JONONE // SOLO EXHIBITION // UNDERDOGS 2020 LISBON

The roots of JonOne’s artistic practice lie in his past as a pioneer graffiti writer in New York, in the early 1980s. The act of repetitively writing his own name, his tag, as the expressive essence of his personal and creative identity, forms the basis of his oeuvre. An act that captures for posterity the physicality and impetus contained in the dynamic performative gesture that lies behind his improvised and highly energetic form of calligraphic painting, one that lays down in raw strokes an obsessive and repetitive hypnotic rhythm that plays with memory and heritage, cause and effect.

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Underdogs Gallery & Capsule:⁠
Rua Fernando Palha, 56 – Lisbon⁠
Tuesday to Saturday, 2pm to 7pm⁠
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A film by: Sebastião Góis
Production: Underdogs Gallery, Solid Dogma⁠
Music: Trakkhead, Fulgur Studios

Special Thanks: ⁠⠀
Galeria de Arte Urbana, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, @Seatportugal, @SuperBock, Andaluga x Equipa de Aluguer, Repertintas, Cortiço e Netos, Crack Kids Lisboa, Fuel Tv, Hotel Ritz, Viúva Lamego⠀

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Please note // Covid-19:⁠⠀⁠
In order to ensure the safety of visitors and staff, Underdogs is following the Directorate-General of Health’s guidelines which are duly detailed at our facilities.⁠
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