The origins of spraypaint surrealiZm
Born in a basement during his high school years, a product of
Warhol, Dali, random psychedelic experiences, and the teenage pains of
life, Doug Z produced a completely original style unlike any
other. Fusing his Brooklyn family roots with graffiti-based
inspiration, DZ began his "spraypaint surrealiZm" legacy with
raw, experimental color combinations, roughly-cut stencils,
and pure, unadulterated, inconceivable imagination and passion.
DZ's work was immediately accepted by coffee-houses and
galleries throughout NJ and NYC, reknown for it's originality
and genuiness, resulting in great exposure via album covers
for friends' bands and being published in several underground
'zines, including 'Fabric Staircase', based in Belmar, NJ.
Exhibitions in places such as Greece and London followed, along
with a segment on the WNYE program, "Art or something like it."
Since then, his work has been stolen, borrowed, rented, sold,
vanished, recovered, revered, hated, and somewhat idolized.
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