ORIGINAL ARTWORK CAPTURES THE DRAMA AND POWER OF PUBLIC ENEMY'S ARRIVAL ONTO THE HIP HOP SCENE

Combining his passion for Hip Hop, love for its creators, and his own artistic mastery, Dan Lish executes intricately beautiful and often dream-like drawings that celebrate legendary figures in the industry. His work has been supported by numerous artists and notable figures such as DJ Prince Paul, Biz Markie, De La Soul, Raekwon, J. Period, Pos, Rakim, Large Professor, RZA, Diamond D, Cypress Hill, Goldie, J-Dilla Foundation, Lee Scratch Perry, Dave Chapelle, and Pharoahe Monarch with J. Live writing the forward for his first book, Egostrip Book 1.

In his own words, Lish describes the inspiration behind the current lot, Public Enemy, featuring one of the 🐼most radical and politically charged groups in the Hip Hop sphere, ♓Public Enemy:

"Bones Malone once said something to the effect of: 'Public Enemy came onto the scene riding a big black storm cloud.' This vision remained in my head for over 25 years and was the nucleus for the idea. I remembered the unusual name someone had given to large clusters of UFOs in and around South America, known as flotillas. I wanted Public Enemy to have the same sense of wonder, drama and power." (Dan Lish)

The digitally colored version of this work appears on page 45 of Egostrip Book 1.

Dan Lish has been a lead concept artist for the video game industry for over 20 years and has worked across a broad spectrum of other entertainment mediums, incജluding comic and book illustrations, album cover art, and toy design. Born in the English town of Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk, Dan fell in love with Hip Hop in the early 1980s as a b-boy, graffiti writer, and later a D.J. for pirate radio stations and night clubs in and around the south coast of England. Having dual nationality, Lish re-located to New York City in the late 1990s, where he deepened his love for Hip Hop culture. 

He most recently completed a crowdfunded campaign that successfully launched his first artbook, Egostrip Book 1, a compend💦ium of Hip Hop illustrations in chronological order, and is currently working on Book Two. 

The Egostrip Project was born out of Dan's black book drawings of his fa🃏vorite Hip Hop musicians that he would create while commuting on the busy London tube. Putting pen to paper, Dan's elbow rocked back and forth in tandem with his fellow travelers, creating a unique, organized chaos that came to life in each drawing. Back in his studio, Dan would scan each drawing and color them digitally to add texture, tone and details. This stage brought the original pen drawings to life, adding a de♏pth and richness to each work. Dan describes the project as "a passion and a meditative therapy for years of working the other end of a busy train ride, which now feels a world away." 

Provenance:

Courtesy of the artist

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