Bidspirit auction | PETE STREET: F.Y. PAY ME

PETE STREET: F.Y. PAY ME (AL CAPONE) - Pete Street (United Kingdom, 20th Century): LV Don... (Al Capone), 2020. Mixed media collage on canvas signed, titled, and numbered (10/10) verso. Pete Street is a Postwar & Contemporary painter. Daring and dynamic, Street Art has roots in a controversial past. Long-considered vandalism, it was during the 1970s and 1980s that artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring revolutionized the aesthetic, bringing their individual styles to a fine art audience and leading the way for the next generation of artists that includes the likes of Barry McGee, Invader, Mr. Brainwash, Banksy, and Brazilian twins Os Gemeos.