate Ronald Reagan in the foreground. What people may not know is that there were many other Decay stencils scattered across the city โ at least 50 distinct interventions of different sizes, on walls, bridges, and abandoned cars, between 1978-1983. The lettering on Bio Editionsโ new Decay print is the exact size of the stencils I painted on the Queensboro bridge in 1979.โ - John Fekner. - Extracted from a conversation with John Fekner and Prof. Susan Hansen , Queens, NYC, July 8th, 2024 Link below to read the full conversation: ![](https://i.ibb.co/1rkL8yq/decay-orig.jpg) link
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