Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Day Is My Enemy...
Artist Name
Dee Dee
Techniques
Wheatpaste, Collage, Silkscreen, and Paint
Style
Surreal, cinematic visions brought to life. Themes of rock, punk, goth, fantasy and the macabre abound.
Locations Found
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, Nolita, TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan, Red Hook, Williamsburg, and Bushwick
Quotes
“People want to know more about me? Why? Everything about me is in my art… My art is my mask.”
(Insta-grafite)
Notes
Dee Dee is a mystery wrapped in an enigma twisted into a dream. I first spotted Dee Dee’s curious wheatpaste work on Water Street in DUMBO, and then regularly in that now infamous spot on Crosby Street in SoHo (often hanging alongside DAIN). From minute one, I was hooked. Many street artists flirt with Surrealist aesthetics in their work, but none with quite that masterful mix of whimsy and realism as exhibited by Dee Dee.
Skulls, bats, cats… the macabre is used to distort, as high fashion imagery is turned in on itself, repurposed towards a new conversation regarding the seen and unseen, the hidden and the revealed. Manga, Pop Art, Goth Rock… all blend together seamlessly under Dee Dee’s careful eye. To say I was inspired by Dee Dee’s art while crafting Asphalt Rainbow would be an understatement. Simply sublime stuff to really enjoy getting lost in. To quote Björk, “Can I hide there too?”
