1 penemy

B. 1970, USA

nicholas toscano, best known in the art world by his moniker 1penemy isa well know NYC Street artist who’s work involves a mugshot lineup of supermodels and celebrities. The mugshots of Kate Moss, Stephanie Seymour, Brooke Shields and Cindy Crawford were the first pieces he created and it grew from there. 1Penemy’s street art embraces this spirit of a women’s struggle in his female subjects, not only by featuring them in a mugshot and displaying them in “lineup”, but also by wheat pasting them like “wanted” posters in back alleys and on graffitied walls.

the artist is heavily influenced by andy warhol who’s work explored the shallowness of fame, holding his subjects unrealistic standard of perfection and shaming them to an unbridled degree for falling short.

1penemy’s work has been featured in the Daily Mail, Daily Front Row, Hello Magazine, Haute Living, Forbes, ComicBook.com, and The NY Times.

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