CHRIS "DAZE" ELLIS -Raft of the Homeless 91"
Chris “Daze” Ellis, Titled “Raft of the Homeless” Watercolor on Arches, measures 22”x30”. Signed, Dated and Titled. From 1991. after "The Raft of the Medusa" by Gericault.
The Raft of the Medusa – originally titled Scène de Naufrage – is an oil painting of 1818–19 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault. Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism.
About the Artist
Daze
Daze (b. Chris Ellis, 1962) is an American graffiti artist. Daze began writing graffiti in the New York City subway in the mid-1970s, while he was a student at the High School of Art & Design. In 1981, his work was featured in the Mudd Club group exhibition “Beyond Words,” which also included the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. The following year, he had a solo show at Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY, and has gone on to exhibit at venues such as the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (1983); the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (1984); the Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands (1992); and the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT (1995), among others. He lives and works in New York.
Selected Permanent Collections:
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
Museum of the City of New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY