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Dazed Interview
In the late 70s, when graffiti tagging was in full swing across New York, the word ‘SAMO©’ began cryptically appearing […]
AHC Interview
AHC: Can you tell us a bit about your process, themes & inspirations? Al: There is no one specific method or ritual […]
Pyragraph Article, July 2016
Next Time You Are In The City, Watch Out For Wet Paint Al Diaz’ public anagram announcements
6square feet. Article
New Yorker Spotlight: Al Diaz on NYC Street Art and Working with Jean-Michel Basquiat
Public Announcements
NYSM & Outlaw Arts Present: “Public Announcements” Al Díaz SAMO©… and WET PAINT (1977 to Present) March 25 – April […]
Al Jazeera America Article
Underground artist surfaces a generation later Al Diaz, co-founder with Jean-Michel Basquiat of SAMO©, is producing new art and looking […]
Green Label Article
Al Diaz: After SAMO, Basquiat’s Old Friend Still Getting Up Written by: Beth Roeser Posted on Tue, 12.23.14 at 11:13am […]
Al Diaz and the Counterculture of SAMO©
I recently won a summer travel grant from my school. It enabled me to visit New York, see exhibits, and […]
Basquiat’s ‘Beat Bop’: An Oral History of One of the Most Valuable Hip-Hop Records of All Time
How K-Rob and Rammellzee came to battle it out on 1983’s beautiful, bizarre art-rap classic Jean-Michel Basquiat’s history with rap […]
Al Diaz on Graffiti, SAMO©, Word-play and His Upcoming Workshop for “Writing On It All” on Governors Island
We recently met up with Al who spoke about his early years as a graff writer on the Lower East Side and his text-based graffiti, rooted in his early collaborations with the legendary Jean-Michel Basquiat.
